[Grad_history_students] Chicago Architecture Foundation- Earth Week 2009

[CAF at architecture.orgLynnOsmond-PresidentoftheChicagoArchitectureFoundation]

COST All programs are free and open to the public
LOCATION Unless otherwise noted, programs will be held in The John Buck Company Lecture Hall Gallery,
224 South Michigan Avenue
RSVP None required (Please arrive early; seating is limited)
AIA/CES All programs are registered for AIA credit

 Overview of Green Home Remodeling Guides at Greenmaker Building Supply



Saturday, April 18, 9:30-11:30am 

LOCATION Greenmaker Building Supply, 2500 N. Pulaski Road, Chicago
RSVP lsmith at architecture.org (mailto:lsmith at architecture.org) or 312.922.3432 x224

Perfect for homeowners planning an environmentally friendly renovation, this workshop provides an overview of the City of Chicago's Green Home Remodeling Guides. Participants view examples of green building solutions for the home, and learn how to hire professionals and salvage and reuse materials.
 

 From the Microscope to the Macro-scope: Applying Biomimicry to the Built Environment



Mary Ann Lazarus, AIA, LEED AP, Senior Vice President and Firmwide Director
of Sustainable Design, HOK; Tim Gaidis, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, Senior
Associate and Sustainable Design Practice Leader, HOK 
 
Monday, April 20, 6-7:30pm

LOCATION Columbia College Film Row Cinema, 1104 S Wabash Avenue, 8th floor

Biomimicry is a relatively new science that studies nature's systems and processes and then imitates or takes inspiration from them to solve human problems. Sustainable design leaders from global architectural firm HOK outline project lessons from HOK's alliance with the Biomimicry Guild.
 
 

 Achieving LEED Platinum at the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation of Evanston


Photo: Steve Hall, Hedrich Blessing Photography

Helen J. Kessler, FAIA, LEED AP, President, HJKessler Associates;
Julie Dorfman, Founder and Chair, Environmental Task Force,
Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation 
 
Tuesday, April 21, 12:15-1pm

Using the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation as an example, this lecture addresses the process for achieving LEED Platinum, and highlights the congregation's unwavering commitment to long-term sustainable practices.
 
 

 Sailing Spaceship Earth: Buckminster Fuller's Environmentalism


Credit: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution;
gift of Time magazine

Sean Keller, Assistant Professor of Architectural History and Theory, 
llinois Institute of Technology
 
Wednesday, April 22, 12:15-1pm

This talk considers Buckminster Fuller's contradictory vision of the environment, technology, and politics, and coincides with the exhibition, Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe, on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art March 14-June 21, 2009.
 
 

 Green Office Challenge 



In partnership with the City of Chicago Department of the Environment
 
Thursday, April 23, 12:15-1:15pm

This brown bag lunch series examines ways to create a "green" office. Topics include energy conservation, waste reduction, green transportation, and property management engagement.
 
 

BIG: Blacks in Green



Naomi Davis, founder of BIG and Daughters Trust/The Village Builders 
 
Friday, April 24, 12:15-1pm

Blacks in Green (BIG) is an environmental organization whose vision is to create "self-sustaining African diaspora communities" and foster black participation in the new green economy. Founder Naomi Davis presents BIG's core teaching, Oasis-Making, and discusses the organization's green economic development solution.
 
 


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