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Welcome
to the September issue of Building for
Sustainability!
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Last chance to register!
CCLF's Building for Sustainability Workshop
September
11-12, 8:45 am-5:00 pm, Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445 S. Sacramento
Ave. |
This two-day workshop provides an overview
of sustainable design and resources to help you develop healthy and efficient
buildings. Don't miss this opportunity to network with other practitioners and
tour local projects, including a new multifamily project and an in-process,
single family gut rehab. Scholarships are available for nonprofits and
students. Breakfast and lunch will be included each day. Contact CCLF's workshop coordinator
for more information. Register for the workshop
today!
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Chicago Green Office
Challenge
Beginning September
2014
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Join CCLF and hundreds of
other offices throughout the city and participate in The Chicago Green Office Challenge.
The competition is designed to help Chicago businesses and employees improve
sustainability in the workplace and beyond. Join the Challenge to reduce energy,
materials, and water consumption - and encourage your colleagues and peers to do
the same. See here for more information or to
register.
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Grants
and RFPs 
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Chicago Neighborhood
Development Awards
Applications
Due September 11 |
The Chicago Neighborhood Development
Awards (CNDA), established in 1995, recognize outstanding achievement in
community development in five different categories, covering both nonprofits and
for-profits in the Chicago area. Applications are now being accepted
for the CNDA and for the Richard H. Driehaus Awards for Architectural Excellence
in Community Design. The awards ceremony will take place on February 17,
2015.
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11th Annual Inspiring
Efficiency Awards
Applications due
by September 12
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The Midwest Energy Efficiency
Alliance is currently accepting
applications for their 11th Annual Inspiring Efficiency Awards. Each year, they
recognize Midwest leaders who deliver groundbreaking advancements in energy
efficiency in five categories: Leadership, Education, Impact, Innovation and
Marketing. More information regarding the categories and the
application process can be found here.
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Public Sector Energy
Efficiency Program
November 1
Deadline
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| The Metropolitan Mayors Caucus released a
Request for Proposals for the 2014-15
Public Sector Energy Efficiency Program, which provides funding and technical
assistance to help local governments update and retrofit public facilities. The
final deadline for proposals
is November 1. |
Events
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USGBC Site Tour of Harper
Court
September 10, 5:00-7:00 pm, 53rd Street
and Lake Park Ave.
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Opened
in Fall 2013, The Harper Court Redevelopment is notable for its sustainability
performance. The project is certified LEED Gold-Neighborhood Development rated.
It is now pursuing LEED Core & Shell, New Construction and Commercial
Interiors certifications. This program and site tour will explain the key design
elements that achieved a high performance structure while balancing the need for
flexibility to accommodate multi-function spaces and multiple end users. Learn
more and register here.
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UIC Urban
Forum
September 18, 8:00 am-5:00 pm, 725 W.
Roosevelt Rd.
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The 2014 UIC Urban Forum will engage
policymakers, researchers, public intellectuals and citizens in a dynamic
discussion and debate about the broad issues surrounding the role neighborhoods
can and do play in building strong, livable urban regions. Register for the forum here. |
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Creating a Culture of School
Sustainability: A Design Challenge
September 20, 8:00 am-5:00 pm, 606 E.
Grove St., Champaign, IL
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The James
D. MacConnell Symposium Series, presented by CannonDesign and CEFPI, invites
participants to Booker T. Washington STEM Academy.
Participants will explore how a sustainable ecology develops and becomes
ingrained in a school's learning environment and is, in essence, a part of the
school's culture. Register here for this
symposium.
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Waste Management
Symposium
September 24, 8:00 am-2:00 pm, CMAP, 223
S. Wacker Dr., Suite 800
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Resources
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Emerging Nonprofit Certificate
of Training
Sept 11, 18
and 25, 100 N. LaSalle St., Suite 600
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The Law Project is seeking nonprofit
founders who are interested in or are in the process of forming a new nonprofit
organization for its new Emerging Nonprofit Certificate of Training program.
Sessions will focus on funding, developing a budget, setting up a 501(c)(3)
legal status and other important nonprofit skills. Participants will be granted
an application fee waiver for TLP's application for pro bono legal assistance
for eligible nonprofits. More information about this program can be found here. Register here!
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September 17, 12:00-1:00 pm
CST
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| National Housing Trust is offering a
free webinar that will provide an overview of key utility regulatory processes
for advancing energy efficiency in affordable multifamily housing. Participants
will hear from experienced advocates Charlie Harak of the National Consumer Law
Center and Jennifer Gremmert of Energy Outreach Colorado. Register for the
webinar here. |
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Interactive Map of Cook County
Housing Stock
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| With
assistance from web data visualization experts at Datamade, the Institute for Housing Studies at
DePaul University has taken parcel-level data from its Clearinghouse and created
an interactive map that allows users to
explore the diverse neighborhood housing patterns in the City of Chicago and
suburban Cook County, Illinois. |
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Novogradic Rent &
Income Limit Calculator: Update
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| Novogradac & Company LLP has
released an updated version of the Rent & Income Limit Calculator© featuring
the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD's) 2014 HOME income
limits and rent limits, which are effective on May 1, 2014. In addition to the
2014 HOME rent and income limits, Novogradac's Rent & Income Limit
Calculator © will calculate IRC Section 42(i)(3)(A) low-income housing tax
credit (LIHTC) rent and income limits for every county and for every
metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the United
States. |
| Chicago
Power Deal Calculator |
Citizens Utility Board is offering a free power deal calculator to help
residents decide whether Integrys or ComEd should be their electricity supplier.
