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Call for entries! The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the
Building Material Reuse Association, the American Institute of
Architects, and the West Coast Green invite professionals and students
to participate in the Lifecycle Building Challenge, a competition
seeking designs and ideas that reduce waste by facilitating a buildings
adaptability, deconstruction, and reuse. For information about a
Delaware proposed site respond to the email below.
For information about the challenge visit-
www.lifecycles.org
August
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Aug 20, 2009 -
Newsletter Editorial & Advertising Deadline
Aug. 20, 1:00-2:00pm -
Developing Your Firm's Strategic-Competitive Advantage (webinar).
Moving into the next decade, the design industry is experiencing a great deal of
change in the acquisition of new work. External market
conditions are driving architectural firms to compete more
aggressively; internally, firms are seeking ways to differentiate
themselves from their competition. Join us as William R. Long,
LEEDŽ AP, CPSM shows how successful firms need to have at
least one, if not more, Strategic Competitive Advantages. He
will define what it means to have a Strategic Competitive
Advantage in the architectural industry and how successful
firms utilize these differentiators so they can compete on factors
other than price.
Cost - $119.
To Register online, Click Here
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September
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Sept. 9th, 5:30-7:30pm - 2009 LEED v3 Rating System Update
Presented by : Delaware Valley Green Building Council
The USGBC has revised the widely recognized Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Building
Rating System and released a new version - LEED 2009. The Council has introduced new prerequisites,
tightened the referenced standards, created new regional priority credits, reassigned point values
to many existing credits, and harmonized the points required for certification across the rating systems.
The presenter, Peter Levasseur, AIA, LEED AP, is Vice President of DVGBC and President of ECOtelligent
Design LLC, an architecture and sustainability consulting firm.
Click here for more information.
Location: Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts
200 South Madison Street, Wilmington, DE 19801
Cost: $20 DVGBC members, $30 non-members; $15 students
Cont. Ed.: This program provides 1.0 AIA/CES (HSW) LU.
Registration: http://dvgbc.org/education/view/2009-leed-v3-rating-system-update-0
Sept. 15 & 22, 4:30-7:30pm - Green Associate (LEEDŽ AP)
Presented by : ABC Delaware Chapter
Classes led by instructor Mark Purcell, AIA, CCM, LEEDŽ AP, Project Executive for Nason Construction, Inc.
and President, DVGBC. Must attend both classes at the ABC Delaware classroom. This course will provide an
overview of the credentialing process, as well as give helpful tips and resources for passing the exam.
Additional study time outside this review course will be required to prepare for the exam.
Location: ABC Delaware classroom
31 Blevins Drive, Suite B, New Castle, DE 19720
Cost:
$300 ABC members, $350 non-members
Registration: dsetting@ abcdelaware.com
September 23rd, 12:00(noon)-1:00pm - Brick Revisited: Just How Green Is It?
Presented by : The Brick Industry Association
What are the environmental advantages of brick? How does the material fit within the LEED rating
system and how many credits can brick help attain? The presentation includes discussions about
brick manufacturing (including embodied energy), life cycle assessment and performance aspects
of brick masonry. Also included are discussions on what LEED is missing and other features brick
can provide to sustainable buildings. We can seat 12 in the AIA Delaware conference room on a first-come,
first-served basis for this intermediate course. Click here for more information.
Location: AIA Delaware Chapter Office
W. 9th Street, Wilmington, DE 19801
Seating is limited to first 12 registered
Cost: Free for AIA Delaware members, $5 non-members
Cont. Ed.: This program provides 1.0 AIA/CES (HSW, SD) LU
Registration: RSVP via email to
Director@AIADelaware.org by Friday, September 18th, 2009
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October
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Oct. 15th and 16th, 8:00am-6:00pm -
Sustainable Delaware 2009 - 4th Annual Delaware Sustainability Conference
Presented by -
AIA Delaware in partnership with
Center for Energy and Environmental Policy (CEEP)
College for Education and Public Policy, Institute for Public Administration
and co-sponsored by
Sierra Club, Delaware Chapter
Water Resources Agency
Delmarva's Sustainability Networking Conference and Green Trade Show A comprehensive renewable energy, energy efficient and
green-guiding technology trade expo including a presentation with Governor Jack Markell, 40 presenters on the design, policy and
science of sustainability, and an expected 50 exhibitors displaying products and services in support of the new energy paradigm
in Delaware. National speakers will address the architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, planning, policy and under
lying science of the new sustainability paradigm. This interactive conference is designed for design professionals, developers,
builders, lenders, building owners, building scientists, environmentalists, and public policy officials.
