NEWSLETTERCALIFORNIA CENTRAL COAST CHAPTER

USGBC CALIFORNIA CENTRAL COAST CHAPTER (C4) www.usgbcc4.orgA unified voice for San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties

October, 2011 Volume 3, Issue 3

LEED CREDENTIALING

LEED SPOTLIGHT: VENTURA

UCSB OCEAN SCIENCE

REVENGE OF THE ELECTRIC CAR

EP LEADERSHIP

STRAw BALE wORkSHOP

BUILD SmART CLONE

UPCOmING EVENTS

IN THIS ISSUE

LEED Spotlight: VenturaCity of Simi Valley Transit Center LEED Renovation

Dean A. Hawkins, LEED APKennard Design Group (KDG) and our team of Engineers worked closely with the City of Simi Valley since 2009 to develop an environ-mentally friendly and energy ef-ficient building that would become the first LEED certified project for the City of Simi Valley. This project is a prime example of the City’s on-going commitment to sustainability and preserving the environment for future generations. Construction for this project was completed in July 2011, and USGBC is currently reviewing the certification. It is anticipated that this project will at-tain LEED Gold certification under the LEED-NC, version 2.2 format. Pending final certification from USGBC, this project would become

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Revenge of the Electric CarA Documentary Film & Car Show Event Benefiting The Sustainability Project - Wednesday, October 5th

T he film, Revenge of the Electric Car, will be previewed Wednes-day, October 5th, 7:00pm, in the Mar-

jorie Luke Theatre at Santa Bar-bara Junior High. This new film by Chris Paine, the director of Who Killed the Electric Car, goes be-hind closed doors at Nissan, GM, and Tesla to get the story of the global competition to produce the best new models and domi-nate the growing market for elec-tric vehicles. Paine says, “In 2006, as many as 5,000 modern electric cars were destroyed by the ma-jor car companies that built them. Today, less than 5 years later, the electric car is back with a ven-geance.” View the movie trailer at: www.revengeoftheelectriccar.com

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Call for NominationsJoin C4 Leadership in a committee or board position. Nominations and Elections begin in October.

• Earn CE credits towards your LEED or Green Associate credentials

• Connect with local leaders and professionals

• Join the movement and help advance the green building mission

Visit www.usgbcc4.org for more information and to download the C4 Elections Packet.

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ZUGUNRUHE The Inner Migration To Profound Environmental Change, Jason McLennanby Marilyn Farmer, AIA, LEED APZUGUNRUHE - The Inner Mi-gration To Profound Environmental Change is not like McLennan’s other books that provide philosoph-ical insights into sustainable design for the building industry, or provide a dumb architect’s guide for select-ing the right glazing for a building, or how to become an ecological engineer. This is a very personal journey of what it means to live in this moment and how we can and do shape things to come. As the book title suggests, this is about the personal inner migration that will be required to effect the desired change to a more sustainable world for our children and children’s children— a Living Future.

ZUGUNRUHE offers a series of peaceful, thoughtful and very personal introspections that inform and inspire us all to begin to create our own road map to the profound transformation and change that will be needed to create a future in which we and future generations can thrive. It is the inner journey that makes the outer journeys of sustainable design informed and possible. McLennan, in his most recent book, takes his message per-sonally with unexpected twists and turns, dealing with the same daily challenges and paradoxes that face us all, but particularly those in the fields of design and building.

One of the seemingly most perti-nent parts of this book is a section dealing with getting stuck in a rut. In my world, it seems that feeling seems to come ‘round on a

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Credentialing Simplifiedby Stacey WhiteWisely, with the creation of the tiered system, USGBC instituted a required credentialing maintenance program. Those of you reading this with an architectural license, or members of the AIA are very familiar with the credential main-tenance idea. With USGBC, all units are self reported through their online CMP tool. Keeping your professional credentials up to date is critical to remaining informed and relevant in today’s rapidly ever-changing building market.

These units come in a whole host of formats. Fortunately, our tri-county region with a local chapter of the USGBC, is well positioned to give you access to achieving these units, in a low cost, high learning impact way.

There are eight basic ways to earn units.Here they are with some advice about how to easily find opportuni-ties in each category:

Education Reviewing Body-approved activities: These are courses that have been officially approved by the USGBC. C4 offers quarterly events that qualify under this category. Check

your regional category for opportu-nities.

• You earn 1 CE hour for first hour; 0.5 CE hours for each ad-ditional full half of an hour

• 2 CE hours for time spent de-veloping content for instructors

• Limit: None. The same instruc-tional program can be counted only once.

Live presentations: This includes attending or present-ing real-time presentations to an audience or via broadcast technol-ogy. C4 has monthly (free to mem-bers) presentations that qualify for this category! Check your regional calendar for opportunities.

• You earn: 1 CE hour for first hour; 0.5 CE hours for each ad-ditional full half of an hour

• 2 CE hours for time spent de-veloping content for presenters

• Limit: 50% of required CE hours for attending and present-ing combined, 5 CE hours for attending

Self-study: This includes participating in struc-tured study (audio, audio-visual, written, online, etc.), an examina-tion, or reading.

• You earn: 1 CE hour for first hour; 0.5 CE hours for each ad-ditional full half of an hour

• Limit: 5 CE hours

College and university courses:Completing or teaching courses offered at accredited colleges or universities. Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo has a variety of courses that they offer that qualify in this area. Are you student with a Green Associate credential? You can easily acquire your credential, maintain it and work toward your bachelor and or master degree all at the same time!

• You earn: 1 CE hour per class-room hour

• 2 CE hours for time spent de-veloping content for instructors

• Limit: None

Certificates, professional licenses, and credentials: Initial earning of a certificate, professional license, or credential related to green building.

• You earn: 1 CE hour for certifi-cates

• 3 CE hours for licenses and credentials

• Limit: None. (Sample designa-tions listed in Appendix D.)

Committee and volunteer work that support the LEED system:Admittedly this is probably my favorite CMP credit category. C4 has opportunities galore for you to participate here! Care about educa-tion? Volunteer for Green Schools. Design green homes. Volunteer for Green Homes. Care about it all? Volunteer as a Regional Council leader or Board Member. See here for opportunities to come play: http://usgbcc4.clubwizard.com/HowtoGetInvolved.cfm

• You earn: 2 CE hours for hold-ing a leadership position

• 0.5 CE hours per meeting at-tendance

• Limit: 4 CE hours

Authorship: Publishing articles and books that are related to the relevant CMP categories. Check me out! I’m getting CE units just by writing this! Would you like CMP units as well, contact our communications department for opportunities: com-munications@usgbcc4.org

• You earn: 3 CE hours for pub-lished article

• 10 CE hours for published book

• Limit: None

LEED project participation: Paid or unpaid work on a project that is registered for LEED certifica-tion. Working on projects, and maintaining your credential too! If you aren’t currently working on a project but would like to. Cuesta College offers a LEED Project Ex-perience course that will allow you to work on a project with a local LEED team.

• You earn: 1 CE hour per LEED credit or prerequisite

• 2 CE hours per project for being the project administrator

• Limit: 10 CE hours. Projects must be registered for LEED (but not necessarily certified). C4

The credential maintenance requirements for your LEED credentials are:

Green Associates15 CE hours biennially (3 LEED-specific)

LEED AP (with specialty) 30 CE hours biennially (6 LEED-specific)

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Regional Council MeetingsSAN LUIS OBISPO:Meets every 2nd Wednesday of the month, noon Varies, San Luis Obispocontact slo_rc@usgbcc4.org

SANTA BARBARA: Meets every 1st Tuesday of the month, 5:30 PM Location: Green Building Resource Center (SB Contractors Association Headquarters), 914 A Santa Barbara St., Santa Barbara

VENTURA: Meets every 4th Monday of the month, 5:30 PM Location: Patagonia Fire House, 280 W. Main St., Ventura

UCSB Ocean Science Education BuildingJordan Sager, LEED AP UC Santa Barbara’s Ocean Science Education Building (OSEB), a collaboration between the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS) research group and the University of California, Santa Bar-bara (UCSB), broke ground in early 2010. A state of the art educational facility, when completed it will con-nect visitors through a compelling hands-on program.

