Learn After Work: BD+C LEED Specific In-Person Webinar Series -First Session: Sustainable Sites hosted by the USGBC - Illinois Chapter!

Date: 25 Oct 2011 
Time: 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Location: Larson & Darby Group, 4949 Harrison Ave # 100, Rockford 

Program Description:

Join the USGBC Illinois Chapter's Rockford/Northern Illinois Branch to earn 1.5 BD+C LEED Specific GBCI CE Hours for each of five in-person webinars.

The Illinois Chapter has purchased a subscription to offer USGBC's archived webinars in group settings in order to offer LEED Specific credential maintenance opportunities to our members. One Tuesday each month, you will have the opportunity to earn 1.5 BD+C LEED Specific hours at one of these in-person webinar viewings at Larson & Darby's offices in Rockford.

We are offering session packages for Chapter Members only. You can purchase a 5-pack for this series.

The sessions in this series will include:

10/25: BD+C 252 - Sustainable Sites
11/22: BD+C 252 - Water Efficiency & Innovation in Design
12/6: BD+C 252 - Energy & Atmosphere
1/17/2012: BD+C 252 - Materials & Resources
2/7/2012: BD+C 252 - Indoor Environmental Quality

View full descriptions of each session on the Chapter's website.

The first session is BD+C 252: Sustainable Sites on October 25, 2011.

Session 1 Description - BD+C 252 - Sustainable Sites: This session explores the LEED Sustainable Sites category in a credit by credit format, reviewing the overall category intent and the individual intents of the prerequisites and credits within it. Learn the technical requirements of the credits and, through real-world case examples shared by USGBC LEED Faculty, strategies that work to achieve them.

Session 1 Learning Objectives

• Identify Sustainable Sites prerequisite and credit intents and requirements for LEED for New Construction 2009

• Recognize potential strategies and relevant team members for achieving Sustainable Sites credits

• Describe key Sustainable Sites metrics and standards

• Understand basic documentation considerations for Sustainable Sites

• Describe examples of Regional Priority credits related to Sustainable Sites

• Recognize tools and resources for applying Sustainable Sites credits to building projects

Session 1 Instructors: Brian Dunbar, Institute for the Built Environment, Colorado State University, and Lynn Simon, Simon & Associates

Registration

Package: 5 Sessions: $45 Members (You will automatically be signed up for the other 4 sessions.)

Session 1 Only: $10 Members

Session 1 Only: $25 Nonmembers

Registration packages are a membership benefit and are available to Chapter Members only.

Location for all sessions:

Larson & Darby Group

4949 Harrison Ave # 100

Rockford, IL  61108

Thank you to Larson & Darby for offering the venue for this webinar series!

Return to the USGBC - Illinois Chapter homepage!

For event fees, online registration and additional information, please click the link below.

http://usgreenbuildingcouncilchicagochapter.roundtablelive.org/ViewEvent.ashx?eventId=395155

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