“Feast on the Farm” Fundraising Dinner Party & Silent Auction

  

March 7, 2010

5:00 pm

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8:30 pm

“Feast on the Farm” Fundraising Dinner Party & Silent Auction at Paradise Farms to benefit the the Fertile Earth Foundation’s projects, including “Fertile Roots Miami.”

Please join us to celebrate the beginning of “Fertile Roots Miami” a food composting initiative with the City of Miami and participating restaurants, hotels and local urban gardening projects. We are diverting what was once food waste and turning it into a rich soil amendment to grow food for our local communities and close the food loop.

Four course organic dinner will be served by top local chefs, in the beautiful surroundings of the organic Paradise Farms. A live auction of spa, restaurant, hotel packages and more are to follow.

 Menu co-created and prepared by:

Amarylis Guindin, Chef/Owner of Galerie Gourmet

Lynn Moulton, Area 31/Epic Hotel

Micah Edelstein, Grass Restaurant & Lounge

Dionette Kalkhofer, Om Garden Restaurant

What: Feast on the Farm Fundraising Dinner & Silent Auction
When: Sunday, March 7, 2010, from 5 – 8:30 pm (*PLEASE NOTE NEW DATE!)
Where: Paradise Farms
Why: Celebrate the beginning of sustainable composting in S. Florida & raise funds

Silent auction items:

* Mandarin Oriental Hotel Package (2 night stay, Dinner for two, Massage) – $1695 value

* Area 31 Gift Certificates – $100 value each

* Epic Hotel (2 night stay)

* Sunday brunch for 4 at Perricone’s – $100 value each

* Plus many more auction items (restaurant, spa, yoga, alternative therapies, massage, etc)!

$100 Donation.  No tickets will be sold at the door.  To purchase tickets, please visit www.fertileearth.org

Technical Review of USGBC LEED Green Associate Requirements

  

February 27, 2010

9:00 am

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1:30 pm

The Techincal Review of the USGBC Green Associate Requirements course will provide a detailed technical review of the LEED® Green Associate requirements rating system and other related material to pass the US Green Building Council LEED Green Associate exam. Related topics will include the registration and certification process, LEED® Online and the role of the LEED AP® as well as an overview of the USGBC mission and current available rating systems. The course will be instructed by AIA Miami member Sebastian Eilert, AIA, LEED AP® principal of Sebastian Eilert Architecture and adjunct faculty at the University of Miami. The course will provide snacks & refreshments. Registration, examination and related costs are the responsibility of the student.  This course is not provided or endorsed by the USGBC or its affiliates.

Recent feedback from our LEED AP® Training Courses

“I did it!!!! Passed with a 179 grade. Thanks again.” – Naomi C. Harrison, LEED AP®, McHarry Associates

“I took the exam this past Tuesday June 16th and I am happy to report I scored a 184.Your course was a major factor in calming me down and giving me the confidence to take the exam. Thanks again.” – Scott Flegel, LEED AP®, Premier Building Solutions Limited.

 Metro 1 Green Building Resource Center | 120 NE 27th ST #200, Miami, FL 33137
$210 for members | $250 for non-members

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MIA Green Expo & Conference

  

February 25, 2010

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February 26, 2010

The Major GREEN Professional Event in the Americas for Businesses, Executives, Entrepreneurs, Architects, Engineers, Interior Designers, Builders, Contractors, Service Providers, Property Managers, Manufacturers, Suppliers, Government Officials, Experts, and more…

At MiaGreen 2010 you will find…

· Major Educational & Credited Programs & Courses
· Green Designing & Building Techniques
· How to Be Green & Be Profitable
· Hot Green Business Opportunities
· Green Incentives, Certifications & Benefits
· Energy Savings Techniques & Procedures
· How to Sell to Key Markets in the World
· Latest Green Products & Services in Your Field
· New Green Job Opportunities

Location: Miami Beach Convention Center, 1901 Convention Center Dr., Miami Beach, FL 33139

Miami-Dade and the Keys Branch Meeting – Tour of Brickell Financial Center (LEED Building)

  

February 17, 2010

5:00 pm

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Location: Brickell Financial Centre (building site), 600 Brickell Avenue, Miami, FL 33131

The Miami-Dade and the Keys Branch of the USGBC South Florida Chapter has an enviable track record of hosting outstanding educational programs, and the February meeting is no exception. 

Attendees this month will have the opportunity to tour a major Class-A, LEED-CS registered office building in the heart of downtown Miami.  The developer of Brickell Financial Centre and its A/E team will present a short lecture on the major LEED-related strategies in the building, followed by a tour of the building under construction.  The general contracting team will lead the tour, highlighting the features of this LEED building.  Attendees will experience first-hand the challenges and opportunities encountered by the project team — truly a rare educational opportunity.

Our registration and meet-’n'-greet runs from 5:30-6:30pm.  From 6:30-6:40pm we conduct a quick general business meeting, and our educational presentation and tour runs from 6:40-8pm.

Our Branch meetings are free to USGBC members, and non-members are charged a nominal $10 admission fee to help cover meeting costs.  To join the USGBC, click here or you can join at the meeting.

Top-shelf education, delectable edibles, a terrific venue, and great fun — what better way to spend a Wednesday evening!  Please come out and join in … and bring a friend!  The more you get involved with the Branch’s activities, the greater the wealth of contacts, resources and information — including particulars (e.g., workshops) tied to securing LEED accreditation — that are available to you.

GREENWORKING – Sip cocktails and connect!

  

February 18, 2010

6:00 pm

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10:00 pm

Location: Casale Rooftop Lounge, 1800 Bay Road, Miami Beach, FL

Please join the Miami Dade & The Keys Branch for an evening of ‘greenworking’ on beautiful Miami Beach. Expand your network while you mingle and meet with other branch and chapter members in a casual, fun atmosphere.

This ‘greenworking’ event will be hosted at Casale Pizzeria’s Rooftop Lounge from 6-8PM. Enjoy delicious treats from Casale while taking in the evening air during this wonderful time of the year in South Beach.

Enjoy complimentary cocktails and delicious treats from the Casale kitchen. Be sure to arrive early, we are expecting a great turn out!

Suggested tax-deductable donation of $10

Register at http://usgbcsf.org/events?eventId=121917&EventViewMode=2&CalendarViewType=0&SelectedDate=1/30/2010 or email Susie Glass at sglass@metro1properties.com

Co-sponsors: Miami New Times, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, Eco Chamber,Environmental News & Views, Metro 1 Properties and Select Vodka

Miami 21 ‘Town Hall’ Information Series with guest speaker Francisco Garcia Iglesias – Part I

  

February 11, 2010

6:00 pm

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The Metro 1 Green Building Resource Center invites you to learn more about Miami 21 with guest speaker Francisco Garcia Iglesias. The presentation will discuss Miami 21 in a two-part series covering the topics below. Guests are welcome to ask questions and voice opinions in this ‘town hall’ series.

About Miami 21:

Miami has been engaged over the last five years in a wholesale restructuring of its development regulations. The result of these efforts, a code and development plan named Miami 21 was approved in September, 2009 and will complete the adoption process in early 2010. The adoption of Miami 21 signals a drastic  break with Euclidian zoning.  Euclidian or use-based zoning has held sway over American development for nearly 90 years; it has resulted in the wholesale deterioration of urban centers and brought about the dominance of the suburb as the default housing habitat for Americans.

Miami 21 can be termed diversely a form-based code, a transect-based code, a sequential growth code or an infrastructure-based code. Most importantly, it departs from legalistic concepts of buffering and use segregation and promotes sustainable development through the implementation of planning well established principles:

- Walkability and pedestrian oriented development.

- Neighborhood-based urban structure as opposed to a corridor-based suburban structure

- Integration of complementary uses and densification of areas properly served by public transit

- Gradual transition between development intensities to generate harmony and maintain property value

- Qualitative evaluation of development according to sustainability criteria requiring compliance with well-established environmental principles

- Predictability of development parameters by using net lot area and gross floor area based formulae as opposed to gross floor area and net floor area

- Reduction of bureaucratic processes by reducing reliance on public hearing / adversarial permitting

Miami 21 is the first city-wide development code to adopt this methodology in a major urban area. The creation, design and implementation of Miami 21 have become a nation-wide case study, a precedent of sustainable regulation intended as model and precedent for American cities.

Learn more about Miami 21 by visisting http://www.miami21.org/ 

About the Speaker, Francisco Garcia Iglesias:

A planner, urban designer and architect by training, Mr. García is responsible for leading designs for new communities as well as urban redevelopment and revitalization projects in America, Europe, Asia and the MENA region. In 15 years of professional experience he has held executive positions in both the public and private sectors.

