From sharron.rogers@ncmail.net Mon Dec 2 14:22:39 2002 From: sharron.rogers@ncmail.net (Sharron Rogers) Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 09:22:39 -0500 Subject: [SustainableNC] National Sustainable Building Award..close to home Message-ID: <0C508BCADE05EB4F97E8FA756D9E1D5C04B4E2@picard.p2pays.org> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C29A0E.44B3F820 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" The Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC) announced its 2002 "Best Practice" Sustainability Awards program in mid November. "Best Practice" Sustainability Awards recognize innovation and excellence in market-ready green building and building product design. Check out the winning concepts at http://www.sbicouncil.org/about/BP_Award_Winners_2002.pdf Especially, don't miss the Small Commercial Building Award WINNER. One of our local sustainable building gurus and a list member, Alicia Ravetto, for her work on the RAFI Building in Pittsboro, NC. Congratulations, Alicia. Wonderful recognition! Sharron Rogers Environmental Sustainability Coordinator NC Division of Pollution Prevention 919.715.6526 sharron.rogers@ncmail.net www.SustainableNC.org ------_=_NextPart_001_01C29A0E.44B3F820 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
The Sustainable = Buildings Industry=20 Council (SBIC) announced = its=20 2002 "Best Practice" Sustainability Awards program in mid = November.
"Best Practice" = Sustainability=20 Awards recognize innovation and excellence in market-ready green building and building product = design.=20
 
Check out=20 the winning concepts at http:= //www.sbicouncil.org/about/BP_Award_Winners_2002.pdf
Especially, don't miss the Small Commercial Building = Award=20 WINNER.  One of our local sustainable building gurus and a = list=20 member, Alicia Ravetto,
for her=20 work on the RAFI Building in Pittsboro, = NC.   =20
 
Congratulations, Alicia. Wonderful recognition! =20

 

Sharron = Rogers
Environmental=20 Sustainability Coordinator
NC Division of Pollution=20 Prevention
919.715.6526
sharron.rogers@ncmail.net=20     
www.SustainableNC.org=20   
 

 
------_=_NextPart_001_01C29A0E.44B3F820-- From sharron.rogers@ncmail.net Tue Dec 3 15:58:36 2002 From: sharron.rogers@ncmail.net (Sharron Rogers) Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 10:58:36 -0500 Subject: [SustainableNC] Please respond as appropriate Message-ID: <0C508BCADE05EB4F97E8FA756D9E1D5C04B4EF@picard.p2pays.org> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C29AE4.D6F72FA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Dear Sustainable Folks, A number of Agencies and Universities have not as yet responded to the request from Secretaries Ross and Beatty to name a contact for the Long-Term Water Efficiency Plans for Exec Order #26. Please review the following lists and if your agency/university is missing could you please contact the appropriate authority and see that action is being taken. The names were due to me on Monday, Dec 2 via email. Original request, which was widely distributed but may have gotten lost, can be viewed at: http://www.p2pays.org/webshare/sustainability/H2OGuidance.doc Following are the ones who have responded: Agencies Correction Information Technology Office of Administrative Hearings DHHS - John Umstead Hospital Only***** Revenue Agriculture & Consumer Services Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention DENR - Aquariums only***** Transportation Crime Control & Public Safety Office of State Controller Universities UNC General Administration NC School of Science & Mathematics Winston-Salem State University East Carolina University UNC Greensboro UNC Chapel Hill Appalachian State University Plan is to contact and convene a meeting of these folks in January and to get their input into a process to accomplish the planning effectively. Thanks for helping to close the gaps. Sharron Sharron Rogers Environmental Sustainability Coordinator NC Division of Pollution Prevention 919.715.6526 sharron.rogers@ncmail.net www.SustainableNC.org ------_=_NextPart_001_01C29AE4.D6F72FA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Dear = Sustainable=20 Folks,
 
A = number of Agencies=20 and Universities have not as yet responded to the request from = Secretaries Ross=20 and Beatty to name a contact for the Long-Term Water Efficiency = Plans for=20 Exec Order #26.  
 
Please review the=20 following lists and if your agency/university = is=20 missing could you please contact the appropriate = authority=20 and see that action is being taken.  The names were due to me = on=20 Monday, Dec 2 via email.  
 
Original request, which was widely distributed but may = have gotten=20 lost,  can be viewed at:   h= ttp://www.p2pays.org/webshare/sustainability/H2OGuidance.doc<= /SPAN>
 
Following are the=20 ones who have=20 responded: 
 
Agencies
Correction
Information = Technology
Office of Administrative=20 Hearings
DHHS - John Umstead Hospital Only*****
Revenue
Agriculture & = Consumer=20 Services
Juvenile Justice & = Delinquency=20 Prevention
DENR - Aquariums only*****
Transportation
Crime Control & = Public=20 Safety
Office of State=20 Controller

 

Universities

UNC General=20 Administration

NC School of Science = &=20 Mathematics

Winston-Salem State=20 University

East Carolina=20 University

UNC=20 Greensboro

UNC Chapel = Hill

Appalachian State University

 

Plan is to contact and = convene a meeting=20 of these folks in January and to get their input into a process to = accomplish=20 the planning effectively. 

