USGBC Roaring Fork Valley

Aspen Distillers Tour (GBCI + AIA CE Hours!) -

Aspen Distillers Tour (GBCI + AIA CE Hours!) Please join USGBC Colorado, Aspen Distillers, Group 14 Engineering and Walking Mountains for this exciting, in-depth tour!

Join us for a tour of the most efficient distillery right here in the Roaring Fork Valley!

Aspen Distillers, located in the Roaring Fork Valley, is a local distillery committed to fine craft, sustainability and environmental stewardship. The Distillery is on track to achieve LEED Platinum certification and is pursing Living Building Challenge.

Living Building Challenge
U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)

USGBC Building Transformation Forum Join your local USGBC for a Building Transformation Forum.

What is Colorado's path to low carbon and model green codes?

Which water-saving strategies and policies can be used in real estate to save money and generate long-term value for all?

How can we make sense of sustainable materials and support manufacturers who are reducing emissions?

How can a LEED Gold certification get you halfway to WELL Bronze? All these questions and many more will be answered at USGBC Colorado's Spring Summit, May 24th. You won't want to miss this half day of learning, connecting and exploring the future of sustainable buildings in Colorado:

USGBC Colorado Spring Summit - 2023 Join us in Denver on May 24th for a half day of learning, connecting and exploring the future of sustainable buildings in Colorado.

The Net Zero Building Expo is coming to Avon on November 18th! Join the local mountain communities to learn all about the 2021 Building Code updates and the exciting process of developing a net-zero Eagle County community and beyond!

2022 Net-Zero Building Expo Focusing on the 2021 Building Code Updates Town of Avon's Net-Zero Building Expo will feature local vendors and keynote speakers to share the latest on the 2021 Building Code updates.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/usgbc-colorado-fall-summit-tickets-380664767567

Please join USGBC Colorado for the first in-person conference since 2019! Join the USGBC Colorado community for a half-day summit. We'll kick off the day with networking and light breakfast. Then, attend a total of 3 education sessions, including your preferred topics from two concurrent tracks ("net zero" and "carbon") and a closing keynote presentation.

USGBC Colorado Fall Summit Join us in Denver on September 8th for networking, breakfast and green building education.

Our All-Electric Buildings Tour is approved for (2) AIA & GBCI CE hours! Come join us this Thursday! Space is limited!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/all-electric-building-tour-happy-hour-usgbc-roaring-fork-valley-tickets-339577343977?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=escb

Free! Mark your calendars!

Join us one week from today (6/16) to take a virtual tour of Basalt Vista, a net zero affordable housing project in the Roaring Fork Valley. The tour will feature presentations from Habitat for Humanity Roaring Fork Valley, two seven ink, Holy Cross Energy, and a Basalt Vista homeowner. This free event has been approved for 1.5 GBCI and AIA continuing education units.

➡ Register: https://bit.ly/3pA5BP5

Join us at 6:00pm on June 16 to take a virtual tour of Basalt Vista, a net zero affordable housing project in the Roaring Fork Valley. The tour will feature presentations from Habitat for Humanity Roaring Fork Valley, two seven ink, Holy Cross Energy, and a Basalt Vista homeowner. These members of the local building, design and energy community will discuss lessons learned and best practices for net-zero construction. Register today!

*This free event has been approved for 1.5 GBCI and AIA continuing education units.

Basalt Vista Virtual Tour (USGBC Roaring Fork Valley) This event has been approved for 1.5 GBCI and AIA continuing education units.

Are you interested in creating a safe office environment post-Covid? Is energy performance scoring confusing and frustrating you on projects? Are you curious about green financing options? Join the to tackle these topics!

Commercial Real Estate Forum Join the USGBC Mountain Region online May 4 & 5 for the Commercial Real Estate Forum!

All-electric is the way to go Thirteen-year-olds can AirDrop Simpsons memes from across the room, and artificial intelligence made chess masters like Garry Kasparov obsolete. But for all our technological advances, at home, we’re still cavemen...

USGBC Roaring Fork Valley updated their business hours.

https://aspencore.org/participate/
Be a part of CORE’s community-wide mural project telling the story of climate change — YOURS!

As part of its 3rd annual Imagine Climate, CORE presents “Stories of Climate Change / Historias del Cambio Climático,” a mural project coming spring 2021 to three locations of presenting partner Colorado Mountain College.

We invite YOU to participate! “Stories/Historias” will represent the faces of those in the Roaring Fork Valley who inspire climate action. Starting January 6th, upload a selfie and a 90-second story to be featured. CORE will share your story online and showcase your portrait as part of this community art installation that celebrates our multicultural commitment to climate action. Anyone with a connection to the Roaring Fork Valley is welcome, but don’t delay: Participation is open to the first 200 community members to sign up.

