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LEEDing in BC: Future BC Directions with Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design

LEED Gold! Vancouver Island Technology Park, SaanichJoe Van Belleghem, BCBC Project Manager. Come and hear Joe Van Belleghem describe the first BCBC project to achieve a LEED v2.0 Gold certification. The design team coupled practical green design approaches with innovative community economic & social development efforts - for an exemplary result. Adaptive reuse and retrofit of the historic Glendale Lodge reduced material use, and allowed use of existing road, water and sewer services, with significant site development cost savings.

The comprehensive site planning process was done in collaboration with the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific, who identified and protected significant trees, creating a wildlife corridor with new trails lined with fruit and nut bearing trees for birds. HCP’s landscape plan uses only native plant species, minimizing irrigation, and allows an Integrated Pest Management program to reduce pesticide use. Green site space was increased to a total of 75% for the development, with 99% of the existing trees preserved; stormwater runoff from the site was actually reduced. Paved asphalt was replaced with an innovative grass paving and stabilized gravel driving aisle system – now being manufactured on Vancouver Island, once it was discovered there was no local supplier. The building is expected to save 27.5% of the energy consumption of an ASHRAE/IESNA standard 90.1 –1999 energy cost budget, due to its water loop heat pump system and efficient lighting; and is the first large BC application of waterless urinals -- with both water and capital cost savings.

Joe van Belleghem will tell the inside story on the process that lead to one of the greenest facilities in BC. After the case study, leaders of the LEED BC effort will discuss current activities and future plans for green buildings in our home.

Date & Time: April 18, 2002 5:30 pm
Location: Samosa Garden, 3502 Kingsway (@ Tyne -- between Joyce & Boundary)
Register by email: [email protected]

SCHEDULE

  • Registration @ 5:30pm
  • Dinner @ 6:15p VITP Case Study @ 7:15pm
  • LEED BC Updates & Plans:
    • Martine Desbois, Ministry of Competition, Science & Enterprise
    • Andrea Wickham, Southeast False Creek Planner, City of Vancouver
    • Thomas Mueller, GVRD
    • Rosie Hyde, US-GBC Cascadia Chapter, Vancouver Branch

COST

    EDRS members: $35
    Non-members: $45
    Students/unemployed: $20
    Cash only; receipts will be issued.

    Please note: No show registrants and those cancelling after April 17 will be billed.

REGISTRATION


GREENING THE HOME: LOWER MAINLAND RESOURCES & SUCCESS STORIES

What steps can we, as the design and building community, take to create the kind of homes that are healthy for our clients, reduce their footprint on the environment and ultimately make good financial sense?

Date & Time: Thursday March 21, 2002
Location: Balthazar's Restaurant, 1215 Bidwell Street near Davie
Seating: Limited to 50 attendees

OVERVIEW Whether you are a developer, building contractor, designer or in real estate sales - understand the possibilities and realize the potential benefits of sustainable home design.

Get the facts on, and have myths dispelled about R2000 from Richard Kadulski, local architect and leading sustainable design and energy expert. Take home resources include GVRD’s CD ROM of green design resources and a recent copy of Solplan Review. Hear about local green design case studies, from Heather Tremain, local architect and producer of the Healthy Home series seen on television.

SPEAKERS

Richard Kadulski is a Vancouver architect who has specialized in energy efficient, solar and climate sensitive design and technology transfer, mostly in the residential sector. Appropriate energy and environmental concerns have always been taken into account in all his projects. He was the project manager for the BC Advanced House, one of 10 advanced houses built across Canada to showcase the latest in building technology, energy efficiency, healthy house and environmental concerns. Richard has beenactive with the R-2000 Home Program since its inception. He is a member ofCanada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's International Training Team, and has been active on many industry technical bodies. He is a Past president of the Solar Energy Society of Canada. His contributions to the housing industry have been recognized by the Canadian Homebuilder's Association through a number of provincial and national awards.Since 1985 he has been Editor of SOLPLAN REVIEW, Canada's journal of energy conservation, building science and building practice for the light construction sector.