 

Thanks for helping to close = the=20 gaps.  Sharron

Sharron = Rogers
Environmental=20 Sustainability Coordinator
NC Division of Pollution=20 Prevention
919.715.6526
sharron.rogers@ncmail.net=20     
www.SustainableNC.org=20   
 

 
------_=_NextPart_001_01C29AE4.D6F72FA0-- From sharron.rogers@ncmail.net Tue Dec 3 16:34:25 2002 From: sharron.rogers@ncmail.net (Sharron Rogers) Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 11:34:25 -0500 Subject: [SustainableNC] Sustainable Paper Products-- one step closer Message-ID: <0C508BCADE05EB4F97E8FA756D9E1D5C04B4F1@picard.p2pays.org> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C29AE9.D7D71610 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" More sustainable 'disposable' ' paper ' products may be coming soon. Thanks to Karen Hale from City of Cary for this info. EarthShell to get boost from packaging deal with Wal-Mart http://www.wastenews.com/headlines2.html?id=1038864861 SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. (Dec. 2) -- EarthShell Corp. said Wal-Mart intends to expand the availability of EarthShell Packaging plates and bowls by more than ten times to select stores throughout the United States. The planned expansion will make EarthShell Packaging plates and bowls available to consumers at approximately 1,200 Wal-Mart stores nationwide in the first quarter of next year, the company said. The products were first made available within the Western region earlier this year in individual packages of 25 plates and 30 bowls. EarthShell products are made from natural limestone and potato starch. The compostable products biodegrade when exposed to moisture in nature, and they disintegrate in water when crushed or broken. Karen Hales Recycling/Solid Waste Specialist TOWN of CARY 919-462-3873 voice 919-469-4304 fax khales@ci.cary.nc.us http://www.townofcary.org ------_=_NextPart_001_01C29AE9.D7D71610 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"
 
 
More sustainable 'disposable'  ' paper '  products  may be coming soon.  Thanks to Karen Hale from City of Cary for this info.
 
 
EarthShell to get boost from packaging deal with Wal-Mart
 
 
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. (Dec. 2) -- EarthShell Corp. said Wal-Mart intends
to expand the availability of EarthShell Packaging plates and bowls by
more than ten times to select stores throughout the United States.
 
The planned expansion will make EarthShell Packaging plates and bowls
available to consumers at approximately 1,200 Wal-Mart stores nationwide
in the first quarter of next year, the company said.
 
The products were first made available within the Western region earlier
this year in individual packages of 25 plates and 30 bowls.
 
EarthShell products are made from natural limestone and potato starch. The
compostable products biodegrade when exposed to moisture in nature, and
they disintegrate in water when crushed or broken.
 
Karen Hales
Recycling/Solid Waste Specialist
TOWN of CARY
919-462-3873 voice
919-469-4304 fax
 