Community Office for Resource Efficiency

Participate! Upload your selfie + optional story through JAN 26th / Sube tu selfie + historia opcional hasta el 26 DE ENERO UPLOAD HERE SUBE AQUI Having trouble? Email us for help / ¿Hay problemas? Envíanos un correo electrónico para obtener

THIS Thursday! Learn all about how heat pumps are transforming the HVAC industry and how you can utilize this technology in a remodel or new construction! Save money, use electricity instead of gas and increase the comfort indoors.

Holy Cross Energy
Community Office for Resource Efficiency
Walking Mountains Science Center Sustainability Programs
Garfield Clean Energy
Clean Energy Economy for the Region
Colorado Energy Office

Don't forget to register in advance for "Building Resiliency in the Roaring Fork Valley." We'll see you on Thursday at noon!

Building Resiliency in the Roaring Fork Valley This webinar has been approved for 1 GBCI CE hour.

Did you miss our last event? Not to worry... here is the recorded event!

Looking for CE hours? Soon we will have a quiz available to get these. Stay tuned and enjoy!

RFV Full Rio Grande Park Webinar.mp4

Rio Grande Park: Sustainably Managing Water and Waste

TOMORROW: Earn 1 GBCI and 1 AIA continuing education hour while virtually exploring the sustainable features of Rio Grande Park. Advance registration required!

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USGBC Colorado

This week's project is the Eaton Street Apartments in Westminster, CO. Who remembers the old Westy Mall? This apartment building is the first successor to the mall, and just achieved LEED Silver, plus it offers 118 affordable housing units.

Read more about this amazing project!

Congrats to the project team (and USGBC members) OZ Architecture, Group14 Engineering, and Norris Design.

U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)

In this episode, “Built for Health” podcast takes listeners on a journey to explore the interaction between buildings and mental health. An imperative conversation, now more than ever. https://bit.ly/2Y1s2Ry

Peak Time Payback

Are you a Holy Cross member? Do you want to save money? Reduce your energy use during peak times and reap the benefits!

Holy Cross Energy

holycross.com Peak Time Payback (PTP) is a program that rewards members for reducing electricity during Peak Time Payback Events, which are blocks of time (typically two to three hours) when we forecast the need for electricity will be higher than usual. We calculate how much you would typically use during a PTP....

USGBC Colorado

Join us for the Rocky Mountain Green Virtual Summit!

April 30: Paths to Zeroing Out Embodied Carbon by 2040 (workshop)
May 1: Half Day Summit and virtual happy hour

Earn up to 6 AIA and GBCI CE hours!

Learn More and Register: https://rockymountaingreen.usgbc.org/

USGBC Colorado

This year, USGBC committed to delivering a robust event platform offering a wide variety of global, regional and local opportunities to connect in person with our leaders to talk about LEED v4.1 and LEED Zero, and sharing our vision for the future that we’re building together. Given the growing concerns around COVID-19, we’ve made the difficult decision to cancel our remaining 2020 in-person regional and local events. The health and safety of our community and staff is our number one priority. http://bit.ly/38N1C7F

Rocky Mountain Green is only a couple months away! Join building professionals, sustainability leaders and change-makers from across the Rocky Mountain region in Denver on April 30 & May 1. Early bird registration ends March 12: https://rockymountaingreen.usgbc.org/

We are honored to welcome social equity and climate justice expert Vien Truong as a keynote speaker at this year's Rocky Mountain Green conference. Will you be joining us April 30 & May 1 in Denver? The time to register is now – early bird rates end March 12!

https://rockymountaingreen.usgbc.org/

JUST IN: Colorado has been recognized by as the No. 1 state in 2019! We certified 102 LEED projects, which amounted to 23.9 million GSF. So proud to see this kind of environmental leadership in the great state we call “HOME!” See the official stats:

U.S. Green Building Council Colorado

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Take advantage of the one-day sale on the Education subscription on December 18. Enjoy one year of unlimited access to our simple-to-use subscription for sustainability and green building education, with courses designed by the world’s leading educators, along with unlimited access to the LEED v4 web-based reference guide to support your LEED project implementation needs.

Discounted rate: $150 (regular rate $199)

https://www.usgbc.org/resources/education-usgbc-subscription

Thank you DHM Design and Poss Architecture + Planning and Interior Design for hosting November’s Green Drinks event! It was an amazing turnout with great conversations!

We love having Green Drinks at the Oculus! Thank you for hosting! Beautiful day and great conversations.

Green Line Architects

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