The 7,190 SF office building will function as the primary admin-istrative space for operation of the CINMS. Space types include private and open offices, meeting rooms, library, kitchenette and changing room.

The 9,730 SF Outreach Center for Teaching Ocean Science (OCTOS) is intended to serve groups of K-12 students and adult audiences. The project will include a live deep reef habitat, supplemental dry exhibits and a virtual immersion experi-ence through use of a multimedia interactive technology theater and research classroom.

A passive, low energy and user adapted HVAC scheme was designed for this project, utilizing natural ventilation for cooling the majority of the year. Taking advan-tage of the predominantly south to north summer wind direction, operable skylights atop the two story atrium will help drive natural

ventilation through the buildings core and open offices. The project also takes advantage of thermal mass principles for temperature regulation.

Mechanical cooling water require-ments for the facility will be pro-vided through heat exchange with the campus sea water distribution system. This is possible through the use of low energy cooling systems that operate at higher water and air temperatures than traditional cool-ing systems. Radiant slab heating using in-slab piping will provide heating for the occupied zones. Two building control zones will be cre-ated, each with an individual mani-fold and temperature sensors. Two internal thermostats will control the circulation of water within the slab and will reset based on outside air temperature. T-8 light fixtures with dimmable ballasts and day lighting controls will maximize natural light

and occupancy sensors will be in-corporated into the lighting control system to maximize efficiencies.

For more information on the Ocean Sciences Education Building, con-tact Jordan Sager at jordan.sager@pf.ucsb.edu. C4

UCSB Ocean Science Education Building

UCSB Ocean Science Education Building

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Build SMART Clone Makes Its San Diego DebutWally Geer, AIA, LEED AP

The C4 BuildSMART Trailer has played a significant role in spread-ing our sustainable design and construction mission. At the Santa Monica AltBuild Green Trade show last year, the trailer caught the eye of executives from The Califor-nia Center of Sustainable Energy (CCSE), a San Diego based non-profit with a mission dedicated to creating change for a clean energy future. Upon returning home to San Diego, the management of CCSE decided that this was a great way to further their outreach mis-sion. It’s been said that imitation is the finest form of flattery. Con-gratulations to C4 because CCSE recently built a BuildSMART Trailer clone for use throughout San Diego County.

The CCSE trailer, a stunning new 26 foot monster that is towed by a propane truck, recently made its debut at the San Diego Home & Garden Show. Over the next 12 months, the CCSE trailer will travel to events attended by over 500,000 people, including the Miramar Air Show and the San Diego County Del Mar Fair.

Our mission continues to spread as a result of our efforts. Here’s hop-ing more BuildSMART Clones will show up in other regions. It appears C4 has starting something that will hopefully continue to spread. C4

Emerging Professionals Leadership AcademyKirsten Adair, LEED APIn April of this year, 43 Emerging Professionals were selected from chapters around the country as well as four countries outside the U.S. to participate in the first ever Emerging Professionals Leadership Academy. The goal of the Leader-ship Academy was to empower Emerging Professionals to become more effective leaders in their chap-ters and create a stronger network within USGBC. In this six month long program, each Academy participant is responsible for taking on a specific project in their chapter that would challenge them as lead-ers and benefit their local chapter.

In July, participants of the Leadership Academy met in Pine Mountain, Georgia for the Emerg-ing Professionals Studio, held in conjunction with USGBC’s Mid-

Year Meeting. The intensive four day retreat was filled with keynote speeches from USGBC found-ers, break-out sessions, visioning charrettes, training sessions, tools to take strategy to action and a fun-spirited competition that raised over $3,000 for Project Haiti.

During the retreat, Emerging Professionals worked to analyze the current state of sustainability and “what’s next” for the USGBC. The group chose to pursue three goals to help advance the mission of USGBC and our local chapters.