------_=_NextPart_001_01C29AE9.D7D71610-- From sharron.rogers@ncmail.net Tue Dec 3 16:54:08 2002 From: sharron.rogers@ncmail.net (Sharron Rogers) Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 11:54:08 -0500 Subject: [SustainableNC] Fuel cell cars in Government trials Message-ID: <0C508BCADE05EB4F97E8FA756D9E1D5C04B4F4@picard.p2pays.org> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C29AEC.98C0D990 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" WEDNESDAY, 04 DECEMBER 2002 LOS ANGELES: California, home to the United States' toughest smog-limiting laws, yesterday became a proving ground for the first commercial cars to run on pollution-free fuel cells. Japan's top two automakers - Honda Motor Co. and Toyota Motor - delivered a handful of market-ready models employing fuel cells, which emit only water vapor, in California as well as Japan. Toyota will lease six zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell sport utility vehicles - under development for 10 years - to University of California campuses at Irvine and Davis, while Honda delivered one of a planned five FCX fuel cell cars to the city of Los Angeles. Earlier yesterday, the companies delivered fuel cell vehicles to several Japanese government ministries. Each Toyota SUV will be leased to the universities for 30 months for around $US10,000 ($NZ20,300) a month, while the Honda lease payments are a comparative bargain at $US500 a month. "We are talking about a lot of technology and a lot of research. These are truly revolutionary products - they are not yet cars that will be driven daily," Press said. Honda, however, is seeking "real world feedback" on its FCX cars. "We don't want people to be afraid to drive it," said Art Garner, a spokesman for American Honda Motor Co. Hahn said city employees will use the fuel cell cars on a day-to-day basis, just like any other pool vehicle. The hydrogen-based fuel cell, which generates electricity to power the car, has long been the best hope for replacing the pollution-making internal combustion engine, but experts say the technology is still a far-off dream for ordinary drivers. Fuel cells, first used during the Apollo moon project in the 1960s, mix hydrogen and oxygen from air using an electrochemical process to produce electricity. Commercialisation is expected to take at least 10 years since the technology requires a big investment in an infrastructure of hydrogen fueling stations. "There are no hydrogen fuel stations today," Press said. Toyota did announce a partnership with Stuart Energy Systems , makers of a mobile refueling station, and Honda has contracted with Air Products and Chemicals Inc.In addition, the petroleum industry is aware of the need to begin switching to hydrogen-based fuel, Press said. Cost and consumer acceptance are other big hurdles on the road to mass production. The Honda has a driving range of 274km, while the Toyota has a 290 km range - limited, but still quite a bit higher than the 160km range of zero-emission cars powered by electric batteries. Despite great strides in fuel economy, vehicles running on fossil fuels still emit a tenth of the man-made carbon dioxide that, in addition to smog, has been blamed for global warming and other abnormal climate patterns. "You have to consider the full cost of petroleum-based fuels - they aren't renewable, they are depleting the earth and they are the basis for geopolitical problems," Press said. Earlier this year, despite opposition from carmakers, California passed the nation's first law limiting emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases from cars. It calls for all cars sold in the state to have near-zero emissions by 2009. With the state making up some 10 per cent of the national auto market, some believe the new legislation could become a national model - as happened with laws mandating catalytic converters and lead-free gasoline - that will push auto makers to devise new ways to make cars and trucks run cleaner. Honda said it plans to release about 30 of its four-seater FCX cars in Japan and the United States over the next two or three years, but has no plans for mass marketing. Full story: http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2129447a7693,00.html Sharron Rogers Environmental Sustainability Coordinator NC Division of Pollution Prevention 919.715.6526 sharron.rogers@ncmail.net www.SustainableNC.org ------_=_NextPart_001_01C29AEC.98C0D990 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"
WEDNESDAY, 04 DECEMBER 2002

LOS ANGELES: California, home to the United States' toughest smog-limiting laws, yesterday became a proving ground
for the first commercial cars to run on pollution-free fuel cells.

Japan's top two automakers - Honda Motor Co. and Toyota Motor - delivered a handful of market-ready models employing fuel cells, which emit only water vapor, in California as well as Japan.

Toyota will lease six zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell sport utility vehicles - under development for 10 years - to University of California campuses at Irvine and Davis, while Honda delivered one of a planned five FCX fuel cell cars to the city of Los Angeles. Earlier yesterday, the companies delivered fuel cell vehicles to several Japanese government ministries.

Each Toyota SUV will be leased to the universities for 30 months for around $US10,000 ($NZ20,300) a month, while the Honda lease payments are a comparative bargain at $US500 a month.

"We are talking about a lot of technology and a lot of research. These are truly revolutionary products - they are not yet cars that will be driven daily," Press said. Honda, however, is seeking "real world feedback" on its FCX cars. "We don't want people to be afraid to drive it," said Art Garner, a spokesman for American Honda Motor Co. Hahn said city employees will use the fuel cell cars on a day-to-day basis, just like any other pool vehicle.

The hydrogen-based fuel cell, which generates electricity to power the car, has long been the best hope for replacing the pollution-making internal combustion engine, but experts say the technology is still a far-off dream for ordinary drivers.

Fuel cells, first used during the Apollo moon project in the 1960s, mix hydrogen and oxygen from air using an electrochemical process to produce electricity. Commercialisation is expected to take at least 10 years since the technology requires a big investment in an infrastructure of hydrogen fueling stations.

"There are no hydrogen fuel stations today," Press said. Toyota did announce a partnership with Stuart Energy Systems , makers of a mobile refueling station, and Honda has contracted with Air Products and Chemicals Inc.In addition, the petroleum industry is aware of the need to begin switching to hydrogen-based fuel, Press said.

Cost and consumer acceptance are other big hurdles on the road to mass production.

The Honda has a driving range of 274km, while the Toyota has a 290 km range - limited, but still quite a bit higher than the 160km range of zero-emission cars powered by electric batteries.

Despite great strides in fuel economy, vehicles running on fossil fuels still emit a tenth of the man-made carbon dioxide that, in addition to smog, has been blamed for global warming and other abnormal climate patterns.

"You have to consider the full cost of petroleum-based fuels - they aren't renewable, they are depleting the earth and they are the basis for geopolitical problems," Press said.

Earlier this year, despite opposition from carmakers, California passed the nation's first law limiting emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases from cars. It calls for all cars sold in the state to have near-zero emissions by 2009. With the state making up some 10 per cent of the national auto market, some believe the new legislation could become a national model - as happened with laws mandating catalytic converters and lead-free gasoline - that will push auto makers to devise new ways to make cars and trucks run cleaner.

