Green Homes Wanted

From Build it Green:

Build It Green home tour organizers are soliciting applications for the second Build It Green Home Tour in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. Building on the huge success of the past two home tours in 2005, which drew over 1,700 participants on May 1st in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties and over 1,000 participants on September 25th in Marin and Sonoma Counties, we are excited to offer the next home tour in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties on Sunday, June 4, 2006.

The event is an opportunity for homeowners to share their green building experiences with their community as well as educate tour attendees on the variety of green building practices, products and technologies currently available locally.

Qualifying homes will be located in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties and must demonstrate a variety of green building features and techniques. Any type of residential housing will be considered including new and remodeled single family residences, townhouses, multifamily, duplexes, and condominiums.

The goals of the green home tour are to showcase healthy, durable, energy and resource efficient features which are both aesthetically pleasing AND environmentally friendly, as well as to demonstrate that homes can incorporate green features on any budget.

Have you participated in the construction or retrofit of a green residence? Consider it for the tour.

For more information: or Michele Brown at (510) 845-5106 ext. 230

Design Awards: Architecture for Education

2005-2006 CAE Design Awards

The AIA National Committee on Architecture for Education is now accepting entries for its annual CAE Design Awards.

For more information: http://www.aia.org/br_cfe_cae_designawards0506

CSI Meeting Effective Energy Management: T24 Update

From Harry Haimovitch, AIA:

"The regularly scheduled CSI Chapter Dinner Meeting will take place Tuesday, October 18, 2005, at H's Lordships Restaurant, 199 Seawall Drive, Berkeley, CA 94710, (510) 843-2733.

Effective Energy Management: T24 Update

The new Title 24 Energy Requirements, which went into effect 1 October 2005, will significantly change the design of buildings. The new regulations will include greater controls, more daylighting, increases in lighting efficiency... and added paperwork. Join CSI in learning about these changes, and how they will affect building design and management.

October's Speaker, Charles Knuffke, is Western Regional Manager for Watt Stopper. An expert in lighting controls, Charles also considers himself a teacher, and enjoys non-proprietary presentations to groups interested in technology, as well as to those needing to understand the varied state-mandated energy codes. He has been actively involved with lighting controls since the inception of centralized lighting control systems. Charles has worked for 18 years with engineers, contractors and owners to design, specify and commission Lighting Control Systems for a wide range of projects. Once the systems have been installed, he has spent thousands of hours working with facility engineers to ensure that the systems are being used to their fullest capabilities. He has been gaining experience in motion detector applications as well as an understanding of what it takes to provide a properly functioning daylighting system. Charles has also been assigned responsibility for working with Building Automation System manufacturers to help integrate products into their systems using open protocols.

Table Topics presentations starting at 6:00 PM will include lighting controls.

THE OCTOBER MENU

Tossed Green Salad, Rolls and Butter and
Filet Mignon with Mushroom Sauce + Parsley Red Potatoes and Fresh Vegetables
or
Cornish Game Hen with Apple Almond Stuffing / Orange Glaze + Rice Pilaf, Fresh Vegetables
or
Vegetarian Pasta Prima Vera
followed by
Coffee, Tea, Milk, and Chocolate Suicide Cake

6:00 PM Networking / No-Host Bar 7:00 PM Dinner 8:00 PM Program

EB/O CSI Members - $10
Professional or Industry Guests, 1st dinner attended - $20
Guests and Non-Members w/ advance reservations - $35
Guests and Non-Members at the door - $40

RSVP and make dinner selection by 8:00 PM Sunday, October 16th
by e-mail to eastbayoakcsi@aol.com or by voicemail to (510) 524-8818.
Indicate number of people, name(s), and entree choice for each name.
No Show Reservations will be billed $38, the actual cost of dinner to the Chapter.
Default entree is beef if no dinner selection is made.
For More Information: E-mail questions to eastbayoakcsi@aol.com or call (510) 524-8808."

