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Upcoming Chapter Events June 6 - Energy Modeling for LEED NC Projects June 12 - Joint Program with Grow Native! on Sustainable Landscaping July 17 - Monthly Program on Renewable Energy August 14 - Annual LEED building Tour - St. Louis Community College, Wildwood Campus August 21 - LEED EB Technical Review September 12 - 15 - Greening the Heartland in Madison, WI September 29 & 30 - EarthWays Center Green Homes Festival and Green Home Tour October 4 - LEED NC Technical Review October 9 - Monthly Program on Transit Oriented Development
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Visit the Chapter at the June 6 Purchasing Seminar and Trade Show for Contractors Next week, USGBC-STL's Outreach Committee will have a booth at the Purchasing Seminar and Trade Show for Metro East and St. Louis Contractors. Come visit us at booth #4. The Seminar will feature three talks: Strategic Sourcing for the Industrial or Commercial Contractor; What your Best Suppliers wished you knew; and How Owners View Contractors. The Trade Show runs from noon - 5 pm. Both will be held at the the Gateway Center in Collinsville, IL. For more information or to register, please visit the event's website: http://www.criticalsourcing.com/PurchasingSeminar.htm Green Job Opportunity with 3 Phases Energy 3 Phases Energy is seeking a Energy Utility Partnership Manager for a job based in St. Louis to manage and lead a team that will work closely with a large investor owned utility to market renewable energy to the utility’s customers. This candidate will be responsible for successfully managing the process of designing, marketing, and managing the utility green pricing program, including outreach and marketing to corporate, industrial, residential, and small commercial customers. 3 Phases Energy, a national company with offices in San Francisco and Portland, provides renewable energy and climate solutions and services to utility, corporate, government, nonprofit and residential customers across the United States. Easy Connection Act Passes in Missouri! Missourians should be excited that Easy Connection Act passed the Missouri House and Senate this legislative session. Representative Jason Holsman (D-Kansas City) and Senator Joan Bray (D-St. Louis) sponsored the bill in the Missouri House and Senate respectively. The Easy Connection Act passed as an amendment to the "Green Power Initiative Bill" in the House on May 8, by a vote of 146-6, and passed the Senate on May 14 by a vote of 34-0. The bill must still be signed by the Governor. The Easy Connection Act establishes uniform procedures to allow Missourians to connect a small renewable energy system to the electric grid in a quick, safe, and reliable manner. It also establishes "true net metering", implemented in 41 states and Washington D.C., which credits an owner of a renewable energy system at a one-to-one rate for electricity "sold" back to the grid. Of interest to most consumers, the Easy Connection Act makes it easier and more cost effective for a Missourian to install a renewable energy system onto a home or business. Renew Missouri collaborative - made up of the Missouri Coalition for the Environment, the Heartland Renewable Energy Society, Missouri Votes Conservation, and the Sierra Club providing legal counsel - was instrumental in getting the bill passed. Learn more on their website: www.RenewMO.org. Grow Native! Get Aquainted Tour - June 28 Grow Native! - our partner for the June 12 program on Sustainable Landscaping - is holding their second annual "Get Aquainted Tour on June 28 in Springfield, MO. The tour offers the opportunity to see native plants at work in rural and urban settings and to meet the owners and operators of native plant nurseries. The tour runs from 8 am - 3 pm and features native landscapes at Wonders of Wildlife, Bass Pro Shop, The Library Center, Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, Nathanael Greene Park, Founders Park and the LEED Gold Discovery Center. Highlights include rain gardens, prairies, glades, formal demonstration garden, formal park plantings and an all-native green roof. The registration fee of $15 includes refreshments and lunch. For more information, or to reserve your seat on the bus, call (573) 522-4170 or 4171 or e-mail grownative@mda.mo.gov. Grow Native! is a joint program of the Missouri Department of Conservation and the Missouri Department of Agriculture that helps protect and restore our Missouri's biodiversity by increasing conservation awareness of native plants and their effective use. Greening the Heartland 2007 Sponsorship Opportunities There's still time to sign on as a sponsor or exhibitor for the 2007 Greening the Heartland Conference. The conference will be September 12 - 14 in Madison, WI. Download the Exhibitor Prospectus or the Sponsorship Opportunities. Visit the conference website for more information: http://www.greeningtheheartland.org/. The Illinois legislature passed a bill last week requiring all elementary and secondary schools to use more environmentally sensitive cleaning supplies. For more information, check out this article: http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=35109 or the Health Schools Campaign Website. |
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