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Wednesdays
January 7th - March 3rd |
11:30am - 1:00pm, Free, lunch is included, in the Reuse Education Center Recycletown, 500 Mecham Road, (at the Sonoma County Central Landfill) Building with Used Building Materials . . . A Lecture Series As part of a grant from the California Integrated Waste Management Board, Garbage Reincarnation will host a lecture series about used building materials. Sessions will be held every other Wednesday from Contractors as well as private homeowners and the general public are invited to attend this lecture series, to learn how to use used building materials in home construction and other creative projects. Participants are encouraged to attend all the sessions, but it is not required. Following is a schedule of session dates and topics:
To RSVP, or for more information, please contact Brian at (707) 795-1395 or www.garbage.org |
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Wednesday March 4th 
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6:00 pm reception, 6:30 pm lecture, Free PG&E's Pacific Energy Center, 851 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103 ADPSR's Building Ecology Forum: co-sponsored by PG&E's Pacific Energy Center, Nadav Malin co-editor of Environmental Building News The Newsletter on Environmentally Responsible Design and Construction. Malin also leads design consulting work for the company. He lectures widely and has written dozens of technical articles on material selection and other design issues relating to green building. He is also helping to coordinate the design and construction of the Northeast Sustainability Center, a state-of-the-art demonstration office building in Greenfield, Massachusetts, that is home to the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association. Before joining the team that started Environmental Building News he was a builder in southern Vermont. Published since July 1992, Environmental Building News (EBN) is a newsletter on environmentally responsible design and construction. EBN is read by several thousand architects and builders throughout the United States and Canada and is widely regarded as the leading newsletter in this field. EBN covers a broad range of issues relating to green building: everything from energy efficiency and water conservation to recycled-content materials, indoor air quality issues and waste reduction. For more information or to register visit http://www.pge.com/pec/classes Call ADPSR 510-273-2428 to confirm event dates and topics. |
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Sundays
March 7th, April 4th, May 2nd |
3:30-5 pm, $7 in advance, $10 at the door. Held rain or shine. Hidden Villa, Los Altos Hills, CA Sustainable Building Tours Come tour our newest buildings featuring passive solar design, strawbale and rammed earth construction, solar electricity and hot water, reused building materials and more. Call 650-949-8653 or visit www.hiddenvilla.org for reservations or more information. Sarah Slover Volunteer Coordinator volunteers@hiddenvilla.org 650-949-8655 |
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Monday
March 8th |
March 8 (Monday) at the Pacific Energy Center in San Francisco (851 Howard St.) House
as a System Overview: To Register: Contact Karen Lynch at (209)932-2500 or (800)244-9912 or go to www.pge.com/pec for online registration. On the right of the screen, click on "classes", then "Energy Training Center in Stockton", then on "Classes and sessions" (top of page), finally, click on "Whole Building classes". Even though the classes are listed under Stockton's training center, they are available in SF as well. |
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Monday
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March 8th - 13th  |
$600, Louden Nelson Community Center, Santa Cruz, CA Women's Photovoltaic Design & Installation A PV Design and Installation workshop with Instructor Carol Weis geared specifically towards women. Learn how to use photovoltaic technology to produce electricity from the sun through practical design and installation of PV systems. Other presentations include PV in developing countries and discussions on issues such as being a woman in a traditionally male field. Is this workshop easier than the coed workshop? No. It covers all the same material as the coed workshop. Participants have included licensed electricians, engineers, teachers, students and homemakers. Topics Include
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Tuesday
- Thursday
March 9th -12th |
