Mid Atlantic Real Estate Journal — Green Buildings — August 30 - September 12, 2013 — 17B
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Letter from the Executive Director
Dear Friends and Colleagues, On August 15th, USGBC NJ Vice Chair Wayne DeFeo, on behalf of our Advocacy Committee, attended a joint New Jersey Senate/Assembly committee meeting in Atlantic City. As a result of our ongoing advocacy work, USGBC NJ was able to present testimony to this body of legislators to illustrate that sustainable buildings (LEED ® , in specific) are more resilient- specifically in relation to storms such as Hurricane Sandy. Our testimony helped to show that LEED is flexible enough to apply to all project types including healthcare facilities, schools, homes, and even entire neighborhoods. LEED addresses resiliency in a number of ways, including: sustainable site credits; smart location and linkage credits; green infrastructure and buildings credits; and for Homes- location and linkage credits. We also profiled a sampling of NJ case studies demonstrating how LEED certified buildings fared in the onslaught of Hurricane Sandy.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIR Ed Seliga Advanced Solar Products, Inc. VICE CHAIR Wayne D. DeFeo, LEED AP DeFeo Associates TREASURER SECRETARY Faith Taylor Wyndham Worldwide PAST CHAIR Anastasia Harrison, AIA, LEED AP Consultant DIRECTORS David Cardella Cardella Waste Services Jeremy Cressman, LEED AP American Standard Brands Zachary Gallagher, PE, LEED AP Alliance Environmental & Natural Systems Utilities Bill Gates, LEED AP Hunt Construction Group Tom Hales Herman Miller, Inc. Tony Marano The Marano Group, Inc. Vance Merolla, P.E. Colgate-Palmolive Company Brad Miller, PE, PP, LEED AP BD+C NJ Meadowlands Commission Attilio Rivetti, LEED AP Turner Construction Company Robert Schmitt The Hampshire Companies Andy Topinka, CPMR Technical Group Services, Inc. Ed Walsh, P.E. Avison Young Gregg Woodruff, PP, AICP, LEED AP Langan Engineering & Environmental Services, Inc. GENERAL COUNSEL Harry E. McLellan, Esq, LEED AP BD+C McLellan & Associates, LLC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Florence Block LEED Green Associate CHAPTER COORDINATOR Mary Ellen Garrigus Communications & Membership Coordinator Medea Villere ’ www.usgbcnj.org RJ Donnelly, LEED AP Donnelly Industries, Inc.
FLORENCE BLOCK
The Center for Lifelong Learning, a LEED Platinum public school in Sayerville, had no structural damage or flooding, despite the heavy winds and pummeling rain. The LEED Gold Jersey Shore University Medical Center managed to keep their facility powered completely, regardless of the local power outage, by switching over to their co-gen center and a small handful of generators. A LEED Silver private home in Toms River came through with none of the wind damage or flooding experienced by some in the neighborhood, due to its LEED-based durability measures. In fact, even though the house had no electricity for days, a number of sustainable design features allowed it to maintain comfortable temperatures and sufficient natural light. In addition, a school in Bayonne served as an emergency evacuation center when the rest of the town lost power. The otherwise average school had been equipped with a unique solar power system designed to work in conjunction with a diesel generator in the event of a power failure. These are just a handful of examples of how green features can improve the resiliency of public and private build- ings and help safeguard these buildings and their inhabitants in the event of extreme storms. For more on USGBC NJ’s testimony, see the Enviro-Politics blog post New Jersey environmentalists on what Sandy taught us: http://enviropoliticsblog.blogspot.com/2013/08/new-jersey-environmentalists-on-what.html#. UhIoDZK1EnM. For more on our Advocacy and Resiliency efforts, contact me at executivedirector@usgbcnj.org.
Sincerely, Florence Block
Executive Director USGBC NJ
Chapter Events
9/7/13 2ND Annual Race for Healthy Schools - Calling All Spartans! Raising funds for greening NJ schools. Vernon, NJ. 9/9/13 North Branch “Elevator Pitch” Night- Network over hors d’oeuvres, buffet & drinks. West Orange, NJ. 9/22/13 USGBC NJ’s Tour de Farm NJ- Ride with us and/or eat with us. Hamburg and/or Sussex, NJ. 10/9/13 11th Annual Gala & Awards Dinner- Featuring Keynote Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark, NJ. NJ PAC, Newark, NJ. For details on all USGBC NJ events visit www.usgbcnj.org/events
Number of New Jersey chapter members: Number of USGBC member Companies in NJ: Number of LEED Accredited Professionals in NJ: Number of LEED registered projects in NJ: Number of LEED certified projects in NJ:
1558
382
3243
964 302
2,038
LEED Homes certified in NJ:
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