Vibration Design Considerations For Healthcare Facilities

It's also not too late to come to today's lunch & learn at AIA East Bay:

10/05/05
Lunch & Learn: Vibration Design Considerations For Healthcare Facilities
This will be a technical seminar about the design of health care facilities to take into account the sensitivity of medical equipment to vibration. Issues to be addressed include site planning considerations, site vibration exposure, parking garage vibration, floor amplification and MEP vibration control. Presented by The Papadimos Group http://www.papadimosgroup.com/
Time: Noon-1pm
Location: AIA East Bay Chapter Office, 1405 Clay Street, Oakland
Contact Person: Please RSVP by October 5 510/464-3600
Cost: None. This is a brown bag lunch. This class open to the public and while RSVP's aren't necessary they are welcome.
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For more information: AIA East Bay Chapter Assistant Kellie Hewlett 510/464-3600

Health by Design conference

From Phyllis Newton, Esq:

"By now you have, hopefully, heard of the Health by Design conference that the AIA Central Valley is co-sponsoring with the UCD Health System on October 20th in Sacramento. It's not too late to register!"

For more information: www.healthbydesignconference.org

Eichler Home Tours

From AIA SF:

Eichler Home Tours
October 8, 11:00-4:00 pm
This tour showcases exceptional examples of Eichler residences throughout San Francisco and Marin. Participants will have the rare opportunity to view homes in the Terra Linda and Lucas Valley developments in Marin as well as single- and multi-family developments in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley and Diamond Heights districts.
SF ONLY or Marin ONLY: $20 AIA Members; $25 Nonmembers
BOTH SF and Marin: $40 AIA Members; $50 Nonmembers
Visit http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=94811 to purchase tickets.

For more information: Call 415/362-7397

Mentors Needed

The UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design CED Alumni Association (CEDAA) is looking for a few good mentors for CED students. Now in its 14th year, the program offers CED students a direct link to the world of professional practice. Your professional and career experience is invaluable to students trying to understand how they may fit into a professional context after graduation. The program is open to all CED students in the college's three departments -- architecture, city and regional planning, landscape architecture and environmental planning -- as well as college programs specializing in visual studies and urban design. Cross-departmental mentoring is highly encouraged.

For more information: www.ced.berkeley.edu/alumni/alum_relations/mentorship_prog.htm or call 510/642-7459.

Tsunami Memorial International Competition

From the Government of Thailand/Council of Architects, Thailand:

Call for entries: Tsunami Memorial International Competition
Registration deadline: November 15

For more information: http://www.tsunamimemorial.or.th/

Small Project Call for Submissions

This just in from the AIA Small Project Practitioners (SPP) Knowledge Community :

"The AIA Small Project Practitioners (SPP) Knowledge Community requests articles (approximately 400–1,200 words) and practice tips (approximately 100–400 words) for the next SPP Journal. Please share a case study (there is value in both successes and lessons learned from less-than-success) or a proven best practice.

Getting It Built—The Best and the Worst
In the end, no matter how inspired the design, it is all just a theory until it gets built. The construction phase of a project can be the most exhilarating and rewarding, or it can be the most frustrating, demanding, and disappointing. It can be an exercise in synergistic collaboration or it can represent struggle and constant compromise.

SPP wants to hear your best and worst experiences of the construction phase. Tell us about those exceptional contractors that really make your visions “sing.” How do you work with those contractors that make the process difficult? Do you have clients who do not want your involvement during construction? What are the special demands of small-project construction? Share your secrets. Compare your battle scars."

For more information: Email Sidney for the full Call for Submissions Email.

From Dorit Fromm, AIA:

SMPS-San Francisco Bay Area Chapter invites you and other members of your firm to consider attending this upcoming two-day "Step Up to Leadership" educational program being offered by PSMA (Professional Services Management Association).
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PSMA Northern California Chapter's popular leadership seminar - Step Up to Leadership - will kick off this year with Dr. Karen Stephenson delivering the keynote address. Setting the tone for the next two days, Dr. Stephenson will describe how we can foster and take advantage of our employees' social networks to advance and grow our businesses. Corporate anthropologist and frequent lecturer at Harvard and MIT's Sloan School of Management, Dr. Stephenson studies the impacts informal networks among people have on company performance. For more information about Dr. Stephenson's work, please visit http://www.netform.com.

