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Fall Green Programs
Green Home Retrofit for Energy Performance and Moisture Control
10am - 11:30am, Friday, October 15th, 2010
Grange Audubon Center, 505 W. Whittier St., Columbus, OH 43215
This workshop will inform the attendees on simple interventions that decrease the cost of space conditioning - heating and cooling. Increasing building tightness may reduce indoor air quality and so the presenter will discuss the importance of controlling air flow and assessing moisture conditions when insulating walls, basements and attics.
Presenter: Nathan Yost
Life Cycle Costing for Green Projects
Webinar - register for the event to receive a web link to connect online from anywhere!
11:30am - 1:00pm, Monday, October 25th, 2010
The webinar will walk the attendee through the convention for calculating Life Cycle Costs to evaluate the economic perfrmance of building investments through Present Value, adjusted Internal Rate of Return factors with an example of the LCC costs of competing HVAC systems.
Presenter: Robert Charrette
Daylight Modeling with Daysim
8am - 1pm, Friday, October 29th, 2010
International Room, OSU 4H Center, Building 191
2201 Fred Taylor Dr., Columbus, Ohio
This hands-on workshop requires attendees to bring their own laptop (and surge protector). The presenters will discuss the Daylighting parameters and to apply one of the foremost Daylight Modeling Tool in buildng design.
Presenters: Umesh Atre and Ratnalee Patil, Mike Niklaus & Associates
Integrating Daysim into eQuest
2pm - 4pm, Friday, October 29th, 2010
International Room, OSU 4H Center, Building 191
2201 Fred Taylor Dr., Columbus, Ohio
This hands-on workshop requires attendees to bring their own laptop (and surge protector). It is strongly recommended that attendees attend the morning session on Daysim, daylight modeling class or have prior knowledge of Daysim. eQuest is a foremost energy modeling tool that is used in most high performance green buildings and also LEED certified projects. The workshop will inform the attendee on how to transfer the data from Daysim modeling into eQuest to calculate Daylighting savings in the energy modeling.
Presenters: Umesh Atre and Ratnalee Patil, Mike Niklaus & Associates
GREEN MATERIAL AND PRODUCT SELECTION
On Sept. 28, CGBF was proud to bring
Nationally Renowned Green Expert,
Nadav Malin, to Columbus.
Topics covered:
• Selecting Green Materials and Products for Commercial and Residential Projects;
• The Life Cycle Impact or "Costs" of Building Materials
• Latest Developments in Building Materials and their Pros & Cons
• The Future Trend for Green Materials
About the Speaker
Nadav Malin is the building industry’s acknowledged go-to resource when you need thoughtful perspective on the materials and design solutions that define sustainable building practice.
As president of BuildingGreen, he oversees the company’s industry-leading information and community-building resources, including Environmental Building News, its sister publication GreenSpec, and the project certification help tool LEEDuser. He also lends his technical expertise and vision to McGraw-Hill Construction, serving as executive editor of the award-winning GreenSource magazine.
When the LEED rating system was just starting out, Nadav was tapped to lead its new Materials and Resources Technical Advisory Group, which he chaired throughout LEED’s formative years. A long-serving member of the national LEED Faculty, he is a sought-after speaker for USGBC, AIA, and CSI events, and as a consultant to architecture firms and government agencies alike.
Nadav led the team that created the U.S. Department of Energy’s High Performance Buildings Database, and continues to oversee BuildingGreen’s responsibility for ensuring the quality of case studies and collecting meaningful data on actual building performance.
When he is not facilitating a rich conversation among design professionals, he can often be found chasing a hockey puck or a soccer ball, depending on depending on the season.
8:30 am - 4:30 pm, Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center
view info and presentations from the 2010 Expo
For previous Green Building School classes, see the Green Building School page
Feb. 23-26, 2010
CGBF offered introductory and intermediate workshops on Modeling New Buildings for architects, engineers and facility managers, with an advanced workshop on Modeling Existing buildings.