Mr. García’s experience is broad in range encompassing, among others, management of a large municipal community planning department; urban design and zoning division inclusive of code enforcement. In the private sector he has managed the implementation of sizeable projects such as the development of a mixed use parking and retail structure and the restoration of a historic museum. In addition, and pertaining to master planning and coding efforts, Mr. García is presently involved in, or has recently completed, the design of diverse master plans in both infill and gray-field conditions as well as for new towns and number of code calibrations for municipalities large and small.

Mr. Garcia brings this experience and knowledge to effective leadership of design workshops and charrettes and is regularly called to lecture before government officials, developers, and citizen groups. He also effectively advocates or mediates in complex entitlement processes.

Mr. Garcia has worked at the forefront of mixed use, community planning and code writing during his tenure in the field of urbanism where he is sought-out to work on complex or sensitive sites, including culturally-diverse or disenfranchised neighborhoods. Mr. García has led over twenty community design charrettes and participated in over fifty. He successfully engages stakeholders with a clear perception of both present reality and future potential building consensus toward a shared vision. Mr. García’s urban design and coding efforts have been published and have been honored most recently with a Charter Award from the Congress for the New Urbanism in the 2009 Denver conference.

Location: Metro 1 Green Building Resource Center | 120 NE 27th ST #200, Miami, FL 33137
Cost: Free for members / $10 for non-members – Refreshments will be provided

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Historic Preservation Expo at the Coral Gables Farmers Market

  

February 6, 2010

9:00 am

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1:00 pm

Preservation techniques, green building materials, local products, artisans and more will be found at this fun and informative expo at the Coral Gables Farmers Market. Learn about the variety of businesses, organizations, and people working to build a greener South Florida.

Event is complimentary and open to the public. As seating is limited, reservations are suggested. To RSVP call the Coral Gables Museum at 305.910.3996 or email chris@coralgablesmuseum.org

Location: Merrick Park acrosss from Coral Gables City Hall, 405 Biltmore Way, Coral Gables, FL

Funding Green Buildings Forecast for 2010—Grants, Incentives and Alliances

  

January 25, 2010

3:00 pm

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6:00 pm

 

Join us for this fantastic seminar, instructed by Green Building Grant Guru Jan McAdams. This seminar will cover the following topics:

- Overview of the 2010 Federal Grants and Loans for Green Buildings and Manufacturers

- How to Compete and Win Federal and State Grants (Case histories and winning examples provided)

- Stump the Grantwriter—Attendees Query Jan with their Toughest Funding Questions and Concerns

Afterwards join us for a networking session with complimentary cocktails. All attendees will recieve a 75 page “Funding Green in 2010″ Resource Manual.

About the instructor:

Jan McAdams hails from UC Davis where 33 years ago she launched her fundraising career. She has experience in all aspects of grantwriting, funder cultivation and project management. Since 1975 she has provided consulting services to more than 200 nonprofit and 28 for-profit clients. She has secured more than $125 million in cash and non-cash resources through grants and sponsor development.

During her career Jan has conducted more than 650 grantwriting and business development workshops throughout the U.S to more than 4,800 aspiring grant writers (Sponsored by major universities including the University of Nevada, Reno, University of Nevada, Las Vegas and the University of California, Davis). Thirteen years ago, Jan was recruited by the Department of Energy to participate as a fundraising and grantwriting resource for the nation’s emerging green building projects. Since then, Jan has conducted forty-eight (48) “Funding Green Buildings” workshops and in-service trainings to more than 1,800 attendees. She is the Publisher/ Editor, of the “The Funding Green Buildings Toolkit” (2001-2009 Editions), a 150-page
directory listing all major grants, construction material donations and low interest loan resources for energy-efficient commercial and public buildings. (Considered the most comprehensive resource of this type for green buildings.)

Jan has a thorough understanding of the benefits of green design and construction. She has conducted capital campaigns for 22 green building projects, securing $65 M in the last 5 years. She maintains professional relationships with major manufacturers of sustainable FF & E and Federal and State funding sources including: Department of Energy, HUD, and EPA.

She is considered a national expert in the area of accessing grant and loan resources from the 2009 ARRA Stimulus Funds. Her energetic presentation style and excellent seminar materials provide a step-by-step funding roadmap for the nation’s ever expanding green building industry.

Location: Metro 1 Green Building Resource Center | 120 NE 27th ST #200, Miami, FL 33137
Cost: $45 for members | $60 for non-members

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