This Month
>JRGBC Monthly Meetings
>LEED-NC Workshop
>Earth Day
>2006 Architecture Week
>Save-the-Date:  Second Annual JRGBC Green Building Leadership Awards
>Greening the Heartland
>Proposed Standard 189
>2006 JRGBC Board

JRGBC Monthly Meetings
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Tour of CarMax Headquarters
12800 Tuckahoe Creek Parkway
Richmond, Virginia
(804) 747-0422
Everyone should park on the second floor Parking Deck and walk across the bridge to meet as a group in the Lobby at 5:30pm.  We will then proceed to the Cafeteria for a 10-15 minute PowerPoint presentation.  From there, we will split up for tours of the headquarters and end back up at the Parking Deck where we will depart for a Social Hour (details to follow soon).

Directions:
From Downtown, West End, Northside:
Take I-64 West to Route 288 South
From Southside:
Take Route 288 North towards Goochland

Exit Route 288 at Tuckahoe Creek Parkway West (Route 740)
Bear to the right at the exit and turn right at the CarMax sign into the Home Office Campus (Carmax Way)
Parking Deck is on the right – visitor parking is on the second level
Proceed to Level 1 of Parking Deck and walk across the bridge to the office building entrance and lobby

Please click HERE for a map.



LEED-NC Technical Review Workshop
Friday, April 21, 2006
SPACE IS LIMITED ~ REGISTER SOON!
Trane Learning Center
10408 Lakeridge Parkway
Suite 100
Ashland, Virginia 23005
$325 National Member ~ $425 Non-Member
After April 14, 2006: $355 National Member ~ $475 Non-Member

For more information, please click HERE
For infomration on how to register, please ckick HERE
Or to register on-line, go to:
http://www.usgbc.org/b2c/b2c/init.do and click "Workshops"

Earth Day
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Manchester Warehouse District

For more information, go to: www.earthdayrichmond.org.


2006 Virginia Architecture Week
Tour of Historic Park Avenue
Sunday, April 2, 2006
1-3pm
Tour starts and ends at the Virginia Center for Architecture
2501 Monument Avenue
$10 Admission. Space is limited, so RSVP early to info@aiaric.org

Noted Richmond Historian Calder Loth leads an architectural tour of one of the Fan district's earliest streets.

Presentation of Recent Work by W.G. Clark, AIA
Tuesday, April 4, 2006
6:30-7:30pm
Virginia Center for Architecture
2501 Monument Avenue
Admission if free, seating is limited!  RSVP to info@aiaric.org.
 
Mr. Clark  is currently the Edmund Shurman Campbell Professor of Architecture at the University of Virginia.  He  has been widely published and is the subject of Richard Jensen's book, Clark and Menefee.  He was included in “40 under 40” by the Architectural League of New York and twice listed in Time magazine as one of America's best designers. His work has received three National Design awards from the American Institute of Architects: Middleton Inn, Reid House and Croffead House.

W.G. Clark Associates is currently designing two residences, and adaptive reuse of a manufacturing plant as apartments, and an addition to the University of Virginia School of Architecture. For a view of some of Mr. Clark's most recent works, click here:
http://wgclark-architects.com.

Annual Brick and Block Party
Wednesday, April 5, 2006
12-4pm
Allied Concrete
1231 Willis Road, South Richmond
Space is limited, so RSVP early to info@aiaric.org.

Sponsored by the Virginia Masonry Association, this event will highlight disaster resistant construction that is possible through the use of concrete block.  Events include shooting 2x4's at concrete block walls - with a cannon!! To learn more about working with masonry, visit VMA at: http://www.virginiamasonry.org/aboutvma.html.

Tour of the Virginia State Capitol and Library Complex
Friday, April 7, 2006
11:30am-1pm
Start and end at the  Old State Library
1111 East Broad Street
$10 admission - limited to 40 persons, so RSVP early to info@aiaric.org.

Thomas Jefferson's historic State Capitol Building is currently undergoing the most significant restoration and renovation if it's 220 plus year existence.  This $86 million project will provide the legislature with a modern facility, in the context of America's most historic statehouse.  Tour the capitol building and the recently renovated Patrick Henry Building (old State Library) with representatives of the Va Dept of General Services. For more on the Capitol Square renovation, click here:  http://www.virginiacapitol.gov.

Kid's Day at the Science Museum of Virginia
Saturday, April 8, 2006
9am-1pm
Science Museum of Virginia
2500 West Broad Street

Kids get to build scale buildings using only boxes, tape and their imagination - and a bit of guidance from AIA Richmond architects.

Working with an Architect
Saturday, April 8, 2006
1:30-3:30pm
Henrico County Public Library, Glen Allen Branch,
10501 Staples Mill Road
Seating is limited to 40, so RSVP early to info@aiaric.org.

Learn what you  need to know to form a good working relationship with an architect.  A great program for homeowners and business people alike, who have never worked with an architect.  Presented by Patrick Farley, AIA of Watershed Architecture, Richmond. Visit Watershed Architecture at: http://www.watershedarch.net.

Second Annual JRGBC Green Leadership Awards Luncheon
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
University of Richmond ~ Jepson Alumni Center
10am-Noon ~ Trade Show Exhibits
Noon-2pm ~ Lunch, Program & Awards
2-3pm ~ Trade Show Exhibits
More Information to Follow ~ Mark Your Calendar

Greening the Heartland
May 17-19, 2006
The Hyatt Crown Center
Kansas City, Missouri

Wednesday, May 17th: Regional Chapter meetings, Emerging Green
Builders, Exhibitor set-up, Registration and an opening reception in the Exhibit Hall with the opening plenary speaker.

Thursday, May 18th: The full-day Conference begins with a continental breakfast in the Exhibit Hall, and continues with general and breakout sessions and lunch in the Exhibit Hall. The conference breakout sessions will be organized into tracks by building type. The tracks include: Commercial, Government, Residential, Schools and Institutional. Friday, May 19th: features full and half-day LEED training workshops. The Call for Presentations will be released in mid-December with a deadline for presentation abstracts of January 15, 2006. If you'd like to participate in the planning of the conference, or need more information, please contact the Conference Co-Chairs: Dave Roesler, Hallmark Cards - 816-274-4079 and Amy Migliazzo, Amy Migliazzo Design - 913-649-2629.

For more information, go to: http://www.usgbc.org/chapters/kansascity

Call for presenters (closes January 15, 2006).
Please click HERE for more information (Word Doc ).

Proposed Standard 189
The USGBC; the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE); and the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) have agreed to co-sponsor the development of a new ASHRAE/USGBC/IESNA minimum standard for high performance green building - Proposed Standard 189, Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings. 

Click HERE for the press release (pdf) and HERE for Frequently Asked Questions (pdf).

2006 JRGBC Board
Bryna Dunn, Chair, Moseley Architects
Patrick Farley, Vice-Chair, Watershed
Andrew McBride, Treasurer, University of Richmond
Don Guthrie, Secretary, McKinney & Associates

Matte Anderson, Director, Trane
Karl Bren, Director, GreenVisions Consulting
Matt Carr, Director, American Hydrotech
Chris Earley, Director, Timmons Group
Scott Kyle, Director, BCWH
Sandra Leibowitz Earley, Director, Sustainable Design Consulting
Scott Wheeler, Director, BCWH