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The United States Green Building Council ~ Cincinnati Regional Chapter's Vision is that all buildings and communities will regenerate and sustain the health, prosperity and vitality of all life within a generation. The Chapter's Mission is to transform the way regional buildings and communities are designed, built and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous built and natural environment that improves the quality of life.
Pleasant Ridge Montessori School 5945 Montgomery Road Cincinnati, OH 45213
Presentations will include updates on projects and events throughout the Dayton and Cincinnati Regional Chapter area, individual awards for service to the Chapter Region in 2009, and announcement of the National USGBC awarding the Chapter the "Greening the Heartland" Conference and Exhibition to be held in Cincinnati in the Summer of 2011.
Pleasant Ridge Montessori is the first City of Cincinnati (and Ohio) School to achieve LEED Certification. There will also be a short tour of the building, which just received it's LEED Silver Certification.
Refreshments and a light meal will be served.
Cost: $20 Members $30 Non-Members and Guests Questions? Please contact Amy Ostigny at 513-403-0301 or info@usgbc-cincinnati.org
Voting Opens for 2010 USGBC Cincinnati Regional Chapter Board of Directors ~ Member response needed by Noon, Monday, November 23, 2009 ~ As a member it is your privilege to shape the direction of and assure the well-being of the Chapter. Your vote is vital and most welcome. Members should have received an email with the link to the voting program on November 13, 2009.
You'll select up to ten candidates to fill the ten open seats. All terms are for one year.
Eric Todd Ingler Charlie Jahnigen Michael Kady Susan Knight Brett Kordenbrock Judith Lewis Chuck Lohre Susan Margraf Mary Beth McGrew David M Meranus Jeffrey Millard John Quillen Gordon Schweitzer Michael Senger Joyce Smith David Tsevat Heather Wehby Ralph Wells
As you prepare to vote, please consider which nominee will bring diversity, leadership qualities, expertise, experience, commitment, and other qualifications needed to assure strong and dynamic local leadership. Thank you for participating in the elections for the 2010 USGBC Cincinnati Regional Chapter Board of Directors. Contact us if you did not receive the voting email.
Recent Chapter Highlights and Accomplishments:
- The Cincinnati area is home to more LEED projects than any city in Ohio - The Cincinnati area is home to more LEED AP's per capita than Chicago, and has the fourth largest number of LEED AP's in the Midwest - Cincinnati has more LEED registered schools than any other city in the state; Ohio has more LEED registered schools that California, Oregon, Washington, New Mexico, and Florida combined. Twenty percent of all LEED schools projects are in Ohio
- The Cincinnati Regional Chapter is the largest in Ohio and surrounding states - It has spread green building education to more than half a million people through media and direct contact - Chapter leaders have advocated for green building policy with the Governor's and Cincinnati Mayor's offices - The chapter has forged an award-winning partnership with Cincinnati State to provide a sustainable building curriculum for professionals - The chapter's advisory efforts have assisted the cities of Cincinnati and Wilmington and the State of Ohio in crafting successful green building incentives - Chapter leaders have spoken before numerous professional groups, both locally and around the country, about LEED and sustainable building - The chapter has hosted a design competition, LEED workshops, tours, round-tables, socials, and other networking events - Through the efforts of the Board and volunteers, Cincinnati has been selected as the site of Greening the Heartland 2011, the Midwest Greenbuild conference of the USGBC