Visit the Chicago Power Deal Calculator to determine where you'll get more savings on your
electricity bill.
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Tag the
Furniture
Free furniture for
Nonprofits
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Tag the Furniture is a sustainability
consulting firm that is offering nonprofit clients access to free office
furniture (the nonprofit is responsible for the moving costs). Their goal is to
keep used furniture out of landfills, and instead send it to nonprofits. More
information about this opportunity can be found here.
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| Training &
Workshops |
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Understanding LEED v4 for
Homes Webinar
Every Wednesday starting September 3,
4:30-6:00 pm
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By the summer of 2015, LEED for Homes version 4 (V4) will
be in full swing. The Alliance for Environmental
Sustainability has teamed up with the LEED for Homes lead reviewer and chief
rating systems expert Jay Hall to offer an 8 week webinar series. Register here to learn how the system
changed and how it applies to single/multi family, low/mid/high rise, new and
rehabbed homes and residential buildings, apartments, developments and
dorms.
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Successful Development of Vacant Homes: Project
Feasibility and Analysis
September 8, 8:00-10:00 am & September 9, 6:00-8:00 pm at CRN, 140 S. Dearborn, Suite
1420
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Join the Chicago Rehab Network this month for
Successful Development of Vacant Homes: Project Feasibility and
Analysis. As
the new Cook County Land Bank Authority comes
online, there will be opportunities for individuals, municipalities, churches,
and nonprofit organizations large and small to take advantage of the CCLBA's
unique tax-clearing abilities to bring vacant and abandoned buildings back into
productive use in communities all over Cook County. This special entry-level
training will help orient prospective developers toward the strengths and risks
of this exciting opportunity. Register
here!
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Cost Effective Roof Solutions:
Panelized Roof Systems Webinar
September 17, 12:00 pm
CST
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The WoodWorks Wood Product Council is
offering a free webinar on all-wood and hybrid panelized roof systems . Learn why panelized roof systems are so cost-effective
and how they are efficiently designed and installed. Topics will include
solutions for structural loading, fire protection, durability, energy efficiency
and constructability in addition to project examples. More information on this
webinar and the link to registration can be found here. |
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Community Development +
Empowerment Series
Beginning September 17-18, Chicago Rehab
Network, 140 S. Dearborn, Suite 1420
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The Chicago Rehab Network's
much-anticipated Empowerment Series is now open for registration. Now in its 18th
year, this award-winning training covers the fundamentals of housing development
and management in a community development context. Workshop participants will
learn technical development skills, discuss strategies for community empowerment
and reinvestment, and forge lasting bonds with a cohort of emerging community
development leaders. |
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Archeworks Sustainable Urban
Design Certificate Program
Beginning September 30, 625 North
Kingsbury St.
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Archeworks is a Chicago-based
multidisciplinary design educator dedicated to advancing design in the public
interest and inspiring collaborative action to shape sustainable, equitable and
healthy communities. They are offering a Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable
Urban Design, beginning in September and ending in May. More information about
the certificate program can be found here.
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Resilient Chicago: Climate
Planning for the Future
September 30, 9:00 am-4:00 pm, 233 South
Wacker Dr., Suite 800
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| Conferences
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North American Passive
House Conference
September
10-14, Bay Area, CA |
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EcoDistricts
Summit
September 24-26, Washington
D.C.
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| The 6th
Annual EcoDistricts Summit will take place in
the District of Columbia. It will use D.C. as an example to explore
district-scale sustainable development. Register for the summit here. |
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Save
the Date: BUILDING Chicago/Greening the Heartland
Conference
September
29-October 1, Holiday Inn Chicago Plaza |
a major conference and trade
expo serving architects, engineers, contractors, property owners, real estate
developers, government officials and community organizations in the
Midwest. The inaugural event in 2013 featured more
than 70 accredited education courses and 40 exhibitors, and drew more than 600
attendees, including top-tier management from well-known companies and
facilities.
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Housing Action Illinois'
Housing Matters! Conference
October
2-3, Bloomington, IL |
Each year, affordable
housing practitioners and advocates come together at Housing Action Illinois' Housing Matters! Conference, taking
place this year October 2-3 in Bloomington, to network and obtain the latest
training and information on affordable housing issues. There will be 18 workshop
sessions in 5 different tracks. Register
now!
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Register Now: Greenbuild International
Conference and Expo
October
22-24, Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA |
USGBC is hosting the Greenbuild
International Conference and Expo in New Orleans. The 3 day event brings
together industry leaders, experts and frontline professionals dedicated to
sustainable building in their everyday work. Click here for more information on the
conference.
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Save the Date: NASCO Institute
2014
November
7-9, Ann Arbor, MI |
| Save the date for the NASCO Institute's "Co-ops for Life:
Owning our Future." Participants will share ideas, learn new skills and look at
issues affecting the cooperative movement worldwide. The annual NASCO
Institute is an opportunity to network with hundreds of cooperative leaders and
employers, to caucus about pressing issues, and to work on building an inclusive
and accessible cooperative movement. Contact Rek at rek@nasco.coop for more
information. |
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