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DEEP ENERGY RETROFIT WORKSHOP - DECEMBER 4, Marlboro College Graduate Center, Brattleboro
This full day workshop, the final one being offered around the state by Marc Rosenbaum, P.E., will focus on the deep energy retrofits of homes and other building types.
We will discuss the strategies for reducing energy consumption in existing buildings, and look at various case studies to demonstrate how to address air infiltration, insulation upgrades, and mechanical system improvements. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own examples and challenges for the group to solve.
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To learn more about Marc Rosenbaum, click on the link below
Bio for Marc Rosenbaum
To see images of the venue
We will be holding the workshop in 2 East.
Marlboro College Graduate Center Facilities
REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
Early registration rates below are available until November 30, so please sign up now. After Nov 30 registration will be $225.00 for all attendees.
VGBN Members: $175
Non-VGBN Members: $200
SPECIAL $150.00 REGISTRATION RATE FOR MARLBORO COLLEGE STUDENTS!
PLEASE SELECT APPROPRIATE AMOUNT BELOW to pay online:
REGISTRATION WILL BE CONFIRMED UPON RECEIPT OF PAYMENT
You may pay on-line through google checkout above, or send a check to the following PO Box:
VGBN
PO Box 5384
Burlington, VT 05402
IF YOU ARE REGISTERING BY SENDING A CHECK, PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL WITH THE SUBJECT LINE "DER WORKSHOP" CONFIRMING YOUR ATTENDANCE TO:
nancymears@vgbn.org
VGBN supports reducing your carbon footprint!
In order to allow more people an opportunity to attend this valuable workshop, we are hosting in various locations throughout Vermont. Our first workshop was held in Middlebury in March, the second was in Montpelier in June. This will be the final workshop in Brattleboro.
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VGBN Film Library
VGBN has a selection of environmental films and we periodically host "movie nights" in locations around the state. If you are interested in hosting a showing of one the films below in your own venue, please let us know! We would be happy to lend you the film if it is available.
VGBN Film Library
Architecture to Zucchini
"Architecture to Zucchini" is an exploration of socially responsible businesses and the passionate leaders who drive them. These are the pioneers who have put the principles of sustainability to work. In the process, they've built thriving companies and sparked regional economic development. It also features insights of nationally recognized leaders of organizations that focus on sustainability — those who serve industry, education, communities and government.
Through interviews and tours in 12 case studies, these innovators reveal the impact of merging economic, social and environmental considerations in their business plans and operations. And they share everything from lessons learned to the challenges they've faced, even the unexpected opportunities for strategic alliances within and outside their industries
http://www.arnoldcreekproductions.com/AtoZ.htm
 Crapshoot
With CRAPSHOOT, filmmaker Jeff McKay takes viewers on an eye-opening journey around the world to explore different approaches to sewage, starting at the 2,500 year old Cloaca Maxima in Rome, where the modern concept of sewers began. Filmed in Italy, India, Sweden, the United States and Canada, this bold documentary questions whether the sewer is alleviating or compounding our waste problem. While scientists warn of links between sewage practices and potential health risks, our fundamental attitudes toward waste are being challenged by activists, engineers, and concerned citizens alike. Does our need to dispose of waste take precedence over public health and safety? What are the alternatives?
http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/craps.html
 The End of Suburbia
Suburbia, and all it promises, has become the American Dream. But as we enter the 21st century, serious questions are beginning to emerge about the sustainability of this way of life. With brutal honesty and a touch of irony, The End of Suburbia explores the American Way of Life and its prospects as the planet approaches a critical era, as global demand for fossil fuels begins to outstrip supply. World Oil Peak and the inevitable decline of fossil fuels are upon us now, some scientists and policy makers argue in this documentary. The consequences of inaction in the face of this global crisis are enormous. What does Oil Peak mean for North America? As energy prices skyrocket in the coming years, how will the populations of suburbia react to the collapse of their dream? Are today's suburbs destined to become the slums of tomorrow? And what can be done NOW, individually and collectively, to avoid The End of Suburbia.
http://www.endofsuburbia.com/
 Blue Vinyl
With humor, chutzpah and a piece of vinyl siding firmly in hand, Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand and co-director and award-winning cinematographer Daniel B. Gold set out in search of the truth about polyvinyl chloride (PVC), America's most popular plastic. From Long Island to Louisiana to Italy, they unearth the facts about PVC and its effects on human health and the environment.
http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/bv.html
 The Next Industrial Revolution
William McDonough, Michael Braungart and the Birth of the Sustainable Economy:
While some environmental observers predict doomsday scenarios in which a rapidly increasing human population is forced to compete for ever scarcer natural resources, Bill McDonough sees a more exciting and hopeful future. In his vision humanity takes nature itself as our guide reinventing technical enterprises to be as safe and ever-renewing as natural processes. Can't happen? It's already happening...at Nike, at Ford Motor Company, at Oberlin College, at Herman Miller Furniture, and at DesignTex...and it's part of what architect McDonough and his partner, chemist Michael Braungart, call 'The Next Industrial Revolution.' Shot in Europe and the United States, the film explores how businesses are transforming themselves to work with nature and enhance profitability.
http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/next.html
VYCC Barn Gala
Barn Gala PDF
finalinvitationandpdf.pdf
An architect’s appreciation of Park-McCullough’s carriage barn - by Jane Griswold Radocchia
Vermonters have been building to our specific climate conditions for generations, a practice architectural historians call “original green.” The following article was originally published in The Walloomsack Review, Volume 1 – October, 2008, the journal of The Bennington Museum, Bennington, VT.
and is offered here by permission. Click on the link to read the full article
Original Green
Click below to find out more about the Bennington Museum
Bennington Museum
The Historic Park-McCullough House in North Bennington, Vermont,
was the summer house for the Parks and their children, the McCulloughs, for 100 years. The House and its Carriage Barn, built in 1864 using the latest technology, updated in 1889 and 1902, is now a museum. For more information visit:
www.parkmccullough.org
Permeable Paving Seminar
permeableunitpaving.pdf
Historic Preservation Week - Montpelier
Agenda for hands on craftsman demonstrations
howtonight.pdf
Roadmap for a Solar School
Jeff Forward is VGBN's "Green Schools Advocate" and has been working to promote the environmental, economic, and health benefits of green school construction to Vermont legislators and school administrators. This article, originally written in September 2009 for Efficiency Vermont, is being offered here to demonstrate a process for integrating solar into existing school buildings.
Roadmap for a Solar Schools Project
Vermont Green Home Project Profiles
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