June 2010
Executive Officers:
Jill Cohen, Chair
jbc planning & design (contact)
Brett Porak, Vice-Chair
Suffolk Construction (contact)
Barbi Flores, Treasurer
Waste Management Inc of Florida (contact)
Jeffrey Lynne, Secretary
Jeffrey Lynne, P.A. (contact)
Hector Samario, Past Chair
FPL Services (contact)
Committee Chairs:
Gladys DiGirolamo, Broward 2030
GL Homes (contact)
Jesse T. Miller, Communications
Miller Construction Company (contact)
Tony Alfonso, Economic
Holland & Knight LLP (contact)
Rosana Cordova, Education
Cordova Rodriguez & Assoc., Inc. (contact)
Bryan Hussey, Emerging Professionals
Miller Construction Company (contact)
Sandra Lee, Membership
Calvin, Giordano & Associates, Inc. (contact)
Jennifer Gomez, Programs
City of Pompano Beach
(contact)
Vivian Schapsis, Residential Green Building
Vivian Schapsis, Architect (contact)
Layla Thomas, Green Schools
(contact)
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  New Members
The Broward Branch would like to welcome our newest members!
April
Greg Montelione
Kaufman Lynn, Inc.
Zach Siebert
K4 Design Group
Gloria Lopez
Palm Beach State College
Ms. Junis
Dream Evening Center
Robert Caine
Project Caine
Tina Kapp
Best Roofing
Mital Hall
Broward Health
Robert Dineen
Dineen Commercial Group, LLC
Rae Celeste-Honore
Chevron Energy Solutions
Jeff Randle
Tirone Electric
Philip McLeish
Woolems, Inc.
Fred Mercado
Mercado Consulting
May
Robert Dineen
Dineen Commercial
John DiPompeo Jr.
DiPompeo Construction
Patrick Barthelemy
IPAS
Susan Brown
Brownstone's Green
Michael Mendez
Student
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Our next meeting:
Tuesday, June 15
Localecopia -- Benevolence Through Buying Locally
Miramar Community Garden
at Fairway Park
3700 Largo Drive, Miramar, FL
Attendance is free for Chapter members, and $10 for guests. Register by clicking here.
The USGBC South Florida Chapter -- Your One-Stop Shop for LEED Information* Questions concerning LEED Workshops and CEUs? Click here. * What is LEED? How many Certified projects are in South Florida? Click here. * Is there a green schools program? Click here. * What about residential green building? Click here.
Chapter membership provides excellent networking opportunities; the chance to serve on committees and help shape our region’s future green efforts; members-only discounts for Chapter members on the many educational events (including Branch meetings) that are hosted by the Chapter, appearance in the online membership directory ... and more. For more information, please contact Sandra Lee or click here to Join!
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Monthly Branch Meeting: Broward Branch Meeting --Topic: Localecopia -- Benevolence Through Buying Locally 
Buying locally is a good bet for reducing pollution and the energy used to transport, store and refrigerate food. Consider that most of the 270 million pounds of imported grapes that arrive in California every year have traveled 5,900 miles from Chile. Throughout the course of the year, the cargo ships and trucks that transport them release 7,000 tons of global warming pollution into the air. When all other factors are equal, choosing local food for your business and at home is good for the planet, good for your health, and good for the local economy.
This month's meeting features Localecopia, a nonprofit organization focused on bringing together businesses, producers, educators and government organizations for the purpose of lessening our carbon footprint by supporting local product consumption, helping operations better utilize waste and bringing together individuals to help achieve sustainable business practices.
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Schedule
6-6:30pm: Optional Tour -- Miramar Community Garden at Fairway Park
Please join the USGBC, the City or Miramar, and Michael Madfis for a guided tour through the Miramar Community Garden. The garden is a 3,150 square foot urban farm containing raised planter-bags, a variety of summer plantings, drip irrigation, a composting station, rain barrels, and a pollinating Florida wildflower garden.
6-7pm: Networking
Guests will network, eat delectable edibles, and have the option to walk through Miramar's community garden.
