Invitation to lunch, update on SRC, and Chamber going green!

1) LAST CHANCE to register for an awesome Master Speaker luncheon this Thursday.  We have an excellent panel from the private and governmental sectors to share their sustainability initiatives and how they go about contracting green products and services.  See below for more details or register HERE.  At this lunch, there will be a short presentation on how the Chamber is going green with its major renovation and an update on the SRC.2) Check out the latest SRC construction documents here. 3) Take a look at how the Chamber is going green by visiting this website.

USGBCNF Master Speakers Luncheon – Sustainability Initiatives – Hiring Green Services and Utilizing Green ProductsTHURSDAY, March 15, 2012; 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM LAST DAY TO REGISTER! Come and learn about sustainability initiatives from the perspective of a federal agency, a CEO/Owner and a downtown property manager.   Our panelists will discuss what’s new in sustainability in their respective industry, new building projects, hiring green services and utilizing green products. Location:  River City Brewing Company, 835 Museum Circle, Jacksonville FL 32207 COST: $30 / USGBC North Florida Chapter Members $40 / Non-North Florida Chapter Members $15 / Students Confirmed Panelists: John Hirabayashi, CEO, Community First Credit Union Lori Thomas, Sr. Property Manager, Element National Management AT&T Tower Linda Hosey, Customer Service Director GSA/Federal Acquisition Service Special Thanks to our Sponsor! Register by 10:00 AM March 13th If you have any questions or must cancel, please send an email message to scurcic@stellar.net No-shows will be billed. Register Online    Download Flyer (pdf)

SRC Construction Docs 90% done, Haskell, KI, CREE, and Envision donations, and update on the SRC Mobile Unit

Hi SRC Followers!

We have great updates to provide you on the Sustainability Resource Center:

• Check out the current construction documents of the SRC here.  They are approximately 90% done so take a look and add a comment or two!

• THANK YOU!  THANK YOU!  THANK YOU!  to our most recent supporters!
  • Haskell has agreed to sponsor the Kid’s Corner of the SRC.
  • KI is providing all the SRC Training Room furniture at a deep, deep discount.  Very cool stuff!
  • CREE has agreed to supply 20 LED LR6 lights to the SRC
  • Doug Skiles with Envision Design & Engineering recently joined the SRC Exterior Huddle Team and is donating is civil engineer expertise to make sure everything drains right!  =)
• Check out one of the options we are looking at for the SRC Mobile Unit — repurposing one of the weatherization trailers and making it whole green with materials, PV, green cleaning, plumbing, etc.

Happy New Year, THANK YOU!, and…Sexy Faucet!!??

HAPPY, HAPPY NEW YEAR from the USGBC North Florida Chapter!  This year is going to rock because we will have built the SRC and moved this region closer to a more sustainable and profitable path.

THANK YOU!  Thanks so very much to all of you who generously donated towards the SRC as a year end tax deductible donation in 2011!  We SO appreciate your support and have created a new KUDOS page just for you!

Yes, yes…we did say sexy faucet in the title of this post.  Part of the mission of the SRC is to educate as we create, design, build, certify, and operate the Center.  So…we wanted to share one cool, cutting edge product/technology we are hoping to install in the restrooms of the SRC — an automatic water faucet that has a solar (works in artificial light) LED and LCD diagnostic screen that will communicate water temperature and wash time providing educational user feedback.

 

 

 

 

Check out the video on this sleek gadget: http://www.sloanvalve.com/Our_Products/BASYS.aspx.  Thanks Aaron Schreiber, Interior Designer at Stellar and USGBC NF Board Member, for this suggestion!

 

SRC on First Coast Connect with WJCT this morning!

Thanks WJCT, First Coast Connect, and especially Melissa Ross for having us on this morning to talk about the SRC!

If you missed it, go to http://www.wjctondemand.org/, click on Wed under First Coast Connect, and scroll to the time stamp: 27 minutes and 8 seconds (27:08).

Please Consider a Year-End Tax Deductible Donation to the SRC — No donation is too small

 3 Easy Ways to Donate

• Personal Donation
  • Benefits: 2011 tax deductible, receive recognition such as name engraved on sidewalk outside the Center, and feel good in helping your community move forward in a concrete, visible, and long term manner

• Donation in honor/in memory of a loved one
  • Benefits: receive an instant printable certificate to gift someone during the holidays (makes a great stocking stuffer!), 2011 tax deductible, person will receive recognition such as name engraved on sidewalk outside the Center, and you will feel good making a close one happy and in personally helping your community move forward in a concrete, visible, and long term manner

• Company Donation or Sponsorship
  • Benefits: Enhance your brand, receive extensive exposure, join other sustainable leaders on the “who’s who in sustainability in NE Florida” wall in the SRC, year-end tax deductible donation, visible recognition, and feel great about being a part of an incredible undertaking that will positively impact future generations to come.

• Types of Donations
  • Company year-end tax monetary deductible donation
  • Employee matching – encourage employees to give and match their total contribution (Contact Sarah Boren for sample email)
  • In-kind product or service to help build the SRC (Sample letter)

•  Types of Sponsorship Opportunities
  • SRC Legacy space – sponsor a space within the SRC and receive naming rights of that space, the tremendous publicity and frequent mentions of your company’s name, and all the benefits from the equivalent level of the donation package (Details)
  • Sponsor a table and attend the USGBC NF Annual Awards Gala on January 26, 2012 – all proceeds go to the SRC (Additional sponsorship opportunities)

Thank you in advance for your support and helping make this Center a valuable asset for everyone in the community!  We could not do it without you!

