Joseph Scarpa

Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED^®)

Energy and Atmosphere | Solar Architectural Design / Construction Costs

Wednesday - May 05, 2010 - - 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM [$10 at the door] [register]

Light Breakfast provided (program starts promptly at 9:00 am)

Speaker: Jason Kliwinski, AIA, LEED AP, Spiezle Architectural Group

Continuing Education: LEED Credential Maintenance Program (1.5 hours)

AIA CE (1 hour) (approval pending)

Why: Learn the mandatory prerequisites involved in "Energy and Atmosphere" for U.S. Green Building Council LEED Certification. Energy demand reduction and rightsizing your HVAC system is critical before drawing up specifications for a geothermal or solar system. Speaker will address costs and benefits and architectural alternatives of designing solar energy into your building and offer case studies of successful New Jersey LEED projects incorporating solar.

Where: Energy Freedom Pioneers Eco-Industrial Park (Bldg 322)

300 Route 130, 322 Artillery Ave, Pedricktown NJ 08067-0420
Salem County - six miles south of Commodore Barry Bridge

RSVP: RSVP@GreenParadigmInstitute.com or www.GreenParadigmInstitute.com

RSVP by Monday 3 May 2010 | Directions or Questions: 856 981 2973

March 11 is World Plumbing Day, established to further understanding of the vital role the plumbing industry plays in guarding the public's health and safety. World Plumbing Day also honors the often underrated ways in which contractors, inspectors, installers, engineers, and manufacturers do great things for the environment.

March 15-21 is Fix a Leak Week. One pays for leaks as water coming in, sanitary waste going out, and-in the case of wasted hot water-electricity or gas to heat it and not use it! Instructions on how to fix a leak are available in English and Spanish at the EPA web site.

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New Jersey will be the last state in the nation to mandate continuing education for its real estate licensees, legislation in place now to implement for the license renewal cycle July 2011 thru June 2013. With all the programs/monies promoting energy efficiency in residential and commercial buildings, it would be comforting to know that our real estate professionals have the capability and skills to properly market energy efficient buildings.

Why not have the NJ Real Estate Commission mandate that 3 hours of the ~15 mandatory hours be specifically on "green real estate." (It is not uncommon for state real estate commissions to mandate specific topics for one or two courses of the mandatory set of courses required for relicensing).

Benefits:

(1) Property values might be appraised and marketed more in line with the increased value truly attributable to the property that is, say, more energy efficient than its competitor property.

(2) Site Selection - Renewable energy firms around the world looking to locate in the USA will take note of our cultural mindset favorable to green building and renewable energy ... it will get us top of mind in site selection officials and onto their short list.

It's important for NJ to be first in mandating green real estate education (3 hours) as mandatory continuing education for its real estate licensees. Branding for the state(s) that mandate such a green real estate educational requirement would be enormous.

Community Planning, Transfer of Development Rights, and LEED for Neighborhood Development Certification & Training - LEED AP and LEED Green Associate Credential Maintenance

Participate in a 90-minute forum on TDR and LEED ND on Wednesday, 3 Mar 2010, for Planners, Developers, and Real Estate Practitioners

Hosted by Joseph Scarpa, LEED AP, Green, EcoBroker, e-PRO, Broker of Record for Green Paradigm Realty LLC / NextRE, Inc. (NJ)

Speakers: Robert Melvin, AICP/PP, Principal of GROUPmelvinDESIGN a specialist in planning, community development, smart growth and sustainable development. He will discuss Transfer of Development Rights in Woolwich Township (Gloucester County), the once-fastest growing community in the country, and the implications of TDRs elsewhere in Gloucester and Salem County, New Jersey.

John Hasse, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Geography, Rowan University, Co-Chair of Rowan University Campus Master Plan Committee. Specializes in land use, environmental planning and geospatial systems. He will discuss the alignment of U.S. Green Building Council's pilot LEED rating system for Neighborhood Development, due to be released this year, with New Jersey municipal master planning.

$10 at the door - Register now at www.GreenParadigmInstitute.com

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 8:30 am - 10:30 am

Light Breakfast provided. (Program starts promptly at 9:00 am)

Why: Presentation and open discussion on sustainable development practices regarding neighborhood and community development; and the formulation and implementation of a plan for regionalized "Transfer of Development Rights". The speakers will synthesize their knowledge with the audience on the opportunity offered by Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) in land use and master planning.

Click here for promotional flyer on our TDR / LEED ND seminar.

Attend our green building certification series ... every 1st Wednesday of the month!

Participate in a 90-minute forum on Green Building (Sustainable Sites) on Wednesday, 3 Feb 2010, for Real Estate Practitioners

Hosted by Joseph Scarpa, LEED AP, Green, EcoBroker, e-PRO, Broker of Record for Green Paradigm Realty LLC / NextRE, Inc. (NJ)

Sam Renauro, P.E., PP, LEED AP, Civil Engineer and Planner, SR3 Engineers, an expert in feasibility studies, redevelopment projects, and stormwater management, will discuss the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Sustainable Sites category from the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED certification and rating system:

•· Construction Activity Pollution Prevention (Prerequisite);

•· Site Selection (Sustainable Sites Credit 1);

•· Stormwater Design and Management - Quality Control (Sustainable Sites Credit 6.1);

•· Stormwater Design and Management - Quantity Control (Sustainable Sites Credit 6.2).

$10 at the door - Register now at www.GreenParadigmInstitute.com

Wednesday, February 3, 2010 8:30 am - 10:30 am

Light Breakfast Provided (Program starts promptly at 9:00 am)

Why: Presentation and open discussion on sustainable site development practices and related engineering requirements.

Where: Energy Freedom Pioneers Eco-Industrial Park (Bldg 322)

300 Route 130, Pedricktown NJ 08067-0420
Salem County - six miles south of Commodore Barry Bridge | six miles north of Delaware Memorial Bridge

What to bring: An appetite for learning sustainable site planning, site selection and stormwater management!

Open to real estate brokers, agents, surveyors, property owners, developers, contractors, architects, engineers, and concerned citizens!!

RSVP: RSVP@GreenParadigmInstitute.com or www.GreenParadigmInstitute.com

Promotional one page Flyer for above event available at http://www.GreenParadigmInstitute.com/archives/