Green Building material selection

Green Building material selection

Sebastian Eilert featured in Miami Today

Last weeks "Green in Green" Realtor Panel hosted at Badrutt's Place made it into the latest edition of Miami Today. Sebastian Eilert, your Village Green Man, was quoted and featured along with Tony Cho and Paul D'Arelli.




Interesting article to continue the green building movement momentum in South Florida.





http://www.miamitodaynews.com/index.shtml





Village Green Man

USGBC SFL Best Practice Panel

This upcoming panel should be a good one. Mark your calendars.

Vilalge Green Man


Best Practices for Promotion of Green Development by Local Governments.

The City of Miami and the Miami-Dade and the Keys Branch of the USGBC South Florida Chapter are pleased to present a panel on the topic of best practices for promotion of green building by local governments, featuring a welcome by Mayor Manny Diaz.

WHEN: October 1, 2009, 1 - 4 PM
WHERE: Commission Chambers, Miami City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, FL

Panelists:
· Robert J. Ruano, Director of Grants & Sustainable Initiatives for the City of Miami, to discuss local urban communities' approaches and strategies for promoting sustainable development practices.
· Nathan Kogon, Director of Planning & Zoning for the City of Doral, to discuss local suburban communities' approaches and strategies for promoting sustainable development practices.
· Brian Traylor, Senior Planner with the South Florida Regional Planning Council, to describe the State’s comprehensive plan requirements and their impact on green development.
· Rich Norton, from The Green Companies, to present a private sector’s perspective on the promotion of green development by local governments in our region.
· Kyle Abney, President of the USGBC South Florida Chapter, will serve as moderator.

After presentations, the panel will take questions from the audience. Join us as we explore how local governments can effectively work with the private sector to achieve sustainability in their communities. ADMISSION -- FREE TO ALL!

RSVP by Friday, September 25, 2009 to Jorge Lima.

The City of Miami and the Miami-Dade and the Keys Branch of the USGBC South Florida Chapter gratefully acknowledge our sponsors for this educational program:

How to LEED Miami EGB

The USGBC South Florida Emerging Green Builders continue their green building serieds to explain the LEED process in detail. Next event will be in Boca Raton on September 24. See links below or contact me for more information.

Vilalge Green Man

Bike Miami Days are back

....after a summer break, the Bike Miami Day will return on October 04, 2009. LEarn mare at thie Bike Miami Blog:

http://bikemiamiblog.wordpress.com/

Village Green Man

Finding the Green in Green

"Finding the Green in Green" seminar being held on September 10, 2009.


Village Green Man will be in the panel!


Special Presenter
Devesh Nirmul, CSDP, LEED APProgram Manager, Office of SustainabilityMiami-Dade County
Who says that "greening" commercial spaces can't also put money in your pocket as well as protect the environment?

At this seminar find out:
Grant$ and Incentive$ from the County designed to stimulate the real estate industry
The newest Green trends both locally and nationally
South Florida Green projects
Strategies for property managers, architects, and commercial brokers to market green projects
Why retrofitting is forward thinking
The what and why of USGBC's LEED system
Metro 1 Fans Click HERE $30 (type in We Love Tony Cho in the Second Address Line of registration to get this special rate!) Non-Members Click Here to Sign Up $45 (Attendance includes 2 drinks & appetizers)


DATE: Sept 10th, 2009
TIME: 4:00pm until 6:30pm
LOCATION: Badrutt's Place
1250 South Miami Avenue
Miami , FL 33130
MORE: Program from 4:00pm until 5:15pm
Cocktails & Networking begin at 5:15pm

See you there...

2009 Grove Bedrace media

Thank you Jane for gathering these... sure there are more, but this a great selection to capture many moments from this Sunday's Great Grove Bedrace...

http://www.magicalphotos.com/thegreatgrovebedrace/
http://cbs4.com/local/Helio.Castroneves.Great.2.1167078.html
http://cbs4.com/video/?id=82626@wfor.dayport.com
http://cbs4.com/video/?id=82627@wfor.dayport.com
http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/MI130638/
http://www.miamiherald.com/video/index.html?media_id=6022992
http://www.examiner.com/x-20133-Miami-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m9d7-The-great-grove-bed-race

Village Green Man

Great Grove Bedrace success

What a great day it was indeed. After an initial cloudy start, the sky cleared and set the perfect backdrop for this day of fun and racing. Your truly was watching over the times at the finish line and made sure that the fastest contenders were noted. The Sandbar team won with an amazing best time of 17.56 seconds, consistently racing down the track in record time…

It was also noted that the SoFlo team constructed their bed out recycled materials, making this a true green bed…

Congratulations to all and we are looking forward to next year!

Village Green Man.

Read the Herald story, including video at this link:

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1221283.html?mi_pluck_action=comment_submitted&qwxq=509631#Comments_Container