The Pacific Energy Center in San Francisco (851 Howard St.) House as a System: Taught by national building performance expert John Krigger, this course addresses the interaction of the HVAC system, the building envelope, and the rest of the house. Learn to test and verify the performance of the whole house as a system, and understand the interrelationships among comfort, energy efficiency, durability, and health and safety. To Register: Contact Karen Lynch at (209)932-2500 or (800)244-9912 or go to www.pge.com/pec for online registration. On the right of the screen, click on "classes", then "Energy Training Center in Stockton", then on "Classes and sessions" (top of page), finally, click on "Whole Building classes". Even though the classes are listed under Stockton's training center, they are available in SF as well. |
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Wednesday March 10th
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3:00pm - 7:00 pm, Free San Francisco Mart on 1355 Market Street ADPSR is cohosting at this year's annual Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) ProFair! Come join us to promote green materials at the next CSI ProFair. This is an exciting new venue that will promote green materials to an even wider audience than our successful Green Materials Showcase held each fall. The location has abundant parking and is easily accessible by public transportation. Hopefully we'll see you there! For more information, go to: www.csisf.org/profair_2004.htm www.csisf.org or www.sfmart.com If you are a green vendor interested in presenting at this terrific forum, make sure you mention that you want to be part of the ADPSR Green Section. Call ADPSR 510-273-2428 to confirm event dates and topics. |
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Wednesday
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March 10th -11th |
3/10: Exhibits Open 9 am - 3 pm Exhibitor Reception from 3:30-5:30 pm 3/11: Exhibits Open 9 am - 3 pm Registration Fees: Attendees: Free Exhibitors: $1,000-$1,150 at the Sacramento Convention Center. Plan now to attend The 5th Annual Recycled Product Trade Show For the past four years, the California Integrated Waste Management Board (Board) has hosted the trade show, in partnership with other public agencies and the private sector. The trade show, which is now in its fifth year, has become a high-profile priority to the Board and the premiere West Coast event. The purpose of the show is to promote recycling based businesses and the purchasing of recycled-content (RCP) and environmentally preferable (EPP) products. The show brings together more than 100 exhibitors and over 2000 attendees - buyers, specification writers, project managers, and support staff - all the people that make procurement decisions. The Recycled Product Trade Show provides an opportunity for RCP and EPP suppliers to gain access to procurement leaders in the largest markets in the country, and allows government and industry purchasing officials the opportunity to become familiar with the wide array of RCPs and EPPs. Attendees can place orders and conduct business with suppliers on the trade show floor to help them meet their unique RCP and EPP procurement requirements. Buying RCPs and EPPs is not only good for the environment but good for business. Recycling-based businesses support markets by creating jobs and producing value-added goods from materials diverted from local waste streams, while supplying products to meet the growing environment-friendly purchasing needs of government agencies and businesses. Along with myriad of other RCPs and EPPs, this year's show will highlight sustainable building products and services - products with low embodied energy, long life spans, no or low volatile organics compounds. These products can save you money - even those that may cost the same or slightly more up front will save money in the long run through reduced maintenance and replacement costs. Why Attend… As an attendee, you will have the opportunity to learn about new products and emerging marketing trends; talk directly to over 100 product suppliers and have them respond instantly to your questions and needs; explore a wide variety of high-quality products - paper products, office supplies, toner cartridges, building products, containers, furnishings, flooring/surfacing, insulations, lumber, etc., and finally, see how far RCP and EPP manufacturers have come with price, quality, and availability. Schedule: * For more information, visit http://www.associationtradeshows.com/ciwmb/ or contact Mary Farr at (916) 341-6481or mfarr@ciwmb.ca.gov. |
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Thursday March 11th |