Heather Tremain BA (Hons), M.Arch, Co-creator and Content Producer, Healthy Home Television Series, and Principal, reSource Rethinking BuildingHeather is engaged in the work of sustainability education, by working both as an architectural designer, sustainability consultant and a media creator. It is her goal to take larger scale sustainability objectives and to make them accessible and implementable. On the building side, as a partner in reSource Rethinking Building, she is committed to transforming conventional building practices into ones that are more planet and people friendly. One of her recent projects, Kooís Corner, in Vancouver, BC is the extensive renovation of a former automotive garage into an example of sustainable building practices and healthy interiors. The aim of this project is to serve as a model for local developers in building both profitably and environmentally. She is also currently working on Green Building Guidelines for new development at Simon Fraser, a 10,000 person community. Her other principal occupation is the creation of a television series that aims to inform and inspire people to make changes to their home environment and lifestyles, which result in better personal health, a higher quality of life and a lesser impact on our planet. The program connects viewers with people who inspire them with their stories. The show presents a range of actions and choices viewers can make that will directly impact the quality of their lives, their community and the planet. The series, which by all broadcasters standards has been a ratings success, is now in its third season. Healthy Home is available in 25 million homes across North America.

BENEFITS

  • Detailed examples of successful projects in the city, aimed at a technical, design-oriented audience;
  • Perspective on technical questions from leading experts;
  • Information sharing from case studies
  • Take-home Toolkit: Solplan Review, GVRD CD ROM
  • Networking opportunity

SCHEDULE

  • 6:00 pm Registration (cash only)
      Meet & greet, including (vegetarian) hors d'oeuvres: tomato and bocconcini pizzas, spring rolls and perogies with a cash bar option. Peruse the GVRD's CD-Rom on green design resources with Leah Adair

  • 6:30 pm Dinner
      Caesar Salad
      Vegetarian (primavera) pasta
      Coffee/Tea
      Non-alcoholic punch

  • 7:30 pm Richard Kadulski - the latest information on energy efficiency (R-2000)
  • 8:00 pm- Heather Tremain - the green design process with Vancouver case studies.
  • 8:30 - 9:00 Questions / discussion
  • 9:00 - 9:15 Summary and Wrap up

COST

    EDRS Members $35.00
    Non-Members $40.00
    Students $25.00
    (Cash only - receipts will be issued)

REGISTRATION

    Please Register by Monday, March 18, 2002

    By e-mail: [email protected]
    By Telephone: (604) 737-1825 (Cadie)


Sustainability, Business Strategy and the Next Frontier of Design

An evening with Rob Abbott - Founder and Chief Idea Guy, Abbott Strategies

Date: Thursday, February 21st, 2002 @ 6:15 pm
Location: Teahouse in Stanley Park (Directions below)
Seating: limited to 50 -- sign up right away

OVERVIEW

Is there a business case for sustainability? How can we make our businesses more profitable and gain better strategic positioning through sustainability? What role does design play in the search for solutions?

The ECODESIGN RESOURCE SOCIETY presents an evening with ROB ABBOTT one of North America’s thought leaders on sustainability and green business. At this dinner and presentation, Abbott will present his unique insights on the business case for sustainability.

Despite some twenty years of "soak time" with the idea of sustainability, many businesses, governments, academics and others continue to struggle to articulate the 'business case' for sustainability. For the constituency who have figured out the answer to the question, "why be sustainable?" another question of "how to do it profitably?" continually arises. This question is critically important for businesses that see their fates played out daily in capital markets that focus on a single bottom line, but it is equally relevant for policy actors who want to shift society onto a more sustainable trajectory without eroding social and economic progress. Finally, the design community needs to develop and offer more competitive, sustainable solutions to a wider range of projects, goods and services. We need to cross the chasm of showcase projects and make it not only okay to talk about sustainability, but to make it mainstream.

SPEAKER

ROB ABBOTT is widely recognized as one of the most knowledgeable, compelling and motivating speakers on this subject. For nearly two decades Abbott has worked with businesses and governments around the world that are trying to 'unpack' sustainability and make it real. A former practice leader with Coopers & Lybrand and Golder Associates, he has written widely on this subject, and regularly speaks to business and government leaders on the ways sustainability influences value drivers and shapes strategy to create competitive advantage.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

  • Business People - business people in a wide range of businesses who are exploring how to green their businesses profitably, including those involved with green business organizations such as Business for Social Responsibility.
  • Designers and Developers - those who not only make decisions for the firms they own or in which they work but also make decisions on development projects or advise clients on a wide range of development decisions involving business and green objectives.
  • Public Sector - public servants who both make decisions for their own organizations, and also define regulations and policy that have impacts on many businesses.

    BENEFITS

    Attendees will have an opportunity to explore the issues they have encountered as they pursue green practices in their own businesses and projects, and will encounter new perspectives and ideas on how to structure their thoughts on greening business, through Abbott’s presentation.