1. Developing a clear volunteer leadership path that is un-derstood at all levels of the organization

2. Creating a “50 innovative sto-ries” library depicting how we are moving towards net zero

3. Expanding the Emerging Pro-fessionals Leadership Academy by doubling the number of participants each year

The leadership participants left the studio recharged and ready to infuse their chapters with ideas, a can-do attitude and new leadership skills. Throughout the retreat the theme of “be leaders, not victims” reminded emerging professionals to aim high and go big in setting goals, achieving them and helping chapters be more successful than ever before.

Note: The C4 representative at the Leadership Academy, Kirsten Adair, has chosen to work with C4 leadership to launch a Social Media Campaign and encourage a green building dialog and network in our central coast community. Be sure to look for C4 and BuildSMART on Facebook, LinkedIn and coming soon on Twitter! C4

CCSE Trailer Debuts at the San Dieog Home & Garden Show

CCSE Trailer Debuts at the San Dieog Home & Garden Show

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Net-Zero Strawbale WorkshopPaul Poirier, AIA, LEED APThis past August, USGBC C4 and community volunteers came to-gether with Semmes and Company and Paul Poirier + Associates Archi-tects to participate in a strawbale construction workshop at the new net-zero energy residence of Jane Alexander and John Flanagan, in the Santa Ynez Valley. About thirty volunteers from Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Santa Ynez and Atascadero showed up to learn first-hand from Turko Semmes and Paul Rose about the details of strawbale construction, the nuances of the bale detailing, usage of their vintage hand bale saws, and the properties of the rice straw bales.

Paul Poirier, the project architect, provided a description of the overall sustainable goals for the project. The specific aspects of green design included: orienting the building for solar photovotaics and passive solar heating and cooling, designing an efficient building envelope with icy-nene foam ceiling insulation, using FSC lumber and non toxic finishes, designing an efficient solar sup-ported hydronic heating system in

the building slab, and emphasizing natural daylighting and ventilation. Robert Adams, the landscape archi-tect, described the overall sustain-able landscape plan which includes drought tolerant and native plants that will minimize water for irriga-tion demands, as well as planting

an orchard and raised planter bed garden.

The weather cooperated with us, as it was an unusually pleasant summer day in the valley, and a good time was had by all. Thanks to all who helped out, and we are looking forward to completing this unique residence soon! C4

Net-Zero Residence, Santa Ynez Valley

Community Volunteers at Strawbale Workshop

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Be a Part of the Movement The following C4 committees invite you to join them in promot-ing a green, sustainable California Central Coast in a wide variety of ways, little and big. This is a wonderful way to do good, meet other dedicated professionals from all arenas, expand your knowledge, network, and have fun. Chapter and committee volunteer hours can also contribute to your credential maintenance requirements.

“The opportunity to help educate the public is huge.”

“this is the most colossal group of people that I have ever been involved with...”Sponsorship Committee sponsorship@usgbcc4.org

Events Committee events@usgbcc4.org

Emerging Green Professionals (EGP) emerging_professionals@usgbcc4.org

Communications Committee communications@usgbcc4.org

Membership Committee membership@usgbcc4.org

Education Committee education@usgbcc4.org

Advocacy Committee advocacy@usgbcc4.org

Strategic Partnerships Committee strategicpartnerships@usgbcc4.org

LEED for Homes Committee greenhomes@usgbcc4.org

Contact a Committee chair today to begin showing your commitment to the green building and sustain-able design movement. C4

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the first LEED Gold certified mu-nicipal project in Ventura County.

KDG (Los Angeles) was the Architect of Record for this project, and also provided in-house LEED consultation for the City during the design and construction phases. KDG’s Engineers that assisted with LEED design and construction oversight included The Sullivan Partnership (Glendale) for me-chanical and plumbing engineer-ing; and Pacific Engineers Group (North Hollywood) for electrical engineering. The landscaping and irrigation was designed by the City of Simi Valley. The Commission-ing Authority for the project was Architectural Energy Corporation (San Francisco), and the General Contractor was SBS Corporation (Westlake Village).

The office expansion project includes a 1,104 SF addition to an existing 2,811 SF structure. Because the building is situated up against a sloped hillside and the addition filled in the original overhanging structure on two sides, the expansion created some design challenges. However, the design team was able to salvage over 95% of the building structural system and 56% of the building non-structural components. During the 11 month construction period, the General Contractor was able to recycle nearly 97% of the construc-tion waste.

