Green Building / Renovation

 Learn about adding a solar energy power system to your home. Free. Info: 972-699-1687 or KirkMiller@DallasSierraClub.org. 

Panel will discuss how organizations define sustainability, the processes they use, the outcomes they expect to achieve and the tangible and intangible benefits of their respective sustainability strategies. 

Featuring Garrett Boone, co-founder & chairman emeritus of The Container Store and
Investor in Treehouse; Nathan Loftice, sustainability leader for FedEx; and Nelly Rocha Andresen, vice president of Quality Environment, Health & Safety; and senior cCorporate counsel for eRecyclingCorps. 

Free.  Includes continental breakfast.

The Haggar University Center is in Building #4. Free parking in lots A & B: Campus map. 

The U.S. Green Building Council - North Texas Chapter is hosting a tour of the Lady Bird Johnson Middle School in Irving, the largest net-zero middle school in the U.S. The school generates its own power through geothermal, wind and solar photovoltaics.  Members of the design team will lead the discussion and tour and discuss the design decisions that went into building the school.  $15-$35. Info: mmceuen@usgbcnorthtexas.org

Schedule
5:30 PM – 6:00 PM Reception and refreshments
6:00 PM – 6:45 PM Panel discussion
6:45 PM – 7:30 PM Tour  

The North Texas Corporate Recycling Association's seventh annual Eco-bus tour. This year's theme:  "LEED, Lights, & Lager." Stops include Pat Lobb Toyota and Franconia Brewing in McKinney with presentation by Perfectly Green. Close-toed flat shoes are required for the tour. Optional networking lunch at 11 a.m. at Hedary’s Mediterranean Grill. $15-$35/tour. Additional $19/lunch.

READ THE GSDFW ARTICLE. 

Philosopher Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation: A New Ethics for out Treatment of Animals, speaks on the Ethics of What We Eat. Info: Magdalena Grohman, 972-883-4940 or values@utdallas.edu.

This 8 hour workshop provides all of the information required to successfully pass the LEED Green Associate Exam.

Worth 8 AIA LUs (HSW+SD). Includes all study materials & up to 900 practice exam questions: 500 for GA and 400 for AP.

Presented by Green Education Services, a Professional Affiliate Member of AIA Dallas. Prereqistration required. Lunch and catering included. $349-$399.

Green building authority Beth Johnson will give a slide presentation on how green homes are built better for people, pocketbook and planet as a guest speaker hosted by Plantation Homes/McGuyer Homebuilders, Inc. The event includes a tour of a LEED certified model home. Free.

RSVP: 972-772-7947 or jvalls@mhinc.com

Everything you need to know to live off-grid presented in a full-day class. Start with evaluating your energy usage at home, then use that audit in class to determine how & what is needed to “stand alone.” $30.

Susybelle Gosslee, Advocacy Chair for the Dallas League of Women Voters, will be hosting a party at her home in North Dallas. Special appearance by Dallas' longest-serving City Council Member, Sandy Greyson, and a "Recycling Wish List" that guests will create to send in a letter to the North Pole. Come eat, drink and be merry! $25 minimum. Tickets include food from Celebration Restaurant and drinks from Salt Lick Cellars, Peticolas Brewery and Tito's Vodka. All proceeds will benefit Texas Campaign for the Environment! 

The way we design, construct and manage buildings has a huge impact on the way resources are consumed in society. The impact is felt both by the environment in which the buildings exist, and by their occupants. This course will address the smart use of resources in design decisions, construction processes and building operation. $75.