Masonry Magazine July 2012 Page. 48
INDUSTRY NEWS
The USGBC's chair, Rick Fedrizzi, joined three of the six inaugural commitment participants, Genentech, Google and Prudential Real Estate Investors (PREI), on stage to announce the Challenge during the closing plenary of the popular event that drew more than 900 business, non-profit and media participants.
Inspired by the White House's Better Buildings Challenge and President Clinton's pioneering work to promote sustainable buildings, the California Best Buildings Challenge consists of industry-leading firms with a strong California presence that have committed to reduce their building energy, water and waste by 20 percent in two years. Adobe, Genentech, Google, PREI, SAP and Zynga have stepped up to kick off the challenge, collectively committing 5 million square feet of building space from their portfolios.
USGBC and its Northern California Chapter launched the California Best Buildings Challenge as a 2012 CGI America Commitment to Action and are working to inspire other companies to sign on. The commitment was selected by CGI America as an approach to addressing challenges in the clean electricity and efficiency space.
Two-Day Symposium with RCI Consultants
Building designers, facility managers and construction professionals will be in attendance at the RCI 2012 Symposium on Building Envelope Technology, Oct. 22-23, 2012, at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown in Phoenix, Ariz.
The two-day program will feature 12 different educational sessions presented by leading building envelope designers. Speakers will offer experience-based insights for specification of sound, durable building exteriors. Most programs will focus on repair and sustainable design methods for strengthening and improving existing exterior envelopes.
Building envelope product manufacturers will be present with displays of the latest products and services.
More than 250 building envelope professionals are expected to attend. For more information, visit www.rci-online.org or call 800-828-1902.
Presentations will include:
* Seismic Assessment of the Washington Monument and the National Cathedral
Erik C. Sohn, PE-Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Inc., Fairfax, Va.
* Rethinking Gutter Design for Steep-Sloped Roofing
J. Lawrence Elkin, PE, CCT-Applied Building Sciences, Charleston, S.C.
* Building Envelope Design Under the 2009 Codes: Glazing Ratio Requirements
Stéphane Hoffman, PE - Morrison Hershfield. Bellevue, Wash.
Medgar Marceau, PE, ASHRAE, CDT, LEED AP-Morrison Hershfield, Bellevue, Wash.
* Energy and Moisture Performance of Attic Assemblies
André Desjarlais, Fellow ASTM - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn.
* Impressed Current Cathodic Protection: A Corrosion Mitigation Technique for Transitional Steel-Frame Masonry-Clad Buildings
Gina L. Crevello - Echem Consultants LLC, Accord, N.Y.
* Cold Roof Design Practices and Performance: Case Studies
Loren D. Flick, PE - Building Consultants & Engineers Inc., Littleton, Colo.
* Solar Reflectivity Studies
Vicente Montes-Amoros, PE, LEED AP BD+C-Curtain Wall Design & Consulting Inc., Dallas, Texas
* Gothic Revival: Lessons Learned From a Failed Historic Roof Restoration
Robert Fulmer-Fulmer Associates, Building Exterior Consultants LLC, East Hampstead, N.H.
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