AIA/LA Building Performance & Regulations Committee presents...
LADBS presents the California Green Building Code
--a roadmap to implementation--
Thursday, March 11 (6pm)
WWCOT
3130 Wilshire Blvd., 6th Floor
Santa Monica, CA 90403
Limited Capacity. RSVP to will@aialosangeles.org
This presentation will provide a technical update on the California Green Building Code and will establish a working framework for how architects and engineers can help provide feedback as LADBS begins their roadmap to implementation for the CIty's building code.
Speaker:
Osama Younan, P.E.
Chief of Mechanical Engineering Section & Green Building Unit
Will Wright | Director of Government & Public Affairs
AIA / los angeles
A Chapter of the American Institute of Architects
3780 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 800, Los Angeles, CA 90010
213.639.0777 phone | 213.639.0767 fax
When considering your state's Green Building Code, one should recognize all credible 3rd party forestry certification standards (such as the Sustainable Forestry Initiative- SFI), unlike the current LEED standard.
ReplyDeleteTake a look at this petition demanding changes to the LEED green building standard which has received broad support from forestry experts and government officials
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/leed/
Only 10% of the world’s forests are certified, but the USGBC’s oversight doesn’t account for many of these forests because they only account for FSC certified forests in their LEED rating system. This needs to be changed because, for example, more than three-quarters of North American certified forests are certified to the SFI, ATFS or CSA.