The SRC Team

Check out www.metrojacksonville.com — front page coverage of the SRC

Thanks MetroJax!

Busy day today for the SRC

Hi!  Lots going on regarding the SRC today:

• Thanks ULI NF for letting us say a few words about the SRC!  Corie Baker with Pond & Company and pro-bono architect on the SRC, did a great 5 minute pre-presentation on the SRC at a Urban Land Institute North Florida (ULI NF) breakfast this morning.  ULI NF had a fantastic presentation on how the built environment ties into health and sustainable communities with presenters Dawn Emerick, CEO, Health Planning Council of NE FL and Christopher Overdorf, Principal, ELM.
• Informational presentation on the SRC to the Downtown Development Review Board today at 2pm at the JEDC.  Anyone welcome.
• SRC Systems Huddle Group Meeting today at 3pm at TLC.  Anyone is welcome to come who is interested in helping with designing the best systems for the SRC such as mechanical, controls, lighting, technology/smart building, solar, wind, plug load/equipment needs (computers, kitchen appliances, AV, LED displays, etc.), and more.
• Updated image of front of SRC — WOW, doesn’t that look amazing!  What a wonderful asset to have downtown, two doors down from City Hall.  Let’s make this wonderful project a reality!  Please consider making a donation or sponsoring a space by clicking on the cute shiny sun on the right now.

SRC Streetscape Rendering

Check out the first rendering of the SRC exterior!  Thanks Allan Iosue (Pond & Company), Kevin Songer (Metro Verde), Bob Chabot (Jax Zoo), Catherine Burkee (Breaking Ground Contracting), Kevin Bennett (Emerging Professional), and Mercelin Etienne (UNF Construction Management Student) for your terrific ideas!

HUGE Thanks

It is apropos given the time of year to relay a GINORMOUS THANKS (yes…ginormous is now an official dictionary word) to all those individuals and companies who were the first believe in and to step up to donate their time, products, and expertise to help with the SRC!

We want to specifically shout out to:

• Individuals:
• Corie Baker, Architect and Former USGBC NF Board Member, Pond & Company
• Mark Gelfo, Engineer and President, USGBC NF Board, TLC Engineering for Architecture
• Tom Goldsbury, COJ and Treasurer, USGBC NF Board
• Rob Riva, Attorney and USGBC NF Board Member, Holland & Knight
• Ellen Reed, Immediate Past President, USGBC NF Board, ELR Consulting Group
• Eric Hickox, Director of Pre-Construction, Auld & White Constructors
• Jose Cardenas, Architect, Hota Design
• Allan Iosue, StreetScape Design, Pond & Company
• Kevin Songer, Green Living Wall, Metro Verde
• Bob Chabot, Green Living Wall & StreetScape, Jax Zoo
• Catherine Burkee, Education Ideas, Breaking Ground Contracting
• Melanie DeMasi, IFS Business Services
• Joann Leisher — PR and marketing services
• Tony Turrin, UNF
• Dan Fulmer, FulTech Solutions
• Companies
• JSA, Inc. — donated Corie Baker’s initial SRC design time
• Holland & Knight — donated legal services to negotiate lease with COJ
• TLC Engineering for Architecture — donating all engineering and LEED administration
• ELR Consulting Group — creation of SRC logo
• Pond & Company — donating Corie Baker’s design and coordination time
• Auld & White Constructors — donating all construction management
• Titan America (Greg Tenuta) — concrete
• InterfaceFLOR (Ron Titus) — carpet
• Certified Control Systems (Ernie Alton) — HVAC controls
• Coastal Recycling Services (Charles Latham) — recycling C&D
• Color Wheel (Brittany Humphrey) — paint
• AXIA Public Relations — SRC PR
• ELAD Group (Lori Thomas) — salvaged items from AT&T renovation
• Shaw Contract Group (Rebecca Shaw) — carpet
• GreenScape (Anna Dooley)
• FulTech Solutions (Dan Fulmer, Tim Miller) — green electronics (basically making sure all systems talk to each other!)

WOW!  What a list!  Thank you everyone so VERY MUCH!  We will also be putting posters with SRC interior and exterior renderings and company logos on the actual windows of the SRC space in the next week or so.

Let us know if we are missing anyone!

Happy TG everyone!

Lunch and learn about another downtown LEED CI project

Did you know that there was a downtown building that has already achieved LEED for Commercial Interiors Gold certification?  Come Thursday and find out more!

November Masters Speakers Luncheon:  CSX 550 Water Street LEED CI Gold Case Study

Thursday, November 17, 2011; 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

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Presented By:
Jill DeMarotta, IIDA, LEED AP BD+C, Gresham Smith & Partners
Stephanie Irwin, IIDA, LEED AP ID+C, Gresham Smith & Partners
Gerald Versluys, PE, LEED AP BD+C, TLC Engineering for Architecture
Peter Trolle, CFM, CSX Transportation

Learn how the CSX 550 Water Street project achieved LEED-CI Gold certification. Discussion will include:

• Furniture selection impacts
• Ways to achieve credits for a tenant improvement in an existing building that is not LEED certified
• Innovations in lighting design

Currents, Second Floor in the Aetna Building, 841 Prudential Drive, Jacksonville, Florida 32207

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