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KY Chapter Advocacy Chair and Board Member Chris Tyler tours the net zero energy
KY Chapter Advocacy Chair and Board Member Chris Tyler tours the net zero energy Turkeyfoot Middle School under construction with Chris Baker, Kenton County Schools Energy Manager, in advance of the Green Schools Caucus bus tour planned later in the year to educate our Kentucky legislators about the advantages to sustainable design.
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Turkeyfoot Middle School in Kenton County
Turkeyfoot Middle School in Kenton County is solar ready as part of the strategy to achieve Net Zero Energy Status, one of the first in the nation.
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Kentucky Chapter volunteers Sarah Lynn Cunningham, Scott Southall, Pat Nall and
Kentucky Chapter volunteers Sarah Lynn Cunningham, Scott Southall, Pat Nall and Education Director Karmelle Chaise pictured with University of Louisville Instructional Design masters class students. With the help of KY Chapter staff and volunteers, these U of L students, headed by instructor Hardy McKenzie, developed an outstanding Sustainability Core 101 course for the Chapter that will be implemented later in the year. “I now recycle” commented one of the students after working on the project, “and my in-laws do too after hearing what I learned putting this course together.”
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Lexington Green Scene
At Lexington’s Green Scene in May, architect Gary Hisel explains how Kentucky Eagle achieved LEED certification, crowning them the first beverage distributor in the United States to achieve this status. Chapter member and education
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Advocacy Chair and Board Member Chris Tyler (center) meets with Congressman Ben
Advocacy Chair and Board Member Chris Tyler (center) meets with Congressman Ben Chandler’s Kentucky staff Michael Noyes, district director, and Veronica Judy-Cecil, finance officer/constituent services director, to discuss Congressman Chandler’s upcoming visit with Chapter volunteers. Congressman Chandler is one of the co-chairs for the National Green Schools Caucus in Washington, DC.
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Habitat’s first LEED home groundbreaking
Chapter members Alex Fransen (left) and Dave Mikels attend the groundbreaking ceremony this month for Habitat’s first LEED home spearheaded by YPAL.
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Kentucky High Performance Buildings
With over 140 attendees the Kentucky High Performance Workshop on May 14 was a success. The workshop was hosted by Ashrae, AIA, Kentucky USGBC and the Kentucky Finance and Administration cabinet.
We're moving beyond the why behind the need for High Performance Buildings and onto the how.
The featured speaker was AIA National Executive Vice President and CEO Christine McEntee who discussed the AIA's sustainability policies and objectives as well as involvement in development of the IGCC. The presentation on the new ASHRAE 189.1 standard was well attended and George Mann from the KY Department of Housing Buildings & Construction informed of the status of adoption of the Kentucky Energy Code.
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Kentucky High Performance Buildings. May 14
Exhibitor hall
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Kentucky High Performance Buildings. May 14
Kentucky Energy Code update by George Mann, Deputy Commissioner, Kentucky
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Kentucky High Performance Buildings
Panel Discussion - A Synergistic Approach to Integrated Design & Life Cycle
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Panel Discussion
Chapter Partners
Kentucky Chapter staff and volunteers have been hard at work advancing the mission for a sustainable built environment here at home. The growth this Chapter has experienced in the last year has been outstanding (membership grew 65% and LEED registered projects now exceed 140 across the state). Meeting the challenge has been the direct result of the support this Chapter receives through your membership, countless hours of dedicated volunteer time, and our corporate partners and sponsors. Without this support, the Chapter could not have achieved all it has to date. See our Top 10 Chapter Successes on our Membership page.