Two U.S. Cities Enact New Benchmarking Mandates

The cities of Minneapolis, Minn. and Boston, Mass. have taken big steps aimed at reducing their greenhouse gas emissions through energy benchmarking!

In Minneapolis, Ordinance 47.190, enacted in February, requires public and private commercial buildings to track energy and water consumption using EPA's ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager tool.

Boston's Building Energy Reporting and Disclosure Ordinance, enacted in May, requires large commercial and residential buildings to use Portfolio Manager to disclose annual energy use, water use, and greenhouse gas emissions.

Other states and cities with benchmarking ordinances include New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, the District of Columbia, Minneapolis, Austin, San Francisco, Seattle, California, and Washington.

Check out EPA's national collection of government policies and voluntary programs leveraging EPA's ENERGY STAR Portfolio to learn more.

USGBC NFC Monthly Lunch June 2013 - Energy Audit Procedures, Findings and Implementation

Date:        Tuesday, 6/18//2013

Time:        12:00p.m. - 1:00p.m. (check in begins at 11:30am)

Location:   Kiewit Plaza-Cloud room, 3555 Farnam, Omaha NE

Costs: $15 for individual NFC members, $25 for nonmembers, and $10 for students (lunch is included)

This session will be registered for 1 hour of GBCI and AIA CEU.  

Please register and pay online via PayPal at this link: USGBC NFC June Monthly Lunch Registration. Or, you may RSVP by emailing programs@usgbcne.org and pay at the door using a credit card, check or cash. stem or at the door using cash, check, or credit card.

Call them assessments, evaluations or audits, we can all agree that energy performance in existing buildings is the future of sustainable design and operation. Buildings in this country consume around 40% of total energy, and while new construction codes, standards and voluntary certification programs are helping improve that, a large quantity of existing building stock has plenty of room for improvement.

This presentation will be given by Sarah Gudeman, PE, CEM, LEED AP BD+C of Morrissey Engineering Inc. and will discuss the typical steps for performing energy audits, some typical findings, discuss which buildings are the best candidates for these studies, and the differences between audits and retro-commissioning. The importance of creating a usable deliverable data system for the owner will be discussed as well.

Please try to carpool!   

WasteCap NE - July Construction and Demolition Workshop

Date: July 11, 2013

Time: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Where: Kiewit, 3555 Farnam Street,Omaha, NE, 68131

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WasteCap Nebraska, in cooperation with WasteCap Resource Solutions of Wisconsin, is sponsoring a one-day training course for Construction and Demolition Waste Recycling on Thursday July 11th in Omaha.  This course is sponsored by the Kiewit Corporation and the U.S Green Building Council Nebraska Flatwater Chapter.  Participants are eligible to receive a three-year accreditation in Construction Waste Recycling for this professional development course. Additionally, participants are now approved for 7.5 Learning Units for architecture professionals through AIA!

Cost:

• $285 - WasetCap NE Corporate Member
• $325 - WasteCap NE Individual and Associate Member
• $325 - Non-member early-bird rate - register by June 11  (hurry to take advantage of this discounted rate!)      
• $475 - Regular Non-Member rate - registration after June 11

(note: all fees incur a 3% surcharge)

The training includes specifications and contract language, identification of target materials, writing a C&D Waste Management plan, site logistics, monitoring, documentation and more.  WasteCap Resource Solutions has provided on-site construction waste recycling plans and monitoring for more than $3 billion worth of construction projects for builders, developers and owners, diverting of over 385,000 tons of debris from America's landfills.

You may register at this link: http://www.wastecapne.org/calendar/event-registration/?regevent_action=register&event_id=104

For more information, contact Carrie Hakenkamp at Chakenkamp@wastecapne.org or 402-436-2384 x1000.