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Events August was a special month in that it showcased two SiGBA Speaker Series events. Mat Stein and Chris Hurst led an interactive discussion on Fire Resistive Building & Wholistic Mountain Construction twice in the month of August. They presented to North Shore residents in the Village at Squaw Valley, as well as being the first of many South Lake Tahoe Speaker Series! $132 was donated to the Locals for Locals Fund benefiting Angora Fire victims. The second Speaker Series of August brought Chris Brown of Shimotsu Distribution Inc talking on Concrete Structural Panels. In continuing the trend of August double features, this presentation occurred in both Truckee and Reno. Coming up for September is Stephen Witek of Sustainable Environment Engineered Design (SEED). On September 18, join SiGBA at the Cedar House Sport Hotel for Stephen's presentation on various energy codes, energy use calculations, and building site analysis. Check out our website, www.sigba.org for more information. Also, keep tuned in to our upcoming Green Building Tour for North Lake Tahoe. This year's tour includes homes in Dollar Point, Alpine Meadows, Homewood and Meeks Bay. Again, we'll be providing transportation and food, so you'll be all taken care of. Cost of the event will be $20 for members and $35 for non-members, of course with an extra special deal on individual membership, offered exclusively at this event. This year we're providing something extra at this event, a Member's Only Mixer. We're still working out specifics, so keep checking in to the website for more information.
C & D Update The Construction and Demolition waste recycle program has been put on hold at this time. We are working with all parties to remedy the issues which have been brought fourth. If you have any questions, please contact info@sigba.org. Sept 11 Board Meeting at the TCES The September 11 board meeting will be held at the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences building at 291 Country Club Drive, Incline Village. 6 7PM SiGBA board meeting. 7 8PM SiGBA overview and TCES docent question & answer session on green building. 8 9PM TCES tour. Sept 11 NCCA Luncheon The Nevada County Contractors Association and the Sierra Green Building Association invites local green building professionals and other interested parties to a networking luncheon on Tuesday, September 11 from 12:00 1:30PM at the NCCA office, 149 Crown Point Court, Suite A, Grass Valley, CA 95945. This luncheon is designed to provide local green building professionals and other industry professionals interested in green building an opportunity to network and discuss ways to promote green building practices and education in the local industry market. If you are a contractor, engineer, architect, city planner, manufacturer or simply interested in networking and discussing ways to promote green building, please plan to attend. Cost is $5 for members (NCCA or SiGBA) and $10 for non-members. Light lunch included. October LEED Forum In late October (date TBD) co-sponsored by CATT, we are sponsoring a public forum on LEED standards which will provide specific information to the public, media, decision makers, and building industry on the merits and troubles of policy regulation mandating the LEED certification program for commercial and residential construction. Outcomes for the forum include creating a balanced public forum for information sharing information; creating a better understanding of the economic and environmental advantages and disadvantages of the LEED rating system; setting the stage for public discussion in Truckee coinciding with the update of the Development Code per Truckee General Plan Actions COS A15.1 (Priority 3) and COS A15.2 (Priority 1). Co-Housing Update On Sunday, September 30th the Truckee Cohousing community is holding an information session introducing a progressive concept in affordable, ecological, community housing. Volunteer Opportunities Are you interested in becoming a SiGBA volunteer? We are in need of volunteers looking to make a difference and a splash. Volunteering is a great way to meet other entertaining and friendly people doing great things. We have fun at it too! We are looking for anyone willing to help (no matter how much time you have, every little bit helps!) for the following committees:
Visit https://www.sigba.org/about/volunteer/ for more information and to sign up. SiGBA Membership
Not a Member? What's in it for ME? Individual - $45/year: Business Memberships: Bronze - $145/year: Free Green Building Resource Guide Directory Listing, 10% off Guide Advertisement, Website Business Member Index Listing Silver - $295/year: Free Full-Page sigba.org Business Listing, 20% off Guide Advertisement Log onto www.sigba.org/membership. You can pay online via secure credit card or download our Membership Brochure and mail a check to: SiGBA, PO Box 4245, Truckee CA 96161 Thank You We wish to thank the following supporters for their generous contributions to SiGBA:
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