The City of Simi Valley is commit-ted to integrating water conserva-tion measures throughout all of their City facilities. For this project, the design team integrated native and/or drought tolerant plants reduced landscape water usage by 57%. Additionally, new low-flush toilets, valves, and fixture aerators all contributed to a building water use reduction of 42%.

The mechanical design included a spilt system with new efficient air handlers and heat pump units that replaced the outdated equipment. Each of the work spaces have per-sonal temperature control points for occupied and un-occupied periods, and variable air volume (VAV) terminal boxes. High performance, tinted exterior glazing, and batten

insulation from recycled blue jeans also helped contribute to this energy efficient system. These materi-als, combined with new T-8 high efficiency florescent light fixtures and personal lighting controls at each work station resulted in a energy savings of 25%. The efficient lighting system has also contributed to a reduction of light pollution from the building and increased nighttime visibility. High effi-ciency MERV filters and entrance mats have been installed to help keep particulates from circulating throughout the building interior and mechanical system. All of these measures help provide a more comfortable and healthier work environment for the Simi Valley Transit (SVT) staff.

The sustainable materials incor-porated into the design include marmoleum flooring made from linseed oils, Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) certified wood from sustainable harvested forests, and carpeting, paints, and other materi-als that have very low levels of vola-tile organic compounds (VOC’s). Similarly, the new cabinetry has no harmful amounts of urea formalde-hyde in the resins.

The City of Simi Valley and KDG remain committed to providing sustainable designs for all projects. A close collaboration between the City, Architect, Engineers, and contractors has helped attain this goal by implementing measures that reduced the carbon footprint of the City of Simi Valley. C4

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event SponSorS & SupporterS

7:00 – 9:30 PM Film & Panel (inside theatre)

$10 donation for tickets purchased in advance, $15 at the door

The documentary film, Revenge of the Electric Car, goes behind closed doors at Nissan, GM, & Tesla to tell the story of the global resurgence of electric cars. Major car makers are competing to dominate this expanding market. View the movie trailer at www.revengeoftheelectriccar.com or visit

facebook at www.facebook.com/revengeoftheelectriccar.

5:30 – 7:00 PMElectric Vehicle Car Show

& Information Booths Free admission to Car Show & Lobby

Check out the Nissan Leaf, the Chevrolet Volt & the Tesla Roadster – the first of a dozen electric cars available in 2012. These revolutionary new vehicles achieve around 100 mpg equivalent & emit zero tailpipe emissions. Arrive early – food will be available from the acclaimed Mobile Café, serving

delicious & nutritious fare.

For information & tickets, visit www.sustainabilityproject.org

Wednesday, October 5th

Marjorie Luke theatre — 721 east Cota Street, Santa Barbara

A DOCuMEntAry FIlM & CAr ShOW EVEnt BEnEFItIng thE SuStAInABIlIty PrOjECt

This event is supported in part by the Marjorie Luke theatre’s Dreier Family rent Subsidy Fund

hayward lumberjohn D. Kelley Architect

MovegreenOpus 1 Mobile recordingPeikert group Architects

QigongSB.comSegwayOfSB.com

Santa Barbara MotorsportsSanta Barbara Outfitters

tecolote Books

thompson-naylor ArchitectsWestmont College

WElDesign

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daily basis, at times feeling like the whole world is stuck in quicksand. McLennan’s anecdote is tied to an analogy from the philosopher, Lao Tzu and titled, WU WEI AND WATERY PERFECTION wisdom that “Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.” Using nature as our guide, water is “is formless, never forcing its own shape upon other substances and always traveling along the most efficient path. As conditions change, it has the ability to adjust its physical structure from liquid, to gas or solid. Always in balance, water forever finds its own level state.”

Other inspirational lessons are sprinkled throughout the book and offered up as GWERSI, or a series of short succinct lessons. Here are a couple of favorites:

GWERSI XXVSpending too much time ponder-ing how something should be accomplished

Can be as destructive as spending too little.

