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Reno Speaker Series Presents: "Walkability: What is it and Why Should You Care"
On November 5, Carol Perry, Erin Dixon and Amy Fitch will speak on Walkability and bicycles at Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) Board Room, 2050 Villanova Drive in Reno. Dixon, Finch, and Perry will give presentations on how everyone benefits when more trips are made by bicycle and on foot. Erin and Amy will highlight the benefits of a Bike to Work Day (BTWD) event and describe the success of past BTWD events in Northern Nevada. Learn how businesses can promote healthy lifestyles, save money, and increase morale and productivity among employees.
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JD Hoss Speaks at Cedar House at November 12
As part of SiGBA's live-green build-green speaker series, J.D. Hoss will be speaking about reusing building materials and what it means to be green. Meet at the Cedar House lobby lounge at 10918 Brockway Road in Truckee. Networking is 6:00-7:00pm and the talk begins promptly at 7pm. A $10 donation is requested. (May use SiGBA bucks towards the cover fee.) |
Earn SiGBA Bucks by Filling in Survey
SiGBA wants to better serve its members and the green community. Receive $5 in SiGBA Bucks redeemable for SiGBA events and website advertising. It will only take a few minutes of your time to provide an invaluable service to SiGBA.
Green Business Survey
Community Survey |
Upcoming SiGBA Board Elections
SiGBA will be holding its annual elections in November. Those who are interested in a position or want to nominate someone for the SiGBA Board of Directors, may attened out meeting on October 13 or send an email to info@sigba.org during October to state your intentions. Stay tuned. We will be outlining our election process in early November including the time and location for the general election meeting. |
Foothills Chapter Election Results
The Foothills Chapter of SiGBA announces their officers for the 2010 year. Thank you all for voting and attending our members mixer event.
The officers are:
Chair - Jim Crowley - E-Building Systems
Vice Chair - Mike Leslie - Tekon Construction
Treasurer - Jim Laasch - E-Building Systems
Secretary - Elizabeth Dunn - Rebecca Coffman Landscape Architects
Events Committee Chair - David Yonenaka - Fine Line Joinery
Technical Committee Chair - Frans Velthuijsen - Q&Q Construction
Membership Communications Chair - Courtney Cook - CJC Fine Home Building
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SiGBA Seeks Volunteers
Looking to learn first hand about SiGBA and the green movement? What better way to learn than participate in the inner circle? SiGBA seeks interns and volunteers. The following positions are open:
Public Relations Specialist - donna@sigba.org
Join our sales team and receive commissions - rick@sigba.org
Be part of the world class marketing team - dave@sigba.org
Help out with our website - eli@sigba.org
Help organize ground breaking events - info@sigba.org
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CLASSIFIED
Looking for reusable lumber and glass to create a green house. Please send specifications and price to info@sigba.org.
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| SiGBA's Fall Green Building Tour is October 17. You may still register online or show up in person to Tahoe PUD at 8:30am on Saturday. You won't want to miss this event.
SiGBA wants to feature the successes of a member each month. Please contact us to tell us your story so we can consider featuring your business in an upcoming newsletter article.
Donna Walden
SiGBA Executive Director
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| Fall Green Building and Home Tour - October 17 |
|  | | | "The ultimate natural home" near Homewood to be featured on this fall's tour - Photo by Eli Meyer |
Register now for SiGBA's annual green building tour this Saturday. This is a guided bus tour leaving from the Tahoe City PUD at 9:30am and includes lunch. Tour five homes along the north and west shores of Lake Tahoe. Residents, designers and builders will be on hand to answer questions.
One of the homes featured will be the Braly Residence, Homewood. With a living roof, straw bale construction, earth floors & earth plaster interior, hydraulic heating & solar hot water, this home focuses on energy efficiency and sustainability, emphasizing innovative building materials, daylighting, and conservation of natural resources. A beautiful combination of natural building construction methodologies, the Braly residence is the first straw bale home in the Tahoe Basin.
Tour: $25 for SiGBA members / $40 for nonmembers. SiGBA Bucks accepted towards admission. |
| FEATURE STORY: Local Home Builder Walks on Kitchen Floors from 1899 |
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Truckee, CA - JD HOSS Hardwoods & Carpet recently completed a custom installation of reclaimed hardwood floors in a private Tahoe City home.
What are reclaimed floors? In this case, the flooring started off as the Magnolia Railroad Station built in 1899, a stop along the B & O Railroad in West Virginia. Old buildings like the Magnolia building were built out of old growth trees, old and large trees, typically 150 to 200 years old, and with a very fine grain structure. The line and station were abandoned in 1922, and there the building stood until recently. The old structure has been weathered by rain, snow, sun and wind, creating unique characteristics in the wood that cannot be replicated.
Local home builder, Brad Barcus Construction collaborated with JD HOSS to create a unique look in this Tahoe City home. When the Magnolia building was selected for this local project, each board was individually inspected and hand dismantled before being sent to the mill. Each board is re-milled to bring out the beautiful natural characteristics in the wood. Once in the home, the reclaimed wood floors were finished by JD HOSS with zero VOC floor finishes and zero VOC adhesives.
With an increasing demand for green building products, JD HOSS Hardwoods & Carpet is a leader in the Truckee Tahoe area in reclaimed wood flooring products. "Not only do the reclaimed wood floors add a little history to your home," said J.D. Hoss, owner, "but they provide a more sustainable option when considering hardwood flooring, preserving our natural resources." J.D. encourages people to "Think Local First." |
| ARTICLE: So You Want to Build a Green Home? |
By Tammy Hooper
Green, eco, sustainable, ecological. You hear these terms used more frequently but what do they mean? These words are use to define the same thing and are often interchangeable. In recent years, the term green seems to be the most popular, but back in 1954, R. Buckminster Fuller, the famous architect and theorist, defined sustainability as: the conscious design of our total environment, in order to help make the Earth a finite resource and meet the needs of all of humanity without disrupting the ecological processes of the plant. In her article, Tammy Hooper talks about the considerations and implications of green building...
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| Eastern Sierra Nevada Chapter Launch - Oct 23 |
SiGBA
EASTERN SIERRA MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
OCTOBER 23, 2009
4-6 PM
YOU ARE INVITED!
ATTEND AN INFORMATIONAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING AT
JOHN AND TAMMY HOOPER'S HOUSE ROCK CREEK CYN.
7971 LOWER ROCK CREEK ROAD, PARADISE, CA
AGENDA
ROCK CREEK CANYON SUBDIVISION INTRO: SANDRA BAUER, ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT DIRECTOR
SiGBA INTRODUCTION: ELI MEYER, SiGBA PRESIDENT TRUCKEE
RSVP BY 10.19.09 760-937-7300
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