Please join us for our fist membership meeting in 2010. We are kicking off the year with a tour of Beau Box Commercial Real Estate. This building is LEED certified and the tour will be led by the architect, Dyke Nelson with Chenevert Architects.

Date and Time: Thursday, February 25
5:30pm-6:00pm: Networking
6:00pm-7:30pm: Tour of Building and discussion

Location: Beau Box Commercial Real Estate
6777 Jefferson Hwy.
Baton Rouge, La 70806

Beau Box Building Baton Rouge

Please RSVP to Catherine Nipper by February 24, 2010 at catherine.nipper@womans.org

Directions to Beau Box

A Message from USGBC National
USGBC and its members are uniquely positioned to help in the rebuilding of the homes, schools, hospitals and infrastructure demolished in the devastating earthquake in Haiti. USGBC CEO Rick Fedrizzi traveled to Haiti last spring with UN Special Envoy to Haiti President Bill Clinton and a small UN working group, and they have begun developing plans that will jumpstart the rebuilding effort. We’ve also offered to work with our members to develop solutions informed by our work in New Orleans and Greensburg in the wake of the natural disasters that devastated those communities. We will provide ongoing information on our plans and how members of the USGBC family can get involved. One way to provide immediate assistance is through the Clinton Foundation Haiti Relief Fund, which has been established to help channel assistance efforts.

The Green Collaborative has developed a green platform to encourage candidates to make the environment a commitment in New Orleans. Read the full text here.

Historic Green serves to transform and revitalize communities through education and charitable activities that integrate sustainable design and heritage conservation practices. Now in its third year, the Historic Green event “Spring Greening” continues to focus on sustainability and preservation techniques to combine the concepts of green design construction and historic restoration. An idea that is not often discussed in green design forums, sustainable preservation is the focus the Historic Green initiative as it helps green the existing built and natural spaces of the historic Holy Cross neighborhood.

During the previous “Spring Greening” events in March 2008 & 2009, Historic Green directed more than 500 volunteers during a two week period, positively affecting 150 homes and businesses while contributing more than $250,000 worth of volunteer labor to 12 various projects.

2010 SPRING GREENING:
March 9-19, 2010
Holy Cross Neighborhood, The Lower 9th Ward

HISTORIC GREEN SPRING GREENING PROJECTS 2010:
· Construct a new LEED® Platinum facility to house the new offices of The Center for Sustainable Engagement & Development (CSED)
· Partner with Lower Ninth homeowners to green their properties: weatherization, radiant barriers, widespread installation of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs)
· Continue renovations at the Lower 9th Ward Village
· Design and install demonstration rain gardens throughout the Lower Ninth Ward
· Restore a tupelo cypress ecosystem at Bayou Bienvenue and “green up” public spaces around the Bayou
· Continue improvement efforts at the Delery Street Playground – the only working playground in Holy Cross
· Conduct educational workshops throughout the 11 day period to train residents and volunteers the tenets of sustainable preservation
· Provide Holy Cross neighborhood/Lower Ninth architectural tours for volunteers

For more information, go here.

USGBC-Louisiana is proud to partner with Global Green and the American Institute of Architects, New Orleans Chapter to present a monthly panel series on issues of sustainability in the built environment.

This month's panel discussion: GreeNola: A Strategy for a Sustainable New Orleans, is hosted by the USGBC-Louisiana.

Date and Time:
Wednesday, January 20th
5:30pm to 7:30pm
AIA New Orleans Center for Design

1000 St. Charles Avenue

New Orleans, LA

John Moore will speak to the group about the City of New Orleans' plan for sustainable redevelopment through the GreeNola: A Strategy for a Sustainable New Orleans program. GreeNola is a resource for New Orleans neighborhoods and residents to engage in the master planning process of the City and to ensure sustainable redevelopment. John will also address the impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (aka “stimulus package”) on the redevelopment of the City of New Orleans.

A copy of the GreeNola plan can be found at http://www.louisianahelp.org/documents/greenolawithldrfcoverpage.pdf.

Panel discussions are free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served beginning at 5:30pm, presentation begins promptly at 6pm. AIA Continuing Education Credits apply.

With very special thanks to our good friends at Sucre for their generous support of this program.

Speaker’s Biographical Sketch:

John Moore currently works for the City of New Orleans as an Energy and Environmental Policy Analyst. John attended high school in New Orleans at the Center for Science and Mathematics and McDonogh #35, where he was active in the gifted arts program. For college, Moore attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia where he studied art and philosophy. He received his Master of Fine Arts in May of 2005. During his time at Morehouse, Moore became active in the field of design through classes in art and architectural drafting. Moore also served as the president of the Art Club. Moore was very active in environmental issues through an environmental studies fellowship program. For his senior fellowship project, Moore used his experience knowledge of green building to coordinate an Eco-Dorm project which was pitched to Morehouse staff. During college his interest in art shifted towards an interest in architecture and planning, and he now ultimately plans to pursue a degree in this field following work in New Orleans. After college, Moore was educated on the green building industry while working for Southface Energy Institute in Atlanta, Georgia. Here he was educated in green building rating systems and eco friendly design methods. Here became a certified energy rater as continues as an active energy rater to this day. Following his internship, Moore took a job with Global Green helping to rebuild his home town of New Orleans. Through this work, Moore was instrumental in building environmentally sustainable homes in the wake of hurricane Katrina. This job ultimately lead him to his current position with the City as an Energy and Environmental Policy Analyst.