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** 505-227-0474 - USGBC New Mexico Chapter - P.O. Box 25771 - Albuquerque, NM 87125-5771 **

USGBC - NM Events

The USGBC New Mexico Chapter is a membership organization for those interested in Green Building. We offer the following programs to educate and assist professionals, our membership and the public:

Monthly Programs

Lunch Presentations

Our monthly lunch meetings are back as we head into 2009. The meetings are held the first Wednesday of every month, from 11:30AM - 1:00PM, at the Elegante Hotel located at 2020 Menaul NE in Albuquerque. The cost is $20 for members and $25.00 for non-members (cash & checks only please; make checks payable to USGBC NM Chapter).

Our next luncheon will be May 6, 2009 from 11:30am - 1:00pm at MCM Elegante
2020 Menaul, NE
Albuquerque, NM

 

Date TBD

Topic: TBD

The cost is $20.00 members and $25.00 for non-members. Please RSVP treasurer@usgbcnm.org if you are interested in attending.

Click on “Member” or “Non-Member” to pay in advance. Please print out your receipt and bring it with you to the luncheon.

Members:

Month
Name of ticket holder(s)

Non-Members:

Month
Name of ticket holder(s)

Upcoming Luncheons




Past Lunch Presentations

Salons

About the Salon

The USGBC NM Chapter held a series of six monthly programs called SALONS in 2007, to discuss topics on green building issues, materials and LEED strategies. This program will continue in 2008, topics and dates will be updated as they are determined.  The Salons will take place at a new location in 2008, UNM Continuing Education located at:

1634 University Blvd NE
South Building 
Albuquerque, NM  87104

Each topic will have an invited "expert". The role of the expert is to bring high level technical information to guide the talk and offer high level content.

Round table format (self introduction in a circle, and begin discussion).

 

Future Salons

Dates and Topics:

  • TBD: Principles of Permaculture and

    Xeric Gardening Practices

  • July 22: How to manage your Green Office

 

All salons start at 6 p.m.

Locations TBD

See our growing list of Green Resources from our Salons

If you have an idea for a topic, please
send it to Tony Sparks at: tsparks@testmarc.com.

 

Past Salons:

 

Technical Training and Educational Opportunities


Community Outreach

Speaker's Bureau

The USGBC NM Chapter offers lectures and presentations to local professional organizations about LEED the USGBC and the USGBC NM Chapter. Call Chris Kerlin at 227-0474 for more information.

Annual GreenBuilt Tour

Apply to have your home on the USGBC NM Chapter’s 10th Annual Greenbuilt Tour

Applications are due by January 31, 2009. Obtain an application form online at www.greenbuilttour.net. Our 10th annual Greenbuilt Tour will take place May 16 and 17, 2009. At this year’s tour we hope to feature homes certified under Build Green New Mexico or LEED for Homes standards, as well as new and renovated homes with exceptional green features or innovative materials and techniques. These features could include the use of passive and/or active solar design and technology, sustainable design and construction, new and different alternative building envelopes, significant green attainment and/or unique, innovative, and comprehensive green features. 2009's Sustainability Week events will commence with an opening ceremony on Friday, May 8. On Saturday, May 9 and 10, in Albuquerque, a series of lectures and workshops will be held along with a vendor's show, for people to learn more about green building and see products and materials that are environmentally friendly. During the week, there will also be a tour of green commercial buildings.

Sustainability Week culminates with the U.S. Green Building Council New Mexico Chapter's tenth annual GreenBuilt Tour in New Mexico on May 16 and 17, 2008.

Homes on the tour will be rated for their “green-ness” and awards will be given to the “greenest” homes at our kick-off event on May 8. Participating properties will be charged a minimal fee to offset the cost of producing the GreenBuilt Tour guide that profiles the properties and provides how-to articles on ways to adopt a more sustainable lifestyle.

We hope those who have built a green home will share their inspiration by applying for this year’s Tour. The GreenBuilt Tour started in 2000 and featured 11 properties in Albuquerque and was the first such event in the nation. The event was started by the Green Alliance, a non-profit organization that later became the New Mexico Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council. Last year’s GreenBuilt Tour featured 24 properties in Taos, Santa Fe and Albuquerque.

For more information on the GreenBuilt Tour, visit www.greenbuilttour.net.

Green Central

Sustainability Week

  • We still need volunteers to help for the GreenBuilt Tour. Volunteers receive a free ticket to the Green Living Lectures and the GreenBuilt Tour.
  • Please contact Kent Gurley: kent@solamenteclaywalls.com if you'd like to volunteer. There are 25 houses on this year's tour in the Farmington, Albuquerque, Santa Fe and the Taos area.

Three Volunteer Orientations are scheduled: May 1 at Noon, May 2 at 10:00AM and May 5 at 6:00 PM at Daylighting Solutions: 8352 Corona Loop, NE Albuquerque.

  • Tickets are now on sale for the Green Living Lectures and the GreenBuilt Tour. Go to www.greenbuilttour.net for information on all Sustainability Week Events and to see a list of all ticket sales locations.
  • If you'd like to attend the Opening Ceremony please RSVP to Ryan Moore at Education@usgbcnm.org by May 1st payment is due by May 5th. Space is limited
  • Cost- $30 per individual $55 couples.
  • Sponsorship opportunities to this event are available. Please call 505-227-0474 for more information.

We hope to see you there!

Community Events

Albuquerque GREEN DRINKS 2009

This year we will have fewer, but more organized events. The causal atmosphere of Green Drinks for networking and mingling will still remain, but each (free) event will feature a theme, a presenter and/or a sponsor.

What is Green Drinks? Every month, around the world, people who work in the environmental field meet up at informal sessions known as Green Drinks. We have a lively mixture of people from NGOs, academia, government and business. Come along and you'll be made welcome. It's a great way of catching up with people you know and also for making new contacts. Everyone invites someone else along, so there’s always a different crowd, making Green Drinks an organic, self-organizing network. These events are very simple and unstructured, but many people have found employment, made friends, developed new ideas, done business deals and had moments of serendipity. It's a force for the good and we'd like to help it spread to other cities. Come along and you’ll be made welcome!

Location:
O’Niells Pub Party/Banquet Room (4310 Central Ave SE @ Washington in East Nob Hill, Albuquerque)

If you are interested in becoming a sponsor of Green Drinks please contact Lisa: lll@smpcarch.com for more information.

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