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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
- Salons
- Technical Training and Educational Opportunities
- Community Outreach
- Annual GreenBuilt Tour
- Green Central
- Sustainability Week
- Community Events
Monthly Programs
Lunch Presentations
Our monthly lunch meetings are back as we head into the fall and winter season. 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 June 4, 2008 from 11:30am - 1:00pm at the MCM Elegante Hotel located at Menaul and University.
Click here for a description of the June Luncheon.
The cost is $20.00 for members and $25.00 for non-members. Please RSVP Robert Mallory 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:
Non-Members:
Upcoming Luncheons
Past Lunch Presentations
- The February 2008 lunch presentation - Fundamentals of Air Conditioning & LEED Certification
- The January lunch presentation "Greenbuild 2007 Chicago"
- The Novemeber lunch presentation "Sustainable Building Sustainable Building
Tax Credits".
- Important Links for this Presentation:
CertificateOfEligibility-C[1].pdf (39KB)
SBTC Req Form Commercial.pdf (70KB)
Target Finder.pdf (30KB)
- Important Links for this Presentation:
- The September lunch presentation "Green Building from the Contractors Perspective".
- The April lunch presentations regarding the UNM Rio Rancho campus can be found here; Stevie Famulari, Mark Childs, UNM West.
- The February 2007 lunch presentations by Advent Solar and PNM .
- The January 2007 lunch presentation by the Emerging Green Builders.
- The November 2006 “Greening New Mexico through the Legislative Process” lunch presentation.
- The October 2006 Water Harvesting lunch presentation.
- The September 2006 1 and 2.
- The LEED H/ Build Green NM presentation that was given by Lindsay Oldfield, Larry Gorman, & Armando Cobo at our June 2006 lunch is avaible here.
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
June 25,2008 -
Green your Home All salons start at 6 p.m. Locations TBD
If you have an idea for a topic, please
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Past Salons:
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See our growing list of Green Resources from our SalonsTechnical Training and Educational Opportunities
- LEED Workshops in Albuquerque - LEED for Homes: May 14
- LEED Workshops in Albuquerque - LEED for Existing Buildings: May 16
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
The U.S. Green Building Council New Mexico Chapter (USGBCNM) will hold its ninth annual GreenBuilt Tour in New Mexico and is seeking green built homes to feature. The tour will take place May 17 and 18, 2008.
The GreenBuilt Tour is an excellent opportunity for the public to learn about the features of a green home and how sustainable homes are built, and find inspiration.Those who have built a home with these features and want to share what they’ve learned in the process by opening their homes for viewing are encouraged to participate in this year’s Tour.”
Homes will be selected by a committee to be represented on the Green Built Tour and will need to fulfill certain green building standards. Two people will need to be present at the residence during the Tour who can describe the home’s sustainability features. Applications are due by February 21, 2008.
The GreenBuilt Tour will culminate Sustainability Week events being planned by USGBCNM. On Saturday, May 10, in Albuquerque, a series of lectures and workshops will be held along with a vendors show, for people to learn more about green building and see products and materials that are environmentally friendly. During the week, there will be tours of green commercial buildings and workshops for building professionals
Interested in having your home on the tour?” Click here to go our GreenBuilt Tour Website
Green Central
Sustainability Week
Community Events
Join Us Albuquerque For Green Drinks
What is Green Drinks? Every month people who work in the environmental
field meet up for a beer at an informal sessions known as Green Drinks.
A lively mixture of people from 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
simple and unstructured, but many people have found employment, made
friends, developed new ideas, done deals and had moments of serendipity.
When: Second Tuesday of every month, 5:30 - 7:00
Location: One Up Club - 301 Central NW 2nd floor
- (NW corner of the pool room).
Please send an email to Hilary Noll: hen@smpcarch.com with Green Drinks in the subject line to get reminders before each Green Drinks.