7-7:15pm: Branch Business
7:15-8pm: Panel of Speakers –- Michael Madfis, Rick Hawkins, Geoffrey Sagrans, Nancy Roe
8-8:30: Discussion/Q&A
Panelists
Architect Michael Madfis, LEED AP, has practiced and taught architecture and urban planning in South Florida for 26 years. Michael is a Board member of Smart Growth Partnership, South Andrews Business Association, Downtown Ft. Lauderdale Transportation Management Association, and a proponent of Urban Decentralized Farming, an environmentally and economically sustainable urban farming system that creates a network of secure healthy food sources of naturally grown vegetables and fruits, while providing a continuing source of local living wage jobs and vocational training in the sustainable agricultural industry. The Miramar Community Garden at Fairway Park will be the first demonstration of this “micro” farming system in Broward County.
Rick Hawkins, Director of Materials Management at The Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach and Co-founder of Localecopia.
Geoffrey Sagrans, CPM, CFBE, FMP, MCFE, was a co-founder of Localecopia in 2007, and currently serves as the President and Chairman. He is a 21-year veretan of the hospitality industry. While working at The Breakers, he became a Certified Purchasing Manager, Certified Food and Beverage Manager, Foodservice Management Professional and a Master Certified Foodservice Executive.
Nancy Roe is originally from western Pennsylvania, but has lived and farmed in several areas. She has BS and MS degrees in Horticulture from the University of Arizona and a PhD in Vegetable Crops from the University of Florida. She has worked for Texas A&M University and for greenhouse vegetable operations in Texas and Arizona. For 10 years, she and her husband have owned Farming Systems Research, which raises vegetables for sale through a 400 member CSA and to local restaurants, and conducts research in sustainable agriculture.
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Our Branch meetings are free to USGBC members, and non-members are charged a nominal $10 admission fee to help cover meeting costs. To join the USGBC, click here or you can join at the meeting.
More Upcoming Branch Meetings
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
It's the Rainy Season: Learn Rainwater Harvesting!
Location TBD
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Sustainable Transportation & the FEC Railway
Location TBD
Monthly Meetings for the USGBC South Florida Chapter's Broward Branch are held on the third Tuesday of every month. Visit here to see our calendar of events.
Upcoming Educational Workshops
BD+C 301-- Implementing the Building Design + Construction LEED Rating System
USGBC workshops are top-shelf educational sessions conducted by the best green-building practitioners and instructors in the country. The upcoming LEED Core Concepts workshop is certainly no exception!
Bahar Armaghani, one of the most popoular USGBC LEED Faculty members in the USA, is slated to be the instructor for this much-in-demand workshop.
This Workshop
is intended for professionals who
are familiar with the LEED for New Construction or LEED for Core &
Shell Rating System, but new to implementing it on projects or looking to brush up on implementation best practices. It is also appropriate for those pursuing GBCI’s LEED AP Building
Design + Construction credential – and complimentary, discounted exam preparation and practice test resources will be available in summer 2009 for workshop participants pursuing the LEED credential.
To register for this official USGBC workshop ... click here!
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS:
AIA/CES HSW/SD LU: 7
GBCI (CE): 7
BOMI (CPD): 7
CSI (CEU): .7
IFMA (CFM/FMP): 7
Early Fees -- Before June 15
USGBC National Members -- $375
Non-USGBC Members -- $450
Late Registration Fees -- Begin on June 16
USGBC National Members -- $405
Non-USGBC Members -- $500
The USGBC offers student pricing (limited spaces available). Please review the USGBC Courses website page for details.
Note: Only Full National Members are afforded discounted prices. Membership in the South Florida Chapter of the USGBC does not qualify for discounted prices.
Save big monies on the cost of a LEED Reference Guide when you sign up for this workshop! (Note: No exchanges or refunds will be offered for reference guides).
Additionally, registration includes educational handouts; breakfast coffee and juice, lunch and refreshment breaks.
For more information about this workshop, click on link to the flier below. For information concerning attractive sponsorship opportunities, contact Sheryl Swartzle.