Honda said it plans to release about 30 of its four-seater FCX cars in Japan and the United States over the next two or three years, but has no plans for mass marketing.

 



Sharron Rogers
Environmental Sustainability Coordinator
NC Division of Pollution Prevention
919.715.6526
sharron.rogers@ncmail.net     
www.SustainableNC.org   
 

 
------_=_NextPart_001_01C29AEC.98C0D990-- From sharron.rogers@ncmail.net Wed Dec 4 14:03:26 2002 From: sharron.rogers@ncmail.net (Sharron Rogers) Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 09:03:26 -0500 Subject: [SustainableNC] NC K-12 school first gold LEED certified in US Message-ID: <0C508BCADE05EB4F97E8FA756D9E1D5C04B4FB@picard.p2pays.org> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C29B9D.EAA11070 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" First Elementary School in the Nation Receives LEED Green Building Gold Certification -- and its in North Carolina http://www.iss.k12.nc.us/greenschool.htm Third Creek Elementary School in Statesville, N.C. is the first K-12 school in the nation to be certified by the US Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System(TM) at the Gold level. The LEED Green Building Rating System is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings. The school green features include: * a significant percentage of recycled materials, * low- flow plumbing & waterless urinals, * a functioning wetland that also serves as a student learning lab, * building orientation and daylighting, * low VOC paints and surfaces * and much more. The construction process was planned very carefully to ensure that it also contributed to the overall goals of Third Creek Elementary School. More than 50% of construction waste was diverted from local landfills and sent, rather, to local recyclers. A Construction Indoor Air Quality Management Plan was also adopted on the construction site to ensure that the construction process did not compromise the future quality of indoor air in the occupied building. For a press release http://prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104 &STORY=/www/story/11-22-2002/0001847047&EDATE= Sharron Rogers Environmental Sustainability Coordinator NC Division of Pollution Prevention 919.715.6526 sharron.rogers@ncmail.net www.SustainableNC.org ------_=_NextPart_001_01C29B9D.EAA11070 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
First Elementary=20 School in the Nation = Receives=20 LEED Green Building Gold=20 Certification=20
       &nb= sp;           &nb= sp;   =20 -- and its in North Carolina
 
http://www.iss.k12.nc.= us/greenschool.htm
 
Third Creek Elementary School in = Statesville,=20 N.C. is the first K-12 school in the nation to be certified by the = US
Green Building Council's = Leadership in Energy=20 and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating = System(TM)
at the Gold level. The LEED = Green Building=20 Rating System is = a voluntary, consensus-based national standard = for=20 developing
high-performance, sustainable = buildings. The=20 school green features include:
  • a significant percentage of recycled = materials,=20
  • low- flow plumbing & waterless urinals, =
  • a functioning wetland that also = serves as a=20 student learning lab,
  • building=20 orientation and daylighting,
  • low = VOC paints and=20 surfaces
  • and = much=20 more.
The=20 construction process=20 was planned very carefully to ensure=20 that it also = contributed to the=20 overall goals of Third Creek
Elementary School. More than 50% = of=20 construction waste was = diverted from local landfills and sent, rather, = to=20 local
recyclers.
 
A Construction Indoor Air = Quality=20 Management Plan was also adopted on the construction site to = ensure that=20 the
construction process did not = compromise the=20 future quality = of indoor air in the occupied building. =
 
For a press release
http://prnewswire.com/cgi-bi= n/stories.pl?ACCT=3D104&STORY=3D/www/story/11-22-2002/0001847047&= ;EDATE=3D

Sharron Rogers
Environmental = Sustainability=20 Coordinator
NC Division of Pollution = Prevention
919.715.6526
sharron.rogers@ncmail.net=20     
www.SustainableNC.org=20   
 

 
------_=_NextPart_001_01C29B9D.EAA11070-- From sharron.rogers@ncmail.net Wed Dec 4 17:29:06 2002 From: sharron.rogers@ncmail.net (Sharron Rogers) Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 12:29:06 -0500 Subject: [SustainableNC] Tomorrow's Advisory Team meeting iced over Message-ID: <0C508BCADE05EB4F97E8FA756D9E1D5C04B4FE@picard.p2pays.org> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C29BBA.A5B8CFD0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Dear Sustainable Folks, Rain, snow, and sleet may not deter us from our appointed rounds, but wet ice can. So, lets be safe tomorrow or get some work done to enjoy the holidays more fully (Deck the Halls) and postpone the NC Project Green Advisory Team meeting til January 23rd. Alan Briggs has agreed to speak to us on January 23rd and the Correction's Large Conference Room is reserved. [OK, erveryone breath a sigh of relief now] Please put that date on your calendar. There were a number of updates for ongoing energy & water conservation initiatives plus a green power update scheduled for the meeting that maybe shouldn't wait. So to each of you and especially to those planning to give reports....please consider sending a email to SustainableNC@lists.p2pays.org and share the info with us all. Remember NO attachments (ask me first) and don't put more than one or two other names in To: or CC: fields and you should have no problem. Followup to listserve message this morning on Third Creek School as LEED certified, I'm now told it is also the first building in NC to receive certification...the first of many we hope. Ben, we know K-12 rules! Congratulations to all folks involved. Sharron Sharron Rogers Environmental Sustainability Coordinator NC Division of Pollution Prevention 919.715.6526 sharron.rogers@ncmail.net www.SustainableNC.org ------_=_NextPart_001_01C29BBA.A5B8CFD0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"
Dear Sustainable Folks, 
 
