Recent Green Building Smart Growth Events
Here are some events you may have missed
Future of Business Conference : Strategies for Success in 2012
Mark your calendar and plan to attend our annual conference for inspiration and hands on tools for a thriving business! Join us for a kick-off Keynote and Localicious Reception on the 26th followed by a full day on the 27th. You really don't want to miss it.
Green Materials Net/Workshop
Choosing materials is one of the most fundamental decisions a designer makes, and it has a profound impact on the aesthetics, function, and sustainability of your commercial and residential project.
Landscape Incentives Forum: growing your business in the watershed
Homeowners in the Lake Whatcom Watershed have a new reason to do Low Impact Development (LID) projects on their properties. The City of Bellingham is providing technical and financial assistance to watershed residents within city limits for projects such as reforestation (native planting), rain gardens, infiltration trenches, permeable pavements, sand filters, dry wells, stormwater planter boxes, and rainwater harvesting.
Transformational Lecture Series: David Ramslie, The Human Factor
Each year, Cascadia Green Building Council (GBC) brings to Bellingham TWO Transformational speakers. This October, save the date for Vancouver's Directory of Sustainability, David Ramslie as he describes the occupants role in reducing building energy consumption.
Lincoln Green: a commercial green roof workshop & solar celebration
Join the Bellingham Housing Authority and Sustainable Connections for a tour of the largest green roof tour in Bellingham then stick around to see a solar roof install too.
Poticrete Install
What happens when you salvage 400 would-be-land-filled toilets? You pilot a demonstration aggregate with the crushed mix and voila! You have Bellingham's very own "Poticrete" mix. Join the City of Bellingham and Sustainable Connections for the Nation's very first pilot install.
Complete the Street, Walk & Workshop – FREE!
Complete Streets are streets for everyone. They are designed and operated to enable safe access for all users. Pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, and public transportation users of all ages and abilities are able to safely move along and across a Complete Street.
“The Tombstone Project”
Smith & Vallee Woodworks is proud to unveil its newest collection of furniture, “The Tombstone Project,” and the grand opening of its new Edison woodshop. In keeping with their focus on sustainability, Wesley Smith and Andrew Vallee built this newest collection out of salvaged materials from a 1880s Edison barn that they recently remodeled into Smith & Vallee Woodworksʼ new shop.
9th Annual Imagine This! Home and Landscape Tour
Save the date, this year the tour will be chock full of inspiring green home design and construction and eco-friendly landscapes.
BALLE Conference 2011
Place Matters. Join us for BALLE's National Conference, being held in Bellingham this June.
Introduction to Green Building & the New Green MLS Checkboxes
Environmentally certified new homes in Seattle make up 33% of the market, sell for 8.6% more per square foot, and sell in 25% less time. Learn how Whatcom County can achieve similar home sales.
Transformational Lecture Series featuring Rob Bennett
Cascadia's Green Building Council brings us speaker Rob Bennett, Executive Director, Portland Sustainability Institute will be on hand to discuss EcoDistricts - Scaling up Sustainability
Solar Power Happy Hour
Come and find out more about Solar Incentives.
Skagit goes LEED Platinum
Skagit Valley College completes it's first LEED Platinum building. A behind the scenes tour presented by Sustainable Connections and the Northwest AIA.
Raise the (green) Roof
A hands look at residential green roof construction, metholdologies and strategies.
Transportation Incentives Roundtable
Sustainable Connections and Bellingham Public Works invite the development community to a special evening forum.
Transit Oriented Communities Workshop
A look at the recently released 'Transit Oriented Communities: A Blueprint for Washington State.'
BinBump Celebration
A summer celebration of Bellingham’s expedited BinBump process. Learn more about how local green building is becoming mainstream.
Transportation Tailgate
A creative look at downtown transportation solutions and ideas focused on revitalizing our urban core. The answer may not be what you think!
Cascadia Live
cascadiaLIVE: "Financing the Living Building" Cascadia Live is a NW Washington spin on accelerated green building education.