Location: Clayton Hall
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
Cost: Conference $95 per person, $25 students
Workshop $165 per person
Public Day $Free
Registration: Click here for more information and registration
Oct. 17th, 12:00 (noon)-4:00pm (rain or shine!) -
Art on the Move! Kinetic Sculpture Race and Family Day
Presented by -Delaware Center for The Contemporary Arts (DCCA)
The kinetic sculpture race will be an entertaining, family-oriented, neighborhood-type of event designed to introduce new audiences
to the DCCA and the Riverfront. Kinetic sculpture racers are human powered works of art built, modified, or decorated for the race.
(Think bikes, scooters, skateboards, strollers, and rollerblades.) Click here for more information and to register your team!
Location: Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts
200 South Madison Street, Wilmington, DE 19801
Cost: See Registration Form above
Registration: Due by October 9, 2009, see Registration Form above
Oct. 28th, 12:00 (noon)-1:00pm) -
The 6 Pressure Points that Affect Profitable Practice
Presented by -Whitehorn Financial Group
Many firms are re-tooling to maintain client relationships, and improve future capabilities.
This is the time for firms to improve themselves to come out of this economic cycle stronger
than when they went in. One of the most overlooked sources of profit loss is in the area of
practice management. Go beyond the classic cost-cutting as the sole solution and regain influence
by thinking more strategically.
- Recognize where time, money, and resources are wasted, and where to look in order to
protect your firms from continued drain on profitability.
- Learn the importance of the pre-project planning process.
- Implement specific strategies to speed-up cash flow.
- potential opportunities, with the existing constraints of pricing a project (especially in a challenging marketplace).
This presentation, geared toward architectural firm principals, will provide insight and wisdom to create a more profitable
practice; you will feel empowered and energized by the session. Seating is limited to first 8 individuals to RSVP by
Oct. 23rd to Nancy Payne at director@aiadelaware.org. Light lunch will be provided during this presentation from Allied
Member Whitehorn Financial Group, Inc. (AIA/CES LU pending).
Location: AIA Delaware Chapter Office
220 W. 9th Street, Wilmington, DE 19801
Seating is limited to first 8 registered
Cost: Free for AIA Delaware members, $5 non-members
Cont. Ed.: 1.0 AIA/CES LU pending
Registration: RSVP via email to
Director@AIADelaware.org by Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Oct. 28th, 29th & 30thth
09 Design on the Delaware - 7th Annual Regional Conference
Presented by -AIA Philadelphia
Design on the Delaware is a three-day conference and trade show that brings together design and building professionals,
business and public leaders, product and service providers for professional education and networking. The event is a
collaborative effort of 25 professional organizations representing over 10,000 design and building professionals in
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.
Program Highlights:
- A tour of the National Museum of American Jewish History led by James Polshek, FAIA, and the design team from Polshek
Partnership Architects.
- The design and construction team of the Please Touch Museum will present a program and conduct a tour of the Museum's new home at Memorial Hall
in Fairmont Park.
- Philadelphia Zoning Code Commissioners and Alan Greenberger, AIA, Executive Director of the City's Planning Commission, will conduct a participatory session on
Philadelphia's new zoning code.
- May it Please the Court, a hypothetical multi-million dollar trial where expert witnesses for the contractor and architect are cross-examined by the
attorney for the owner.
- A full-day design charrette on interim use of industrial sites.
- Plus, programs on BIM, Integrated Project Delivery, contract documents, LED lighting, biomimicry, stormwater, LEED for schools, affordable housing, transit,
waterfront development, regional issues and more
Location: Philadelphia's Sheraton City Center and the Center for Architecture
Registration: For more information and registration, visit www.designonthedelaware.com
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DAUG -
Delaware AutoCAD Users Group
If you would like to host or
suggest any topics for upcoming DAUG meetings, or if you are
interested in joining the DAUG Yahoo Users Group, please
contact Pam Paone at 302-733-0477 X20 or email pamela.paone@cadapult.net |
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To better
serve the continuing-education needs of AIA DE members, we will
include programs of neighboring AIA components as space allows.
Events of interest to Delaware architects welcome.
Send to Newsletter Editor in plain text; no images please, at
newsletter@aiadelaware.org
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