Rain, snow, and sleet may not deter us from our appointed rounds, but wet ice can. So, lets be safe tomorrow or get some work done to enjoy the holidays more fully (Deck the Halls) and postpone the NC Project Green Advisory Team meeting til January 23rd.  Alan Briggs has agreed to speak to us on January 23rd and the Correction's Large Conference Room is reserved.  [OK, erveryone breath a sigh of relief now]   Please put that date on your calendar.   
 
There were a number of updates for ongoing energy & water conservation initiatives plus a green power update scheduled for the meeting that maybe shouldn't wait.  
So to each of you and especially to those planning to give reports....please consider sending a email to SustainableNC@lists.p2pays.org and share the info with us all.   Remember NO attachments (ask me first) and don't put more than one or two other names in To: or CC: fields and you should have no problem.  
 
Followup to listserve message this morning on Third Creek School as LEED certified,   I'm now told it is also the first building in NC to receive certification...the first of many we hope.   Ben, we know K-12 rules!  Congratulations to all folks involved.  
 
Sharron
 
 

Sharron Rogers
Environmental Sustainability Coordinator
NC Division of Pollution Prevention
919.715.6526
sharron.rogers@ncmail.net     
www.SustainableNC.org   
 

 
------_=_NextPart_001_01C29BBA.A5B8CFD0-- From sharron.rogers@ncmail.net Wed Dec 11 00:09:54 2002 From: sharron.rogers@ncmail.net (Sharron Rogers) Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 19:09:54 -0500 Subject: [SustainableNC] Trees and Ice Storms Message-ID: <0C508BCADE05EB4F97E8FA756D9E1D5C04B509@picard.p2pays.org> Dear Sustainable Folks, Passing through some good tips on dealing with the emmense amount of GREEN that the ICE STORM dropped upon us all. Hope some of these help. Sorry the list is a bit under the weather itself. Hope all are warm! Sharron Sent: 12/9/2002 9:04 AM Subject: Trees and Ice Storms FYI - Below are several resources relating to ice storms and trees. Barry New Storm Damage Information and Safety Tips - Extension Forestry, NCSU http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/forest/disaster.html Storm Recovery Information - National Arbor Day Foundation http://www.arborday.org/media/stormindex.html Trees and Ice Storms: The Development of Ice Storm-Resistant Urban Tree Populations - University of Illinois http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~vista/abstracts/aicestorm.html Storm Damage Assessment in Urban Areas - USDA Forest Service http://www.umass.edu/urbantree/assesindexpage.shtml Hazard Tree Identification and Management - USDA Forest Service http://www.umass.edu/urbantree/hazard/index.shtml Storms Over the Urban Forest - USDA Forest Service http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/uf/sotuf/sotuf.htm How to Prune Trees - USDA Forest Service http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/howtos/ht_prune/prun001.htm Trees Damage Information - Extension Horticulture, NCSU http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/trees-new/text/tr ee_damage.html How to Care for Ice Damaged Trees - University of Illinois http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/icedamage/ Tree Care Information - International Society of Arboriculture Tree Values http://www2.champaign.isa-arbor.com/consumer/values.html Why Topping Hurts Trees http://www2.champaign.isa-arbor.com/consumer/topping.html Recognizing Tree Hazards http://www2.champaign.isa-arbor.com/consumer/hazards.html Why Hire an Arborist http://www2.champaign.isa-arbor.com/consumer/arborist.html Search for Certified Arborists http://www.isa-arbor.com/arborists/arbsearch.html Disaster Information Center - NC Cooperative Extension Service http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/disaster/ Helping Trees Recover from Ice Storms - USDA Forest Service http://www.fs.fed.us/na/durham/ice/public/pub_file/is_fs_08.pdf How to Determine Percent Live Crown Loss in Hardwoods Before Leaf Out - USDA Forest Service http://www.fs.fed.us/na/durham/ice/public/pub_file/is_fs_01.pdf Ice Storm Information - University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension http://ceinfo.unh.edu/icestorm.htm Some Tips on How to Care for Damaged Trees - Canadian Forest Service http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/cfs-scf/science/prodserv/tips_e.html Wildlife Benefits from Ice Storms - USDA Forest Service http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dlf/privland/forprot/icestorm/is_fs_0 5.pdf Silvicultural Approaches for Managing Ice Damaged Stands http://www.fs.fed.us/na/durham/ice/public/pub_file/is_fs_04.pdf Ice Storm Fact Sheets - USDA Forest Service http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dlf/privland/forprot/icestorm/factshe et.html Ice Storm Information - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dlf/privland/forprot/icestorm/ Barry New Urban Forestry Specialist NC Division of Forest Resources 1616 Mail Service Center Raleigh NC 27699-1616 Fax: (919) 715-5247 Work: (919) 733-2162x249 NC Registered Forester # 895 ISA Certified Arborist #SO-2547 -- Greg Flynn, Facility Architect NC Division of Forest Resources 1616 Mail Service Center Raleigh NC 27699-1616 919-733-2162 x 210 919-218-4820 cell 919-733-2835 fax From sharron.rogers@ncmail.net Tue Dec 17 19:45:16 2002 From: sharron.rogers@ncmail.net (Sharron Rogers) Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 14:45:16 -0500 Subject: [SustainableNC] Lots of Green in Your Holidays Message-ID: <0C508BCADE05EB4F97E8FA756D9E1D5C04B51B@picard.p2pays.org> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C2A604.D2D6AEC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Now that we have dealt with all those broken branches that the ice caused to our trees, I hope that each of you is planning a safe and peaceful holiday time. Enjoy the link that follows. Share it with the Children in your Life...and your colleagues, if appropriate. http://www.p2pays.org/RecycleGuys/images/seasonal/holiday.htm Best of the seasons blessings to you all. Sharron Tree Guy Sharron Rogers Environmental Sustainability Coordinator NC Division of Pollution Prevention 919.715.6526 sharron.rogers@ncmail.net www.SustainableNC.org ------_=_NextPart_001_01C2A604.D2D6AEC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Now=20 that we have dealt with all those broken branches that the ice caused = to=20 our trees,
I=20 hope that each of you is planning a safe and peaceful holiday=20 time.
  
