Final Green Building panel discussion at Klamath Falls downtown library

Thursday evening, May 28th, is the third talk of our series at the library. Each one has been well attended and great questions and ideas put forth. This one promises even more. Gina Franzosa, Oregon Director for Cascadia will be here to speak and the Medford staff of Energy Trust, along with a few of their corporate folks will be coming in as audience members. Speaking will be OREC representatives Linda Riley and the director, Tom Chester; from SCOEDD, Betty Riley; Tim Thompson, WHPacific engineer and only local LEED AP; and Nabil Taha, Ph.D, P.E., owner of Precision Structural Engineering, the foremost green engineering firm in southern Oregon.

This event will be the kick off for the Energy Trust's Energy Fair on May 3oth at KCC from 10-4 with workshops, presentations, booths and vendors, food and lots of information and demonstrations.

Cascadia releases online magazine: Trim Tab

The concept of the trim tab, a small component of an airplane that allows a radical change in direction, is inherent in this new magazine from CascadiaGBC. Take a look by clicking here! There are discussions of green home size, green collar jobs, and other regional and industry related articles.

Inhabitat » Puma City Shipping Container Store Comes to Boston’s Fan Pier

Inhabitat » Puma City Shipping Container Store Comes to Boston’s Fan Pier

Parr Lumber offers FSC Certified wood in Klamath Falls!

Bill Trent of Parr Lumber Company on Spring St and Main says:
The Current facilities that are (soon) FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) Certified, for at least the next year, will be in Bend, which will handle Central Oregon and Southern Oregon, to include K Falls and Medford.

Please let those who you think might be interested know our company fleet is all FSC certified but the products are available through PLC we now have the logistics worked out to service Southern Oregon by transferring it out of our Bend location or on our distribution trucks into our yard.

Although we will not be stocking the material, with a little forethought to your needs, we can have it here when the project is ready to start. I am personally really excited about this. I have been working with our FSC/Green team trying to get this into the market. It’s not perfect yet but at least those who wish to make responsible choices have the avenue to do so.

I know in these times it is hard for people to pay the extra to get FSC products, but I believe by applying a pull through technique, we can get those mills into a production level that will make the pricing competitive with the everyday market.

May 28th Green Building Panel details

Our 3rd talk and the kickoff to the Energy Trust's Energy Fair at KCC is May 28th from 6 to 8pm at the Klamath Falls Library - 3rd St downtown.

Western Virtues=Sustainable Living
Re-Imagining Commercial Building Practices & Community Building with Green In Mind
Designing for green buildings includes reducing the impact on the natural world and utilizing common sustainable sense for community development. Why and how do we bring green building practices to Main Street?

We are delighted to have Gina Franzosa, Oregon Director for CascadiaGBC with us for the evening. She will be giving a presentation and joining the following panel members:
Oregon Renewable Energy Center (OREC) representative
Tim Thompson PE, LEED AP with WH Pacific
Nabil Taha Ph.D, PE, owner Precision Structural Engineering
Betty Riley, Executive Director, South Central Oregon Economic Development District (SCOEDD)

Living Building Financial Study Available

Members of the Klamath GBC traveled to Bend where Jason McLellan, CEO of Cascadia GBC, spoke about the Living Building Challenge. A very thorough study of the costs of implementing living buildings in 4 distinct climate zones has been completed by Cascadia GBC with assistance from SERA Architects and Skanska among others. Go here to take a look!

LEEDv3 Webcasts at OIT

USGBC will be offering webcasts to bring folks up to speed with the new LEEDv3 platform. These webcasts will be offered Tuesdays from 12-1pm at OIT in the Dow Center room 251. Attendance is free! Come learn about changes in LEED that may affect your credentialing or use of the design criteria. Contact C.J. Riley at charles.riley@oit.edu for more information. The schedule is as follows:

Tuesday, April 14, 12-1pm
LEED Professional Credentials featuring Beth Holst, GBCI’s Vice President of Credentialing

Tuesday, April 21, 12-1pm
LEED 2009 Green Building Rating Systems featuring Brendan Owens, USGBC’s Vice President of Technical Development

Tuesday, April 28, 12-1pm
The Building Certification Process featuring Bruce DeMaine, GBCI’s Vice President of Certification

Tuesday, May 5, 12-1pm
LEED-Online featuring Mike Opitz, USGBC’s Vice President of Implementation

Tuesday, May 12, 12-1pm
LEED and Green Building Education featuring Karol Kaiser, USGBC's Senior Director of Education