Winner of the 2007 JRGBC $10,000 High Performance Building Grant
The James River Green Building Council awarded a $10,000 grant to the Piedmont Housing Alliance for a modular green roof and an evacuated tube solar hot water heating system for its ecoMOD3: Seam House project.
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JRGBC Second Annual Go Green Competition & Awards Forum Winners
The JRGBC would like to thanks all of our entrants, the jurors, our sponsor Wm Jordan Construction, and all of the folks that came out to participate in the Forum on April the 20th.   We look forward to another exciting competition and forum next year.
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May 17th Green Drinks
Green Drinks is a simple and unstructured event where people interested in sustainability can get together to meet others, network, talk shop, learn something new, share something innovative or maybe even find a job! When you arrive, there will be someone to welcome you and have you fill out a name tag. It's a great time to chat with people you know as well as make new acquaintances. Everyone is welcome and is also welcome to invite others.
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Green Advantage Residential Green Building Training & Certification
May 18th, 8:00am - 5:00pm at NVBIA, 14160 Newbrook Drive, Chantilly, VA 20151. This training program provides construction industry practitioners with state-of-the-art instruction on proven residential green building techniques and approaches. Areas of emphasis include site selection, energy and resource conservation and efficiency, indoor air quality and marketing a green business. Cost: $325 includes materials and exam (given May 24, 2007, 9-11am).
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Two EarthCraft House Builder Training Sessions
May 22, 2007, Chesapeake, Virginia
May 23, 2007, Newport News, Virginia

This training is for those interested in becoming EarthCraft HouseT Builders or Inspectors. Instructors for these full-day events are:
Chuk Bowles, The Energy Consortium
Scott Lee, Southface Energy Institute
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Energy Modeling for LEED for New Construction Projects
May 24, 2007
This training session will teach you to manage energy modeling during design and
successfully leverage this powerful decision-making tool.
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EarthCraft Virginia Multifamily Professional Training
May 31 in Richmond
This day-long event to be held at VHDA will train professionals about EarthCraft Virginia certification,  the process, how to market, and meet other green building professionals.  This training will be open to developers, architects, builders, Housing Development Authorities, HVAC and insulation contractors, property owners and managers. 
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Save these Dates!
June 21st JRGBC Lunch Program on Energy at the Virginia Center for Architecture Branch House.

LEED NC Tech Review Workshop on July 26th at TRANE.

LEED for Schools on October 25th at TRANE.
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City of Richmond Forges Ahead to 2030 Challenge!
If representatives of business, finance, and government have their way, Richmond will be participating in the attempts to reverse global warming sooner rather than later. On March 30, representatives from the business to organization sectors developed viable options for the city to explore and, in subsequent meetings, will refine those ideas into a list of alternatives for the city's use. The information and recommendations developed at these meetings -- held at the Virginia Center for Architecture (VCA) in Richmond -- will be disseminated to other localities throughout Virginia for their use as well.
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Mayor aims to cut city's greenhouse emissions
The city of Boston must steeply reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its vehicle fleets and government buildings under a plan by Mayor Thomas M. Menino unveiled yesterday that would put the Hub at the fore of cities acting to counter global warming.
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JRGBC congratulates Kersey Creek Elementary School on earning a LEED Silver certification
Hanover County Public Schools, Moseley Architects, Timmons Group, and Kenbridge Construction earned a LEED Silver certification for the design and construction of Kersey Creek Elementary School.
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LEED Certified Projects in Virginia
See the linked file for the most up-to-date list of certified LEED projects in Virginia.
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LEED Registered Projects in Virginia
See the linked file for the most up-to-date list of registered LEED projects in Virginia.
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