Enjoy=20 the link that follows. 
 
Share=20 it with the Children in your Life...and your colleagues, if=20 appropriate.  
 
<= STRONG>http://www.p2pays.org/RecycleGuys/images/seasonal/holiday.htm
 
Best=20 of the seasons blessings to you all.
Sharron
 

Sharron Rogers
Environmental = Sustainability=20 Coordinator
NC Division of Pollution = Prevention
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------_=_NextPart_001_01C2A604.D2D6AEC0-- From sharron.rogers@ncmail.net Thu Dec 19 15:11:00 2002 From: sharron.rogers@ncmail.net (Sharron Rogers) Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 10:11:00 -0500 Subject: [SustainableNC] One of our Choir Message-ID: <0C508BCADE05EB4F97E8FA756D9E1D5C04B521@picard.p2pays.org> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C2A770.D6BD2150 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" We often laugh about most folks in the sustainability push being 'choir members'. Well, we have a choir member who needs our thoughts, prayers, and best wishes now. Joe Howard with the North Carolina National Guard fell off his neighbor's roof a week ago helping, of course, after the ice storm. Joe is still in Intensive Care at Western Wake, although they are hoping to get him in a regular room very soon. He has serious orthopedic injuries. Joe is also principal care giver for both of his elderly parents, thus a triple blow. Those of you who worked with Joe on our big events may want to send him a note and all remember him in your prayers. Mr Joe Howard Western Wake Hospital 1900 Kildaire Farm Cary, NC 27511 Sharron ------_=_NextPart_001_01C2A770.D6BD2150 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"
We often laugh about most folks in the sustainability push being 'choir members'.  Well, we have a choir member who needs our thoughts, prayers, and best wishes now. 
 
Joe Howard with the North Carolina National Guard fell off his neighbor's roof a week ago helping, of course, after the ice storm.  Joe is still in Intensive Care at Western Wake, although they are hoping to get him in a regular room very soon.  He has serious orthopedic injuries.  Joe is also principal care giver for both of his elderly parents, thus a triple blow. 
 
Those of you who worked with Joe on our big events may want to send him a note and all remember him in your prayers.
 