9:00 am to 4:30 pm, Free, The Pacific Energy Center, 851 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 Advanced Daylighting: Lessons from the Better Bricks Daylighting Lab Joel Loveland, Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, University of Washington and Director BetterBricks Daylighting Lab Seattle, operated by the University of Washington This is a day of lectures and hands-on experimentation. You will learn about the barriers to using daylight and how to overcome them by selecting the most effective marketing strategies - daylighting design as a critically important workplace performance interest of your commercial building clients and their tenants or employees. You will hear about getting over the myths, getting down to the business of design decision making. You will learn WHAT daylight and daylighting design is and isn’t, HOW to develop the best daylighting design strategies for siting your building, developing its basic organization and massing, shaping the room and its windows, forming the skin, and integrating the electric lighting. Lastly, we will review the best design tools for making and assessing the results of these decisions. For more information and to register please visit: http://www.pge.com/pec/ |
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Saturday
March 13th 
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$75, San Francisco Bay Area Introduction to Renewable Energy This workshop will introduce solar, wind and micro-hydro systems to homeowners who want to become their own utility companies by generating electricity with renewable energy technologies. Topics Include
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Monday
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March 15th - 20th 
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$600, Pacific Energy Center, Howard Street, San Francisco, CA Photovoltaic Design & Installation Participants in the PV Design & Installation workshop learn how to use PV (photovoltaic) technology to produce their own electricity from the sun through practical design and installation of PV systems. Participants learn system sizing, site analysis, hardware specification and component selection. The workshop covers typical applications and case study examples. Install an operational system in the field and learn the proper use of tools and safety precautions. This workshop is for the beginner who wants to use PV or for those seeking employment in the solar industry. This workshop is certified by the Institute of Sustainable Power and fulfills one of the requirements for national photovoltaic certification. See www.nabcep.org for more information. The second portion of the workshop may be located at a remote site. Be prepared to camp. We will send you a list of recommended items to bring when you register. Topics Include:
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Thursday
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March 18th - 19th |
8:00am - 5:00pm, Individual, Student, Non-profit, group and early bird rates available; breakfast and lunch provided; Westin Peachtree Plaza, 210 Peachtree Street Atlanta, Georgia 30303 The Southface Energy Institute presents: GREENPRINTS Conference & Tradeshow: Sustainable Communities by Design Greenprints conference and tradeshow fosters the Southface mission to promote sustainable homes, workplaces and communities. The conference presents quality learning opportunities for those 'new' to being green and advanced practitioners of green building. Greenprints provides a dynamic forum for design and construction professionals to interact with experts. The 2004 conference includes dozens of sessions led by practitioners and visionaries committed to changing the way we think about architecture, energy and transportation as we work toward an ecologically sustainable future. In addition to expert presenters, Greenprints also offers a Green Design Charrette, a Master Speakers, a Green Tradeshow and advanced how-to sessions that provide tools to help you and your team achieve sustainable goals. For more information contact Andrea Pusey Southface Energy Institute Responsible Solutions for Environmental Living 241 Pine Street · Atlanta GA 30308 phone/404.872.3549 ext. 142 · fax/404.872.5009 andrea@southface.org · http://www.southface.org For more details, go to http://www.greenprints.org. |
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Saturday March 20th |
10:00am - 2:30pm, Masonic Center, 19 Corte Madera Road, downtown Mill Valley. Marin/Mill Valley Green Building/Solar Expo All are welcomed: contractors, architects, business owners, and the general public. This event is designed to provide a forum for these dynamic industries at a time of year that is typically devoid of such. The small (2000 sqft) historical building recently went through an extensive renovation which included the installation of a solar electric system with battery backup. A mix of residential and commercial vendors along with local government and non profits will provide the program for the day, the emphasis on quality as opposed to quantity of attendees is the prevailing theme. For more info please contact: Kevin Dugan Energy Management Services okdugan@msn.com (415)871-8929 (415)388-7794 fax |
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Thursday
March 25th |
