Green Building / Renovation

The South Central Regional Committee Leadership Summit

The USGBC North Texas Chapter is very excited to be hosting our Region's Fourth Annual SCRC Leadership Summit. Over the past months, the planning team has researched and identified critical topics to be considered with survey input from many of you.

In addition, in the coming months, the team will coordinate session content and speakers that address some of the latest advancements in sustainable thinking within our chapters and beyond.

We hope each Regional Chapter elevates the 2011 Leadership Summit for participation and extending leadership training, relationship building and cutting edge programming to the Chapters’ BOD’s, committee leaders and volunteers.  Each attendee will need to bring an appetite for learning but a willingness to engage in the conversation - a conversation that shares with others:

This session will explore the LEED Indoor Environmental Quality category in a credit by credit format. We will look at the overall intent of this category, as well as the individual intent of the prerequisites and credits within it. We will also discuss the requirements and verification steps necessary to achieve each credit and some real world examples of strategies used to fulfill each measure.

This session explores the LEED Materials and Resources category in a credit by credit format, reviewing the overall category intent and the individual intents of the prerequisites and credits within it. Learn the technical requirements of the credits and, through real-world case examples shared by USGBC LEED Faculty, strategies that work to achieve them.

This session explores two LEED credit categories, Water Efficiency and Innovation in Design, in a credit by credit format, reviewing the overall category intents and the individual intents of the prerequisites and credits within it. Learn the technical requirements of the credits and, through real-world case examples shared by USGBC LEED Faculty, strategies that work to achieve them.

The U.S. Green Building Council-Texas Gulf Coast Chapter is partnering with an array of non-profit leaders to produce high quality energy-efficiency education to the commercial industry. The Houston Chapter of Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) and Houston Chapter of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE) are among those that are inspired to bring a premiere educational summit to Houston, one that will promote discussion and knowledge about energy and green issues along the Texas Gulf Coast.
On August 23, 2011 the USGBC Energy Summit will be honored to host the following distinguished speakers and panels at The Houstonian Hotel in Houston:

The Breakfast Keynote Speaker will be Lisa Zembrodt of Summit Energy. She will discuss the Dynamics and Fundamentals of the Texas Energy Markets, Production, Capacities and Consumption. An expert in the energy market, Zembrodt provides pertinent information, helping decision-makers understand the current and future state of energy supply and demand.

Cooper Lighting's Winfield Littleton will address where to use T8, T5 and T5HO lamps and how to incorporate task and daylighting. This presentation will also include an overview of suitable fixtures for those lamps and address key energy efficient lighting technologies.

$25 Non-member
$20 Member (USGBC, AIA, IES)
$10 Student

Celebrating Life ~ Embracing Balance ~ Fostering Peace

Presented by Earth Rhythms

Free – donations accepted.

HOW COMMUNITREE CAME TO BE

We are your warm, friendly and inclusive catalysts for the Dallas eco-community. Let us help you plug into the local social network of eco-conscious folks. Everything is Bigger in Texas - our hospitality included.

Watch the 30-second video of our recent gathering. If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then a video is worth a million!!! Our 2010 Holiday Party.

AT OUR FUN AND FRIENDLY MONTHLY GATHERINGS, YOU WILL:

In honor of the construction of our Perot Museum of Nature & Science Expansion Project, the Museum of Nature & Science is celebrating with a weekend all about building! Test your construction skills with the American Society of Civil Engineers, learn about the latest green building technologies and visit our expansion gallery to see what we’ve been working on.  You’ll even get the chance to meet some of nature’s best builders!  So grab your hardhat for your chance to see what it takes to build the world we live in!

Activities

Build a Gumdrop Dome

Domes have been around for almost 2,000 years, but there are still new ways to build them. How strong can you make your dome? Presented by American Society of Civil Engineers.

Amazing Arches

The arch is an incredible architectural discovery, dating back to ancient times but still in wide use today. Learn all about arches and build your own at this interactive station.