November Lunch Session: LEED for Homes – Opportunity knocking for Nebraska

 Over the past few years, LEED for Homes has been the fastest growing USGBC rating system. The LEED for Homes rating system applies to single family, low-rise multi-family, and mid-rise multi-family residential units (up to 8 stories). Between 2006-2014, LEED for Homes has grown exponentially from 31 buildings certified in 2006 to over 21,000 LEED for Homes certified units in 2014 with the majority of these units coming from the multi-family and affordable housing sector. But of the 136,731 certified LEED for Homes units in the U.S., only 3 are in Nebraska. Why? Nationally, 75% of the LEED for Homes multi-family units were built at local market rates, so cost is not a major factor. Grab your business manager and come find out what other firms and states are doing to drive LEED for Homes construction.

Presenter - David Holtzclaw PhD, PE, CEM, CEA - Transduction Technologies

Lunch will be proivded

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CE Academy

Green Building Products & Technologies Seminar

Seminar schedule and topics include

7:30 AM - Registration and Warm Breakfast

8:00 AM - Understanding Stone wool in Interior and Exterior Commercial Applications

9:10 AM - Geothermal Heating and Cooling a Renewable Energy Resource

10:20 AM - AV & IT Connectivity in the Business Environment Today

11:30 AM - Air, Water and Moisture Management in the Light Commercial Building Envelope

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Designing a New Edible City

There are many ways to “Go Green”. Find out the innovative approaches taking shape across Nebraska to advance reduction in district costs, increase STEM skills and engagement, of both school staff and students, and engage students in 21st century civic responsibilities. Join us at The 2015 Green Schools Summit to learn how you can develop more energy-efficient, innovative and healthy schools in your own district. Hear from experts on STEM, service learning, and community partnerships.

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USGBC Flatwater May Lunch

Design for Life: Lessons from Nature

What would our world look like if we rediscovered the lessons of nature? What if the places we live and work engaged our senses in a healthy way and celebrated culture with nature, encouraging human delight? How can a leaf inspire a solar cell? Or organizations learn from a tree or a coral reef? Biomimicry is an innovation method that seeks new ways of living sustainably—from new products and processes to policies—by emulating nature’s time-tested patterns and strategies. Janine Benyus, the founder of biomimicry, introduces an era based not on what we can extract from organisms and their ecosystems, but on what we can learn from them. Instead of technology working separately from nature, imagine a world where technology is in relationship with nature. Biophilic design articulates the relationships between nature, human biology and the design of the built environment so we experience the natural environment more in our daily world. Academics, researchers and others have codified valuable design research for improving health and well-being in our built environment into patterns of biophilic design; Patterns “that nurture the innate human attraction to natural systems and processes.” Come learn how to bring nature back into our buildings, neighborhoods and lives.

Please joins us on Monday, May 18th at the UNO Community Engagement Center.

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EARTH WEEK 2015

Please come out and celebrate Earth Week with us Thursday evening April 23rd at Aksarben Cinema. We are proud to co-host a sustainability partnership event between US Green Building Council Nebraska Flatwater Chapter (USGBC NFC), Green Omaha Coalition (GOC), Joslyn Institute for Sustainable Communities, and Nebraska Loves Public Schools (NE♥PS). We will be screening a few short environmental films, including a short film by NE♥PS and our main film created by Joslyn Institute for Sustainable Communities called Nebraska Nexus, about sustainability in our state. There will be catered food, a full cash bar, and time to socialize with your sustainable peers prior to the film. There will also be an attendee discount on concessions for the show. After the films, as a follow up to last year's USGBC NFC Town Hall "Regenerate" in June 2014, we will host a town hall discussion to hear from you: we will share our findings from last year's town hall, talk about the power of partnerships, harvest the genius of the audience, and talk about next steps to build a greener future together. USGBC GBCI CE's will be available. The event is free to thank you for all you do locally, for Nebraska and for the Earth.

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Save the Date April 23, 2015

USGBC NFC Earth Week Party: Film Screening and Town Hall

Please come out and celebrate Earth Week with us on 4/23/15 at Aksarben Cinema. We are proud to co-host a partnership event between US Green Building Council Nebraska Flatwater Chapter (USGBC NFC), Green Omaha Coalition (GOC), and Nebraska Association of School Boards (NASB). We will be screening a few short environmental films including Nebraska Nexus, about sustainability in our communities. As a follow up to last year's USGBC NFC Town Hall "Regenerate" in June 2014, we will host a town hall discussion to hear from you after the film: we will share our findings from last year, talk about the power of partnerships, harvest the genius of the audience, and talk about next steps to build a greener future together.

February Lunch Education - Envision Sustainable Infrastructure Rating System

When: February 17th 11:30am-1:00pm

Where: Spezia 3125 S. 72nd Street Omaha, NE 

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2015 Nebraska Architectural Engineering Conference

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The event is sponsored by the Nebraska Chapters of  Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI) and the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE).  It will be a one day Technical Conference and Expo for professionals and students involved in the building industry.  It will be held at the Embassy Suites Omaha-La Vista Conference Center on 12520 Westport Parkway, La Vista, Nebraska  and the Expo floor will be open from 8 am to 3 pm.

LEED Certified Hy-Vee Tour

The Sierra Club will be hosting a tour of the LEED Certified Hy-Vee on Thursday January 22nd at 7pm. USGBC CE credits will be available!

Store manager Tally Mertes will lead the tour highlighting the sustainable principles used to building and operate the store. For more info on Hy-Vee's sustainable building practices join us on the tour or visit..

http://www.hy-vee360.com/

Join the Omaha Sierra Club for this free program, starting with a brief talk from Tally to learn about the construction and design features that went into building the store at 180th and Pacific