Refreshments 6:00pm to 6:30pm, Presentation: 6:30pm to 8:00pm, Free The Pacific Energy Center, 851 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 The Role of Energy Efficiency in California's New Energy Market Ralph Cavanagh and Devra Bachrach from the Natural Resources Defense Council will review recent developments in California's energy market and how energy efficiency is successfully competing with power plants to meet California's energy needs. For more information and to register please visit: http://www.pge.com/pec/ |
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Thursday,
March 25th
Saturday, March 27th Thursday, April 1st Saturday, April 3rd |
Thursday, 3/25, 5:00 pm - 8:30 pm, Saturday, 3/27, 9:00 am - 12:30 pm Thursday, 4/1, 5:00 pm - 8:30 pm, Saturday, 4/3, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm $350.00 for NARI members $395.00 for non-members Goldman School of Public Policy 2607 Hearst Avenue, Room 150 Berkeley, CA 94720 Architects, Remodelers, and others: Become a Certified Green Building Professional Consumers are becoming aware of the benefits of green building and are looking for building professionals who are knowledgeable in this field. The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (SFBA NARI) presents the Certified Green Building Professional (CGBP) certification process for California licensed building professionals. The program consists of a four-session course on how to apply green building methods and materials in remodeling. Those who take the class and pass a final exam receive a certificate and can differentiate themselves in the marketplace by offering unique expertise and services to the homeowners. They also are eligible to have their company's description posted on the NARI website and become a member of the Green Guild, Graduates of the class meet every month for continuing education in the area of green building. Participants go through a series of classes/courses based on the overarching principles of Green Building. The classes are broken down into two evening and two half-day training modules covering Energy Efficiency, Resource Conservation, Indoor Air Quality and Developing and Marketing a Green Business. David Johnston, President of What's Working, an international environmental design and consulting firm specializing in environmental construction technology, leads the classes. Additional speakers add to the class by giving in depth presentations on their different areas of expertise and show case studies of implementation of these methods. March/April 2004 , . Join NARI in 2003 and the $45 difference will be credited to your application fee. Light meals are included. For a comprehensive overview of the certification class and information about future classes visit http://sfbanari.com/greenremodelerclass2004.htm Class size is limited. Registration is on a first come, first serve basis, and closes on 3/19/2004. Register on-line at www.sfbanari.com or by calling 415-982-9200. Attendance at all four sessions and a passing grade on a final examination are mandatory for certification. Certification is for licensed building professionals. |
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Saturday
March 27th |
10:00am - 3:00pm, Free Demonstrations, Downtown Berkeley Farmer's Market Allston street between Milvia and MLK Jr. Way Biodiesel Car Show Get inspired to end your petroleum addiction! Say goodbye to foreign oil dependence and spewing greenhouse gases with a biodiesel vehicle the like of which you’ll see on display by the dozen at the Biodiesel Car Show. Mercedes, Volkswagens, schoolbuses and fire trucks and more will be there to show off the power of vegetable-based fuel. While seeing, smelling and experiencing the magic of combusting grease in state-of-the-art machines and classic rides, mechanics will be on hand to demystify the diesel engine. The demonstrations on biodiesel basics, production and troubleshooting your vehicle will satisfy your curiosity about the nation’s fastest growing alternative fuel at this event hosted by the Berkeley Biodiesel Collective. Biodiesel fuel has many advantages to petroleum diesel- its renewable, recycled, non-toxic, biodegradable, and domestically produced. 100 % biodiesel fuel reduces emission of greenhouse gases by 78.3%, particulate matter by 55.4%, hydrocarbons by 56.3%, mutagenicity by 80-90% and sulfer by 100%. And this fuel can operate in any diesel engine without any major modifications. A little known fact is that the diesel engine was designed to run on a variety of fuels including vegetable oil. At the 1898 World’s Exhibition in Paris, inventor Rudolph Diesel demonstrated his new combustion engine-- running on peanut oil. Over 100 years later we return to Dr. Diesel invention as a solution to global warming and energy independence. The Berkeley Biodiesel Collective celebrates Rudolph Diesel’s birthday- March 18, 1858- with this car show with a twist! Schedule:
Free valet bike
parking DIESEL VEHICLES BY INVITATION ONLY. TAKE BART TO THE DOWNTOWN
BERKELEY STATION, BIKE OR WALK AS PARKING WILL BE LIMITED |
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