Mr Joe Howard
Western Wake Hospital
1900 Kildaire Farm
Cary, NC 27511
 
Sharron
------_=_NextPart_001_01C2A770.D6BD2150-- From cpshea@fac.unc.edu Mon Dec 30 16:12:10 2002 From: cpshea@fac.unc.edu (Shea, Cynthia (Office of Assoc Vice Chancellor, Campus Services)) Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 11:12:10 -0500 Subject: [SustainableNC] National Building Museum Series on Sustainable Architecture Message-ID: <22E5670F3742D411BFBD00E018C1BF9D035916FF@facmail3.facilities.unc.edu> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C2B01E.3547F190 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" For anybody planning a trip to D.C., this exhibit sounds like an interesting outing. Cindy Pollock Shea Sustainability Coordinator UNC Chapel Hill Subject: National Building Museum Series on Sustainable Architecture http://www.nbm.org/home.html Upcoming Exhibitions Big and Green: Toward Sustainable Architecture in the 21st Century January 17 - June 22, 2003 Sustainable architecture is a potent, new movement, which combines an increasing respect for our environment with a continued demand for new construction to meet urban and regional growth. Recognizing that energy must be used wisely and conserved, followers emphasize the importance of creating healthful environments. Big and Green: Toward Sustainable Architecture in the 21st Century promises to present a pioneering and definitive exploration of the transformative powers of sustainable architecture. An exciting investigation of the technologies in use and in development will highlight the most significant green projects worldwide and the firms and companies making these projects possible. A unique focus on big buildings, where the challenges as well as the potential benefits are the greatest, will show how the concept of sustainability has the potential to yield a more vibrant, exciting architecture for the future.Big and Green will make the concept of sustainability accessible through a variety of illustrations and a multimedia glossary. Display elements will include photographs, drawings, models, structural mock-ups, and interactive electronic components. The exhibition itself will be conceived and installed with sustainable principles in mind. A definitive, 200-page catalog and a strong schedule of education and public programs will complement the exhibition. Big & Green is made possible by PATRONS: Jeffrey and Rona Abramson and the Abramson Family Foundation; The Durst Organization; United States Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; and U.S. General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service, Office of the Chief Architect; SUPPORTERS: Johnson Controls Foundation, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC, Miller & Long Co., Inc., and Turner Construction Company; CONTRIBUTORS: Boland Trane, Envision Design PLLC, Forest City Enterprises Charitable Foundation, Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, and Perkins & Will; FRIENDS: ARUP, Boggs & Partners, EDAW, Inc., Fox & Fowle Architects, Gannett Co., Inc., Gensler Family Foundation, Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, Inc., Herman Miller Inc., Montgomery Land Development, Inc., PEI COBB FREED & PARTNERS Architects LLP, Cesar Pelli & Associates, Moshe Safdie and Associates Inc., SIGAL Construction Corporation, SmithGroup, Inc., Robert A.M. Stern Architects, and Syska Hennessy Group; ASSOCIATES: CB Richard Ellis, Inc., The Clark Construction Group, Inc., Croxton Collaborative, Kishimoto.Gordon PC, and Utility Systems Construction & Engineering, LLC; DONORS: Carl M. Hensler Consulting Services Co., Kiss + Cathcart Architects, Lerch, Early, & Brewer, Chtd., Maryland Applicators, Inc., MCLA, Inc., Morphosis Architects, Smislova, Kehnemui & Associates, P.A., and TOLK, Inc. Exhibition Chairs: Jeffrey S. Abramson, Douglas Durst, and A. Eugene Kohn FAIA RIBA JIA. Spotlight on Design Laurie Olin Monday, January 13 6:30 - 8:00 pm Philadelphia-based landscape architect Laurie Olin will discuss his works, including New York's Bryant Park, the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio, the grounds surrounding the Washington Monument, and Independence National Historic Park in Philadelphia. After the presentation, Olin will sign copies of his books. $12 Museum members; $17 nonmembers; $10 students. Registration required. Click here to register Lecture & Exhibition Opening The Ecological Design of Large Buildings and Sites Friday, January 17 Lecture: 6:30 - 7:30 pm; Reception: 7:30 - 8:30 pm Ken Yeang, a founding principal of the firm Hamzah & Yeang, is a preeminent designer of environmentally sensitive skyscrapers. Author of Reinventing the Skyscraper: A Vertical Theory of Urban Design (Wiley) and The Green Skyscraper (Prestel USA), Yeang coined the term "bio-climatic skyscraper" and defined this building type through his work across Asia. To celebrate the opening of Big & Green: Toward Sustainable Architecture in the 21st Century, Yeang will discuss how his built works and experimental projects exemplify "green" design. After his lecture, Yeang will sign copies of his books. This lecture is supported by the United States Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. $12 Museum members; $17 nonmembers; $10 students. Lecture attendees are automatically admitted to the reception. Advance registration required. To register for both the lecture and reception, please call 202 272-2448, ext. 3459. Click here to register Smart Growth Smart Growth Alliance Recognition Program Thursday, January 21 12:30 - 1:30 pm A representative of the Smart Growth Alliance's Recognition Program will speak on the program which helps developers whose projects are consistent with smart growth principles get approval by informing regulators, public officials, citizen groups, developers, and others of the merits of these projects. Free. Registration not required. ition Program will speak on the program which helps developers whose projects are consistent with smart ------_=_NextPart_001_01C2B01E.3547F190 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"
For anybody planning a trip to D.C., this exhibit sounds like an interesting outing.
 
