Detroit Region: LEED Tour + Advocacy Presentation!

LEED Platinum building tour and USGBC DRC general membership meeting (with special Advocacy Presentations via Peggy Matta, Green Schools Advocacy Chair, Ian Tran, Advocacy Chair and Paulette Alioa) 10/22.

TOUR A LEED PLATINUM BUILDING IN DETROIT! 10/22 6-8pm Larry K. Lewis Education Center - WCCCD Northwest Campus, Detroit The latest addition to the Northwest Campus is the Larry K. Lewis Education Center. The new 90,000 sq. ft. Academic Building houses 31 classrooms, computer labs, a 133 seat lecture hall, and a Media Center. The new building is slated to be a LEED Platinum building when certified. It uses geothermal heating/cooling, a "Gray" water system, solar panels for hot water and electricity and has a "Green" roof.  Hear from the architects, engineers, contractor and owner on the LEED process. If you need CEU's, self report this tour for 1 credit! Light refreshments will be provided at this FREE event. Registration is required. USGBC DRC GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING Meet USGBC DRC Committees and hear from Advocacy and Green Schools. Hear about Green Apple Day of Service, DRC Forum, LEED Study Groups, our local and state advocacy efforts and more! Light Refreshments and Networking!!! BRING A FRIEND OR COLLEAGUE! REGISTER HERE NOW ACCEPTING SELF NOMINATIONS FOR THE USGBC DETROIT BOARD OF DIRECTORS The U.S. Green Building Council Detroit Regional Chapter will be conducting elections to fill the six vacancies on the 2016-2017 Board of Directors.  Dynamic leaders in the sustainable built environment are encouraged to submit self-nominations by October 26, 2015, with voting to occur from October 28th - November 8th. LEARN MORE

STAY CONNECTED:

Monday: The State Opportunities in Clean Energy

Please join E2, U.S. Green Building Council Detroit Chapter, Small Business Majority and 5Lakes Energy for a luncheon discussion on: The State Opportunities in Clean Energy Find out how increasing energy efficiency and clean energy are good business and good for Michigan's economy. Discussion topics include the economic potential in Michigan energy policy and we will also hear from businesses about the opportunity in the clean energy economy.   Speakers:        Skiles Boyd, Vice President at DTE Energy Liesl Clark, Founding Partner, 5LakesEnergy Ariana Gonzalez, Energy Policy Analyst, NRDC Robert Jackson, Director of the Energy Office at the Michigan Agency for Energy Kevin McNeely, McNeely Building Group, LLC and USGBC-Detroit Chapter Maureen Sertich, Sustainability Lead, North American Region, Whirlpool Corporation When: Monday, October 19; 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 pm (lunch to be provided). Optional tour of Next Energy facility after the event.   Where: Next Energy, 461 Burroughs St, Detroit, MI, 48202   The event is free, but registration is required. Please register here!   Questions? Contact Gail Parson at gail@e2.org. STAY CONNECTED:

Present:
Paulette
Ian
Call concluded at 12:21
Joined at 12:30
Debra
Peggy


Update

See e-mail media plans (linked in today's email reminder) and finding people who are willing to reach representatives to share the USGBC updates.

ActionsAssign individuals for reaching certain reps
Engage/share media content (linked in today's email)
Re-enforce new meeting time with additional & earlier reminders

Nudge Cheri on followup (Ian)
Send draft survey (Ian)
Plan roundtable call announcement (Paulette)

Decide (not completely explored during call)

How to engage previous Advocacy Day volunteers/interested existing members who remain on standby

Present:
Anthony
Paulette
Ian

MI Actions:
*Reach representatives to share USGBC MI economic update (check email for details & letters)

Decided:
*Emphasize updating Building Codes
Updating building codes will be the top objective for USGBC & aligned stakeholder impact in legislation.

*Focus on Rep. Townsend and West MI's rep in following up


Actions:

*Draft overview/survey letter & share w/ Paulette by next week (Ian)
*Forward econ report/statements to group (Ian)
*Follow up with Boma, ASHRAE within next week (Paulette)
AIA & Kevin McNeely (Paulette)
*Follow up with Cheri (Paulette)

Long-term
Recruit members, chapter member regulars stretched thin/burning out or at end of 4yr cycle.
*Introduce Youth Energy Squad to USGBC & connect with committees?


E2, SBM, SESBF will attend upcoming event on Oct 19th.

SB 437/438 comments: Send draft letter for Board review

*continue invitations & recruitment

USGBC in Media this week

Another timely piece – you may recall that Keith Winn and I traveled to D.C. back in July accepting an invitation to attend a business briefing at the White House on Climate Change and the Clean Power Plan.  Business Forward helped us with an op-ed on the benefit of green buildings and it was published in the GR Press today  http://www.mlive.com/opinion/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2015/09/saving_energy_to_save_money_an.html   Of course we talked about LEED and jobs!  


http://campaignsusgbc.blogspot.com/

Hi all,

A very happy Friday to you! For those who didn't see it, there was an additional Michigan media hit from the report rollout -- an interview with Kevin McNeely on WDET. Please feel free to share if you see fit. Thanks!

http://wdet.org/posts/2015/09/17/81535-study-green-building-construction-jobs-expected-to-double/

Hello again!
The story about the 2015 Green Building Economic Impact Study by Emily Lawler, MLive's statewide business reporter, has run. We're very excited for the projections for Michigan.
We have sent different versions of this email to USGBC-DRC and USGBC-West Michigan, so everyone is covered (we've customized the tweets for each group).
http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/index.ssf/2015/09/green_construction_bolstering.html
There are at least 5 things everyone can do:
1. Comment on the MLive story itself. This is a big one. We want anyone who sees the story to see the great, supportive green building community that exists in Michigan.
2. Share on LinkedIn
3. Share on Facebook
4. Tweet
5. Retweet USGBC national; the reporter, Emily Lawler; and others (Moonsail North, Scott and I are all also tweeting, to help amplify). More on this below.
Here is one tweet you can use to share the news:

Check out #PureMichigan's impressive #greenbuilding job growth in this great@mlive piece on why #LEEDworks http://bit.ly/1KfXE6Y @usgbc
You can also schedule another tweet with this take, using the attached photo:

Let's talk about #Michigan #greenbuilding growth! Check out this @mlive story => http://bit.ly/1KfXE6Y #LEEDWorks

You can retweet and add hashtags and your own comment:

https://twitter.com/emilyjanelawler/status/644152045629534208

​For Facebook and LinkedIn, you have more room, so you obviously can do the same posts and spell everything out and add more hashtags. As we said in the other email, feel free to reshare again next week and add an #ICYMI hashtag to signal that you're sharing just in case anyone missed the news. 

Check out this great piece by MLive's [tag MLive.com] business reporter Emily Lawler about the #greenbuilding #job growth in store for #PureMichigan. #LEEDworks http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/index.ssf/2015/09/green_construction_bolstering.html

​Please don't hesitate to email or text/call if you have questions. 

Thanks!

17 IX 2015 Policy Roundtable Prep

Policy actions:

Still time to submit comment on SB 437 & 438

SB 438 focuses on residential sector

New bill introduced focused on EE in commercial sector--
*check for LEED/building codes


Roundtable prep task flow:1st call, end of Sept. (w/ ~2 weeks notice):
id common needs
roadblocks
and points for collaborate

id all contacts >2weeks
Challenge: who to send this to.

+survey on topics + times (Paulette) (qs  by Ian)

Debra: reviews senate letter.

boma: nrg choice, mi energy code
ashrae: grassroots govt activity committee (nascent)

What next steps might be needed for continued collaboration, how might we do so in a more unified manner?