Feb. 4, 2010
The Columbus Green Building Forum was
represented on a panel discussion at OSU's Department of Geography
Topic: Columbus Green Scene –
Local Solutions to Global Climate Change
Feb. 4, 2010, 5:00-7:00 P.M. at the Barrister Club.
Questions to be discussed:
- What green policies are being pushed by city, university, and non-profit leaders here in Columbus?
- Where do local climate change mitigation initiatives overlap and where must we work to bridge the gap?
Participating Panelists: - Becky Mansfield - Associate Professor, Department of Geography
- Erin Miller - Environmental Steward, Get Green Columbus and Office of the Mayor of Columbuss
- Meera Parthasarathy - Founder, Columbus Green Building Forumm
- Christina Redman - Office of Energy Services and Sustainability, The Ohio State University
- Marilyn Welker - Director, Simply Living
Saturday, December 5th, 2009
Green Home Fair
Schoenbaum Center, 175 E. 7th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio
A Green Residential Tradeshow & Conference Free & Open to the Public!
Resources now available for download:
Residential Energy Retrofits - pdf
Energy Efficiency resources - pdf
Local Funding and Residential Tax Credits for Greening Homes (talk given by Brian Higgins) - pdf
Multiple sessions on Greening homes included:
- Residential Energy Retrofits - Cost Effective Strategies
- Energy Retrofits and their impact on Indoor Air Quality
- Implementing a Green Neighborhood Plan
- Learn about Local Funding and Residential Tax Credits for Greening homes
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
Moisture Management of
Low Energy Houses
(Retrofits & New Builds)
This four hour workshop addressed moisture management issues for a whole house, from roof to basement, when retrofitting existing (gut rehab) or building new energy efficient homes.
The speaker, Joseph Lstiburek, Ph.D., P.Eng., ASHRAE Fellow, is a principal of Building Science Corporation. Dr. Lstiburek has appeared on PBS NOVA ("Can buildings make you sick?").
He is the author of the U.S. DOE Handbook on Moisture Control and a special contributor to the EPA guidance document on Building Air Quality: A Guide for Building Owners and Facility Managers. He is one of the world's foremost authorities on energy efficient construction techniques and heads one of the four Building America program teams for the U.S. Department of Energy.
Dr. Lstiburek has written numerous books and technical papers on building construction. He is the best selling author of the Builder Guides and has over 50 technical and journal articles to his credit. He has conducted forensic investigations and served as an expert witness on building failures all over the U.S. He is an expert in the areas of rain penetration, air barriers, vapor barriers, air quality, durability and construction technology.
Friday, November 13th, 2009
Grange Audubon Center &
Rain Garden Tour
505 E Whittier St Columbus, OH 43206
10 - 10:45 am - Rain Garden Tour, 11 am - noon - Audubon Center tour
Join CGBF and OSU's CSM class on Green Building and Sustainable Construction for a Rain Garden tour & discussion. Stephanie Suter, Chair, Central Ohio Rain Garden Initiative (CORGI) will walk us through three rain gardens. We will meet at the Boat launch area right across from the impound lot (turn sharp left at the Scioto Audubon Metro Park sign and go downhill to the boat launch area). The tour will start at 10am.
At 11am we will tour Grange Insurance Audubon Center. The 18,000 square foot Grange Insurance Audubon Center is a "green building," certified under national Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) criteria. It uses geothermal heating and cooling, a plant-filled green roof, recycled materials and other sustainable construction materials to reduce the center's carbon footprint.
This program is organized by CGBF and is a part of CSM 694, Green Building and Sustainable Construction Fall quarter course at OSU.
2009 Tour of Lazarus rooftop garden:
The former downtown Lazarus department store has been renovated to Gold LEED standards and is being used as office space for over 2000 workers. One important feature is the rooftop garden and rainwater recycling system.