    WHERE? The Conservatory Room at the spectacular Teahouse in Stanley Park. Directions below.

    SCHEDULE

    • 6:15 pm - Registration and Hors d’oeuvres (cash bar)
    • 7:00 pm - Dinner
    • 8:00 pm - Presentation and discussion

    COST

      For dinner and presentation:
        EDRS members - $55
        Non-members - $60
      Cash or cheque at the door. Please register ahead of time; seating is limited)

    REGISTRATION

    To Register:



    - - - - - - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION - - - - - -

    Dinner includes an appetizer (choice of two), entrée (choice of two) and dessert, with coffee and tea:

      Appetizer choice
      • Mixed Organic Greens -blackcurrant
      • Carrot Soup - chive chantilly
      Entrée choice
      • Mille Feuille of Vegetables - gruyerre cheese, polenta cake and tomato coulis
      • Salmon Tournedos - grilled, wrapped in buttered pastry
      Dessert
      • Torta Milano - Belgian chocolate truffle torte with almond marscapone mousse
      And Coffee or Tea, (no advance choice of dinner options required)
    Directions to the Teahouse:
    1. Enjoy a drive through Stanley Park until you reach the vicinity of Third Beach – you can’t miss the Teahouse.
    2. Park at “Second Beach” and stroll northeast along the seawall, toward the Lion’s Gate Bridge, for 5 minutes until you come to the staircase that leads to the Teahouse.
    3. If you are on transit (downtown routes), get off at Denman and Davie, find your way to the seawall next to English Bay Beach, and stroll north for about 15 minutes till you come to the staircase to the Teahouse, near Third Beach.

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STREAM WORKSHOP
November 22nd, 2001 ~5pm-10pm

Background

Stream integrity and fish habitat protection, growth management, economic opportunity, and recreational values are among the issues requiring attention for sustainability planning and design. The Stream Protection Regulations (SPR) of the Fish Protection Act introduced recently are intended to help guide decision-making regarding streamside-related issues. Nonetheless, questions and concerns have been raised regarding the SPR's role, effectiveness and/or impact on sustainability planning, especially in the urban context.

To explore questions and related issues, and as part of EDRS's monthly program of events, EDRS is planning to design, develop and host a focused workshop involving members of the following constituencies:

  • The developer/development community
  • The design community (architects, engineers, landscape architects, planners)
  • Municipal government (and other levels of government as may be interested)
  • ENGOs
  • Academic and general public

Goals

Our goal is to attract knowledgeable, open-minded, sustainability-oriented participants who are interested in cooperatively exploring the SPR with a view to identify:

  • Strengths of the SPR and supported
  • Issues and questions of concern regarding implementation particularly in the urban context;
  • Consensus-based suggestions for solutions and next steps.

    The event is intended as one step in a series of steps regarding future discussion, planning and implementation of the SPR. Reports of the outcomes of the event are intended to be forwarded to participants and a wider body of constituent groups and organizations.

    Workshop Plan

    We are targeting participation by 50 people. Participants will work both in small groups and as a whole group. Each small group will include representatives of each constituent group.

    The workshop planincludes:

    • Visual display boards and information tables to include information and displays from the various constituent groups, and to represent various stream conditions and response scenarios.
    • Opening remarks. To set the stage for the workshop, some very brief opening remarks will be made in order to define the task, process and intended outcomes, and to emphasis a focus on sustainability, common interests and issues, and consensus-based solutions/next steps.
    • Small multi-stakeholder working groups will work in stages on three common-interest themes during the workshop: (1) supportable elements in the SPR; (2) issues, concerns and questions; and (3) solutions and next steps.
    • Dinner (to occur after small group work stage
    • Final summary of workshop results and outline of next steps re: reporting.

    Post Workshop

    Post workshop plans are currently limited to a commitment to prepare a workshop summary for distribution to various agencies, associations and interest groups.

    Cost

    EDRS members $35.00 Non-members: $40.00

    Note: A grant application has been submitted in order (a) to help cover the preparatory, delivery, and follow-up costs of the workshop, and (b) to provide full or partial funding for participants that might not otherwise be able to attend. In particular, we want to ensure participation by ENGOs who are often excluded from participating in such workshops as a result of cost constraints.

    Further Information

    If you are interested in participating in the workshop, or would like further information, please contact us. Include "Stream" in the subject line and provide any particulars (organization, 'constituency', etc.) if you wish to participate.