Cindy Pollock Shea
Sustainability Coordinator
UNC Chapel Hill
 
Subject: National Building Museum Series on Sustainable Architecture

http://www.nbm.org/home.html 
 
Upcoming Exhibitions
Big and Green: Toward Sustainable Architecture in the 21st Century
January 17 - June 22, 2003
Sustainable architecture is a potent, new movement, which combines an increasing respect for our environment with a continued demand for new construction to meet urban and regional growth. Recognizing that energy must be used wisely and conserved, followers emphasize the importance of creating healthful environments. Big and Green: Toward Sustainable Architecture in the 21st Century promises to present a pioneering and definitive exploration of the transformative powers of sustainable architecture. An exciting investigation of the technologies in use and in development will highlight the most significant green projects worldwide and the firms and companies making these projects possible. A unique focus on big buildings, where the challenges as well as the potential benefits are the greatest, will show how the concept of sustainability has the potential to yield a more vibrant, exciting architecture for the future.Big and Green will make the concept of sustainability accessible through a variety of illustrations and a multimedia glossary. Display elements will include photographs, drawings, models, structural mock-ups, and interactive electronic components. The exhibition itself will be conceived and installed with sustainable principles in mind. A definitive, 200-page catalog and a strong schedule of education and public programs will complement the exhibition.

Big & Green is made possible by PATRONS: Jeffrey and Rona Abramson and the Abramson Family Foundation; The Durst Organization; United States Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; and U.S. General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service, Office of the Chief Architect; SUPPORTERS: Johnson Controls Foundation, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC, Miller & Long Co., Inc., and Turner Construction Company; CONTRIBUTORS: Boland Trane, Envision Design PLLC, Forest City Enterprises Charitable Foundation, Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, and Perkins & Will; FRIENDS: ARUP, Boggs & Partners, EDAW, Inc., Fox & Fowle Architects, Gannett Co., Inc., Gensler Family Foundation, Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, Inc., Herman Miller Inc., Montgomery Land Development, Inc., PEI COBB FREED & PARTNERS Architects LLP, Cesar Pelli & Associates, Moshe Safdie and Associates Inc., SIGAL Construction Corporation, SmithGroup, Inc., Robert A.M. Stern Architects, and Syska Hennessy Group; ASSOCIATES: CB Richard Ellis, Inc., The Clark Construction Group, Inc., Croxton Collaborative, Kishimoto.Gordon PC, and Utility Systems Construction & Engineering, LLC; DONORS: Carl M. Hensler Consulting Services Co., Kiss + Cathcart Architects, Lerch, Early, & Brewer, Chtd., Maryland Applicators, Inc., MCLA, Inc., Morphosis Architects, Smislova, Kehnemui & Associates, P.A., and TOLK, Inc. Exhibition Chairs: Jeffrey S. Abramson, Douglas Durst, and A. Eugene Kohn FAIA RIBA JIA.



Spotlight on Design
Laurie Olin
Monday, January 13
6:30 - 8:00 pm

Philadelphia-based landscape architect Laurie Olin will discuss his works, including New York's Bryant Park, the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio, the grounds surrounding the Washington Monument, and Independence National Historic Park in Philadelphia. After the presentation, Olin will sign copies of his books.
$12 Museum members; $17 nonmembers; $10 students. Registration required.
Click here to register


Lecture & Exhibition Opening
The Ecological Design of Large Buildings and Sites
Friday, January 17
Lecture: 6:30 - 7:30 pm;
Reception: 7:30 - 8:30 pm

Ken Yeang, a founding principal of the firm Hamzah & Yeang, is a preeminent designer of environmentally sensitive skyscrapers. Author of Reinventing the Skyscraper: A Vertical Theory of Urban Design (Wiley) and The Green Skyscraper (Prestel USA), Yeang coined the term "bio-climatic skyscraper" and defined this building type through his work across Asia. To celebrate the opening of Big & Green: Toward Sustainable Architecture in the 21st Century, Yeang will discuss how his built works and experimental projects exemplify "green" design. After his lecture, Yeang will sign copies of his books. This lecture is supported by the United States Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
$12 Museum members; $17 nonmembers; $10 students. Lecture attendees are automatically admitted to the reception. Advance registration required. To register for both the lecture and reception, please call 202 272-2448, ext. 3459.
Click here to register


Smart Growth
Smart Growth Alliance Recognition Program
Thursday, January 21
12:30 - 1:30 pm

A representative of the Smart Growth Alliance's Recognition Program will speak on the program which helps developers whose projects are consistent with smart growth principles get approval by informing regulators, public officials, citizen groups, developers, and others of the merits of these projects.
Free. Registration not required.
ition Program will speak on the program which helps developers whose projects are consistent with smart













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