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The Broward 2030 Committee --
Advocating Green Building
 The USGBC and its Chapters provide green building educational information and resources to a variety of constituencies. The South Florida Chapter’s advocacy resources are focused in several key areas -- State and local governments, schools and school districts, and homeowners and residential developers. The Chapter also works closely with the USGBC National office, as well as with other USGBC Chapters throughout the State of Florida on statewide issues.
USGBC Chapter National Style.pngIn essence, the South Florida Chapter is committed to supporting Federal, State and our local South Florida governments in their pursuit and development of green building programs and initiatives. Our nonprofit organization's input is sought on major policies and legislative and regulatory initiatives. In our advocacy-focused volunteer leadership and other USGBC resources, governments and public-private partnerships have access to best practices, lessons learned and other initiatives already in place across the USA.
For more information on USGBC South Florida Chapter advocacy programs and available resources, click here.
Community Spotlight:
Pompano Beach -- Green Initiatives Shaping Our Future The City of Pompano Beach is currently making improvements to provide more environmentally friendly municipal programs and practices. Pompano Beach's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy savings, water reuse and conservation programs and green building programs are some of the ways the city is promoting resource conservation and environmental stewardship.
 Pompano Beach’s commitment to sustainability began over 20 years ago, when city officials launched the progressive water reuse system called Our Alternate Supply Irrigation System (OASIS). OASIS provides approximately two million gallons per day of irrigation water to the area and has saved over 10 billion gallons of Biscayne Aquifer water. Reuse water is created by taking treated wastewater and providing further treatment by filtration and disinfection to make that water usable for irrigation of lawns. Since 1989, the City of Pompano Beach has been using the “purple pipes” to deliver reuse water to golf courses, parks, playing fields and road medians. The city now allows single family homeowners to connect to the OASIS system where it is available, and offers financing to spread the costs over time. Grant money is available to eligible low and moderate income homeowners.
Additionally, the city is distributing 2000 water conservation kits (shower head, kitchen and bathroom faucet aerators) free of charge to residential water customers. This program is partially funded through a grant from the South Florida Water Management District. The city has sponsored two elementary school classrooms to receive water conservation instruction through the Waterwise Program. Children receive water conservation devices, such as faucet aerators, and tools to check for leaks around the home. This program empowers children to become water conservation advocates in their home and in our community.
Discouraging urban sprawl, increasing energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions are also top priorities for the land development of Pompano Beach. This begins with the city’s comprehensive plan, which was amended to include objectives and policies that foster energy efficient land use patterns. To enact these policies, the city is completely rewriting the zoning code to promote mixed-use, pedestrian and transit-friendly development; to increase energy conservation and renewable energy production; and is considering additional incentives for green buildings. Pompano Beach also continuously strives to incorporate sustainable features into city and Community Redevelopment Agency projects.
A number of other important efforts are underway for this year. The city has prepared an energy strategy that has dedicated funding to retrofit City Hall’s central cooling tower and to retrofit street lights with energy efficient fixtures. The City Commission recently voted to create an electronic plan review process accessible through the city’s web site. This will not only decrease the amount of paper wasted, but will reduce unnecessary travel to the city. This initiative will compliment the green building program, which offers incentives to green certified projects such as “fast-track” permitting, reduced permitting fees and final project designation by the city.
These efforts position the city to be a positive example for other municipalities that are striving towards the same goal of more efficient, cost effective and sustainable practices. The City of Pompano Beach is committed to taking everyday actions that will make our city a healthy, safe and vibrant community for today’s citizens and for future generations.
History of Our Branch
 The Broward Branch's activities range from our monthly education programs to instructive tours of green facilities (e.g., the Liberty Center at Monarch Lakes), from social networking (e.g., Facebook, and LinkedIn) to GREENworking gatherings, from helping municipalities and the Broward League of Cities with their green initiatives to co-sponsorship of green conferences and events. The Branch has educated local government officials and CEOs about sustainability (most noteworthy, by generation of the powerful and comprehensive Broward 2030 Report), brought in high-profile speakers for important conferences, celebrated the holidays together, worked with children and educators to teach green principles, sponsored study sessions for eager students, hosted webcasts (e.g., risk and insurance issues in green development ... and much more.
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