When and Where? Thursday 29 September - Friday 30 September, 51st Floor, Bank of America Center, San Francisco
Why this program? PSMA's 2005 Faculty, comprising executive practitioners and some of the top national management consultants serving our industry, presents this up-to-date overview of current "best practices" in all areas of management. And, as a not-for-profit organization, PSMA Northern California Chapter can deliver a rich program for lower-than-average tuition fees.
Who should attend? Current company leaders-- whether in business, team management, or project roles-- AND emerging company leaders interested in better understanding the big picture.
How do we register and How much does it cost? Attached is the Step Up to Leadership and this year's concurrent executive track, West Coast CEO Roundtables, PLUS registration information. You'll see the tuition table on page 5 shows deep discounts for multiple student attendance. (Email Sidney for this PDF)

CEU's! Need continuing education credits? PSMA Educational Programs are recognized by most professional associations with learning credit requirements. PSMA confers 12 continuing education credits (CEU's) to all participants who complete both program days.

For more information: contact PSMA Directors at the information provided below. They look forward to seeing you in September! Liz Halton, CFO, Forell/Elsesser Engineers 415.837.0700 or liz@forell.com Kathryn Sprankle 415.307.9799 or kathryn@sprankleleadership.com Directors, PSMA Northern California Chapter

Symposium: "Designing for Memory"

Wednesday, November 16 in Boston, MA

Join AIA's Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art and Architecture for a day-long examination of the role of public memorials in shaping a community’s persona, how memorials are developed, memorial design before and after 9/11, and elements of commemorative design since the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Workshops include:
Boston's sacred ground — the role of public memorials in shaping a community's persona
Memorials — how are they developed?
A monumental shift — commemorative design since the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Memorial design — before and after 9/11

For complete details and registration information, go to www.buildboston.com/memorials.
For more Information: 800-544-1898

CSI EastBay/Oakland -- September Chapter Meeting

The regularly scheduled (third Tuesday) CSI EastBay/Oakland Chapter Dinner Meeting will take place Tuesday, September 20, 2005, at H's Lordships Restaurant, 199 Seawall Drive, Berkeley, CA 94710, (510) 843-2733.

GETTING IT BUILT -- Facilitating the Building Permit Approval Process

Every successful construction project travels the winding path from initial concept to physical reality. One critical portion of the path is the City and/or County review of submitted documents, ideally resulting in issuance of all required Permits and Approvals. Another critical portion is the construction process itself, ideally resulting in a safe, durable and functional facility. A key component during both of these processes are the technical documents. The design team prepares these documents to define the required construction, guide the construction process, and provide a basis for executing a construction contract. Technical review staff working for Cities and Counties use these same documents to protect the public interest by checking for compliance with building, safety, zoning, and other applicable requirements. City/County field inspectors refer to the approved documents as they perform their duties during the course of construction.

If those who prepare the technical documents better understood how public agency reviewers and inspectors utilize the documents, much trial-and-error and second-guessing could be avoided, and all parties involved would benefit. Design teams could better serve the project owners whom they represent, and agency technical staff people could more efficiently protect the interests of the communities they serve. A substantive ongoing dialog between those on both sides of "the counter" would go a long way to helping all parties work more productively, efficiently, and harmoniously, but such a forum does not presently exist.

September's Meeting will be a first step toward establishing such a dialog, at least in the East Bay Area. Come prepared to exchange thoughts with the attending representatives of several East Bay jurisdictions. The issues raised on Tuesday night will be expanded in a Saturday Workshop to be held on November 5, 2005.

THE SEPTEMBER MENU

Caesar Salad, Rolls and Butter and
Prime Rib of Beef au Jus with Creamy Horseradish + Parsley Red Potatoes and Fresh Vegetables
or
Baked Salmon with Lemon Pepper Sauce + Rice Pilaf and Fresh Vegetables
or
Vegetarian Pasta Prima Vera
followed by
Coffee, Tea, Milk, and Carrot Cake

6:00 PM Networking / No-Host Bar 7:00 PM Dinner 8:00 PM Program

EB/O CSI Members - $10
Professional or Industry Guests, 1st dinner attended - $20
City/County Plan Checkers and Field Inspectors - $25
Other Guests and Non-Members w/ advance reservations - $35
Other Guests and Non-Members at the door - $40

For more information: RSVP and make dinner selection by 8:00 PM Sunday, September 18th by e-mail to eastbayoakcsi@aol.com or by voicemail to (510) 524-8818.
Indicate number of people, name(s), and entree choice for each name.
No Show Reservations will be billed $38, the actual cost of dinner to the Chapter.
Default entree is beef if no dinner selection is made.
E-mail questions to eastbayoakcsi@aol.com or call (510) 524-8808.