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Featured Kentucky LEED Project Profile
“The Lincoln Hall Renovation project was both challenging and exciting. The sudden and unexpected structural failure within the historic building necessitated immediate and extensive…renovation work. No one associated with the owner, architect, engineers or construction manager had any LEED experience; even so, it was decided that the Lincoln Hall project would be the first in Kentucky to pursue LEED certification.”
Richard Polk, Jr., AIA, LEED AP
Principal, EOP Architects
Chapter News
UK CAER LAB II Tour - February 15 - Lexington
CLICK HERE to register for the tour
$15 KY USGBC Members/ $25 Non Members
Tour Time - 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location - 2582 Research Park Drive, Lexington
1 GBCI CMP Credit
Jason Kruse, LEED AP, Project Superintendent, Turner Construction Company will be leading a tour of the LEED Registered Center of Applied Energy Research Lab II Battery Research Facility including informational points about the facility's Geothermal, Energy dashboard, and heat recovery wheels in air handlers.
AIA CSI Trade Fair - February 21 - Louisville
Come Early for the KY USGBC Program - 2 AIA LU HSW SD
- 8:30 Sign-In and Late Registration/ $35 USGBC Member, $45 Non-member
- 9:00-10:00 AM “Enhanced Commissioning, procuring the service. What to ask for and how to receive it.” 1 AIA LU HSW SD
- 10:00-11:00 AM Panel Discussion: Adoption of the International Green Construction Code (IgCC) in the state of Kentucky. 1 AIA LU HSW SD
Third Annual Advocacy Day - Frankfort, KY
Green was the color of the day in Frankfort, KY as the Kentucky Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council held its third annual Advocacy Day at the capitol on January 24th. Chapter volunteers conducted appointments with members of the House and Senate.
The goal of these discussions was to create awareness of the chapter and its mission, educate and encourage participation in the Kentucky Green Schools caucus and build awareness of chapter supported House Bills 146: AN ACT relating to green cleaning products in schools and 255: AN ACT relating to the promotion of energy efficiency and making an appropriation therefor. See event photos HERE
Rep. Adkins Announces Kentucky Green Schools Initiative
Frankfort, KY – January 12, 2012
Rep Rocky Adkins, (D-Sandy Hook) announced the Kentucky Green Schools Initiative, a broad collaborative legislative effort that will allow K-12 schools to achieve energy efficiencies, help small and mid-sized manufacturing facilities upgrade their energy systems and create jobs across Kentucky. KY USGBC Advocacy Chair Chris Tyler was part of the morning’s announcement.
Richardsville Elementary, Bowling Green KentuckyKentucky Common Ground Event - November 2011
On November 29, state legislators and key decision makers from across the South and Midwest convened in Bowling Green, Kentucky, for a closed-door summit to discuss the success of the green schools movement in the region and the best practices that can be applied to their own communities. Led by the bipartisan team of Kentucky State Representatives Jim DeCesare (R) and Mary Lou Marzian (D), and with support from volunteers with the local USGBC Chapter, the Kentucky legislature has unanimously adopted a resolution to form a Green Schools Caucus and pass legislation that encourages green construction standards in the Bluegrass State. See Photos HERE.
Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center - LEED Gold Plaque Presentation
FRONT ROW, L-R: Robert Jefferson, Lyric Task Force member and Lyric Board member, Freda Meriwether, Lyric Task Force member and Lyric Board chair, Chris Ford, LFUCG 1st District council representative, Anne Nash, Lyric Board member, Abdul Muhammad, Lyric Board member
BACK ROW, L-R: Devon Stewart, Tate Hill Jacobs Architects Inc. John Goodin, Paladin Inc. Wayne Thomas, KTA Engineers, Glen Knauer, KTA Engineers, Brian Scott, POAGE Engineers, John Carman, CARMAN, Susan Hill, Tate Hill Jacobs Architects Inc.
See More Photos HERE.
From left: UK President Eli Capilouto, Kentucky U.S. Green Building Council Advocacy Chair Chris Tyler and UK College of Engineering Dean Tom Lester.
UK's Davis Marksbury Building Dedicated and LEED Gold Plaque Presentation
The University of Kentucky's Davis Marksbury building, part of the UK College of Engineering's "Digital Village," was formally dedicated today with a ribbon cutting ceremony and public tour of the building.The building officially opened earlier this year, and was certified as a LEED Gold building in August by the USGBC, making it the first building at UK to receive a LEED certification. Read the story HERE. See video below: