Rain Gardens for Everett

Click here to print Rain Gardens for Everett Brochure on Saturday, September 24th from 10am to 2pm. Location of rain gardens being built should be listed at http://raingarden.wsu.edu/Everett.html

Green Drinks August 10th

This months Green Drinks will be in Snohomish, visiting the incubator of GROW Washington which is a business development program to test and launch Washington products and service businesses.


GROW Washington offers training that includes:
Pre-startup Planning, Writing a Mission Statement, Setting Goals, Write a Busienss Plan, Learn the importance of Networking, Learn Social Media, Learn to Finance a Business and what's required.  print your invite click here

Visit the BLOG: http://greendrinkssnoco.blogspot.com

Read the blog to know what is going on with Green Drinks in Snohomish County.  Have "news or photos" that are about "Green" they can be posted on the blog too.

REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR OWN GLASS!


GROW Washington
1204 First Street
Snohomish, WA 98290
5 to 7pm


Call 360-217-7235

LEED User Group meeting on Wednesday April 20

LEED User Group meeting on Wednesday April 20.  Presentation starts at NOON. 

Presented by: Snohomish County Public Utility District No. 1
Doug O’Donnell, Account Manager, Snohomish County PUD

Mr. O’Donnell serves the general outreach function for PUD, including marketing energy efficiency and renewables programs to commercial and civic customers in Snohomish County.  He is currently assigned to multiple cities and school districts in southern Snohomish County, as well as mid-size manufacturing, multi-family, distribution and automotive sectors county-wide. Mr. O’Donnell holds a PV Solar Designer Certificate from Shoreline Community College (2009).

Topic Highlights:

PUD Energy Efficiency Programs and Incentives

·         New Construction Program outline

·         Solar Express Program outline

 Case Studies, PUD Programs/Incentives Supporting LEED Certification

·         Mukilteo City Hall- LEED Gold

·         PCC Natural Markets, Edmonds- LEED Platinum

May 18 meeting, Everett Community College has invited us to tour their two new LEED certified buildings on campus!  The architect and contractor will lead the tour so it should be very informative.  The exact time will be announced at a later date.

Low Impact Development Tour - Sat. March 12th 2011

Looking for better ways to reduce runoff on your property?  Spend some time visiting and exploring what neighbors have done in their yards!  Plan to Take the Tour of LID!

North Sound LEED User Group - Best IAQ for your Buck!

Wednesday February 16 at NOON at the PUD in Everett, please join me for Mr. Dan Morris, the guru of IAQ, and one of the most knowledgeable -- if not THE most knowledgeable -- guy in our region on the full gamut of issues regarding Indoor Air Quality.  Mr. Morris is Senior Air Quality Consultant at EHSI-Healthy Buildings Inc.  http://www.healthybuilding.com/index.htm

Mr. Morris will discuss the most affordable strategies for beneficial indoor air quality for building new and remodeling commercial, multi-family housing, schools and other types of facilities.  I first met him back in the mid-1990's when sick buildings and multiple chemical sensitivities were relatively new concerns, and he was one of very few people offering solutions. 

Reminder: January Meeting is the 21st from 11am to 1pm

General Meeting - January 21, 2011
11am to 1:00pm

Snohomish PUD in Everett
2320 California St
Everett, WA 98201

We'd like to remind you that the General Meeting day has changed to the 3rd Friday of the month. We meet conveniently between the hours of  11am to 1pm, so participants can eat  lunch and not take away from a busy work schedule.

If a sign is not posted, ask at the front desk which meeting room the SDTF Meeting is in. click here to print

Living City Design Competition in Everett - the Group is SUITE-WA

Living City Design Competition – entry deadline: February 1, 2011

SDTF is sponsoring the local design team: SUITE-WA a newly formed collaborative design team in Everett, WA. The group's organizer, Gary Purves, states their goal is to develop a fully landscaped architectural model and competition entry by the Feb. 1 deadline. The urban redesign encompasses a six block area of Everett’s downtown core and will reflect the vision of the International Living Building Institute and partner organization: The National Trust for Historic Preservation.

The project design will incorporate a suite of design solutions including:

• pedestrian aligned mixed-use development
• captured precipitation for a net-zero water community
• on-site waste-water treatment and renewable energy systems
• an integrated urban agricultural element

A regional light rail system and local circulating trolleys will ensure equal access and mobility for all citizens and enable a car-free community.

The competition’s intention is for design teams to imagine a living city as it might appear twenty five years in the future, an urban fabric of living and open space that celebrates nature and our innate attraction to natural elements: our biophilia.

The proposed built environment will reflect this imperative through inclusion of a variety of environmental features, natural patterns and place-based relationships, while beauty and spirit will inspire the team’s human scale design.

SUITE-WA needs to raise sufficient funds to cover the cost of the entry fee, materials and supplies for the project, printing fees, poster development, graphic illustration, and animation expenses. Those interested in assisting with in-kind donations to fulfill some of these needs should contact Gary at gp.suitewa@gmail.com without delay.

Interested in assisting with fundraising, or would like to offer financial support, mail your tax-deductible donation to SDTF @ PO Box 844 Everett, WA. 98206. Please forward this article to others who would be interested in supporting SUITE-WA in the Design Competition. Questions or for more information call 425-422-5656.