2009 TRAINING:
Intermediate - Advanced eQuest Workshop:
Whole Building Analysis using eQUEST
Instructor: Marlin S. Addison, Principal, M.S. Addison & Associates, Tempe, Arizona, and Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Design, Arizona State University. Mr. Addison is a nationally recognized expert in building energy analysis and eQuest.
Thanks to our sponsors, exhibitors and participants!
2009's Expo was bigger and better than ever!
March 19-20, 2008
Ohio Green Schools Summit
The Ohio Green Schools Summit explored the implementation of Ohio’s newly adopted LEED standards for school facilities design. Two days of seminars conducted by national experts provided an exciting new opportunity to participate in and provide a safe, quality and inspiring environment for Ohio’s children!
May 16, 2008
Sustainability Now!
A Joint Conference of Simply Living and the Social Responsibility Initiative of the Ohio State University CFAES (College of Food, Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Co-hosted by Columbus Green Building Forum.
An action packed conference on living in a more sustainable way and what communities are doing to promote sustainability.
May 16: An Evening with Jim Merkel
May 17: Full Day of Interactive Workshops on Personal and Community Sustainability
For a list of topics and sessions held, click here:
The Central Ohio Youth Summit on the Environment was held concurrently with Sustainability Now! This Summit is for youth interested in the environment and in affecting change in their community.
The LEED-Home project
The LEED-Home project, a design-build partnership between CGBF and a local high school, broke ground in December 2005. The project is currently poised at Gold rating level with a strong potential to be a LEED Platinum! At Platinum it will be only the second home in the country currently at this level.
• Background of project
• Media coverage (past)
• Progress (blog)
• What is LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)?
• LEED initiatives around the country
CGBF has built a green cutting edge home in Columbus' first green residential development, Greenview Estates.
The project team, represented by Meera Parthasarathy and Kate Harkin, presented the project scope and goals at the US Green Building Council's Greenbuild in Chicago on November 5, 2007. The project was one of seven in the afternoon's charrette presentation and had a team of ten green residential experts from around the country brainstorming ideas for greening the CGBF project.
October 02, 2008
5th Annual Green Building Expo
Agenda
April 24 - 27, 2008
Green Building Tour
A tour of green buildings and alternative energy sites in Richland County was offered in conjunction with the Environmental Education Council of Ohio's annual conference. The tour and green building professional issue forum featured Mohican School in the Out of Doors, Malabar Farm's Visitor Center, and the Gorman Nature Center. Active and passive solar, geothermal and wind systems will be on display, along with a green roof and composting toilets.
4th Annual Green Building Expo
Thursday, Sept. 13th, 2007
Agenda | Photos
Edison Materials Technology Center
1st Ohio Summit on Supply Chain Opportunities in Alternative Energy
June 19-20, 2007 at the National Composite Center, Dayton Ohio
Feb. 21, 2007
CGBF Quarterly Brown Bag Lunch Program:
InView: Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Youth Development Center on OSU Campus.Bill McCleery, 4-H center's development officer, gave the project overview and status.
Feb. 10, 2007
Green Affordable Housing Charrette!
CGBF conducted a charrette to inform the design-build process for our second Green home to be built in fall 2007. The charette identified the project goals for the second build in terms of building design, technologies, materials, energy use and site design. Our eventual goal is to build a zero energy home and we would like to ramp up to this by incorporating cutting edge green design and technologies.
October 27, 2006
Annual Green Building Tour
CGBF and AIA Columbus COTE presented the annual green building tour on Friday, October 27th; participants toured the Green Visitor Center at Malabar Farm State Park and Licking County Joint Vocational School at Newark, Ohio.
photos of event
September 12, 2006
3rd Annual Green Building Expo
photos of 2006 Expo | Speaker info
photos of 2005 Expo
September 13, 2006
Life Cycle Costing (LCC) Workshop for Green Building Design
details
June 13th, 2006
Presented by Lauren Kyser, Renewable Choice Energy
More info about renewable energy