The systems we use are not the result.

Therefore, spend the majority of your energy

On the actual effort

Rather than the approach to the effort.

GWERSI XXVIIf a given approach is not work-ing, then change it.

If it is only working somewhat, then tweak it.

USGBC-C4 is pleased to be host-ing Jason McLennan in San Luis Obispo on Friday, October 14th as a keynote speaker in conjunction with the Bioneer’s Conference.

Everyone is invited to a wine and cheese reception prior to the key-note, and a book signing afterward. For more information or to register go to: www.usgbcc4.org C4

Prior to the film, at 5:30pm, there will be a free electric car show in-cluding the Nissan Leaf, Chevrolet Volt, and Tesla Roadster. During the show, delicious, nutritious food will be available from the acclaimed Mobile Café. There will also be free admission to information booths by local businesses and organizations in the lobby outside the theatre.

Following the film, a panel of local experts and electric car owners will join Paine for Q&A regarding the benefits and difficulties of EV ownership and the future prospects for the EV industry. Paine says, “There are so many people doing innovative things. We’re reporting on big car companies, independent startups, and converters, and we’re tying EV’s into renewable energy.”

The event is a benefit for The Sus-tainability Project, a local nonprofit organization. For admission to the film and panel discussion the sug-gested donation is $10 in advance or $15 at the door. For information and reservations contact: www.sustainabilityproject.org

Sponsors include: Livingreen, Com-munity Environmental Council, Allen Associates, APCD, Fund for Santa Barbara, Green Building Alli-ance, REC Solar, Sun Pacific Solar, and USGBC-C4.

Supporters include: Hayward Lumber, John D. Kelley Architect, Movegreen, Opus 1 Mobile Record-ing, Peikert Group Architects, QigongSB.com, SegwayOfSB.com, Santa Barbara Motorsports, Santa Barbara Outfitters, Tecolote Books, Thompson-Naylor Architects, West-mont College, and WELDesign C4

JASON F. McLENNAN

invite you to

THE CREATOR OF “THE LIVING BUILDING CHALLENGE”

OPENING KEYNOTE AND RECEPTION

For Information / Registration:http://www.ecologistics.org/centralcoastbioneers/jason-mcLennan.html

6:00 pm Reception (light appetizers, wine): $45+ donation; includes admission to Keynote Address7:30 pm Keynote Address: $20 gen. public / $15 C4 members / $5 students8:30 pm Book Signing

Reception & Keynote:

 

Friday, October 14thSan Luis Obispo Veteran’s Hall801 Grand Ave.

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a unifi ed voice for San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties

Sponsors: Alma Rosa Winery, Habitat Studio Architecture, Green Building Pages, Solarponics, Cal-Poly Architecture Dept.

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Visit www.usgbcc4.org for the latest updates and for more detailed information. To have your event posted on the C4 calendar, email calendar@usgbcc4.org

2011 Board

Brian Ewing

Marilyn Farmer

Lucas Johnson

Hillary Trout

Bianca Koenig

Christine Rogers

Paul Poirier

Wally Geer

Leland Walmsley

Wayne Pendrey

Andrea Romano

Greg Starzke

Michelle Zimney

Kirsten Adair

Jon Heffner

John Lordan

Andrea Romano, LEED GA

Bianca Koenig, RLA, LEED AP

President

Past President

Secretary

Treasurer

VP Outreach

VP Education

VP Advocacy, PRC, CSC

COO

VP Outreach

Director

Director

Director

EGP Liason

Regional Chair - SLO

Regional Chair - SB

Regional Chair - V

Editor

Graphic Designer

Upcoming EventsOctoberSeptember 25- October 31San Luis Obispo – Healthy Communities Month San Luis Obispo, CA Creating a community that supports each other by improving physical and social environments for a healthy future.

October 4, 6:00 pm- 8:30 pm6:00pm - Multi-Media with John Zeretzke 6:30-8:30 Green Q&A Candidate Forum Power of Green- Green Candidate Forum WAV Theater/Gallery, 175 S. Ventura Ave., Ventura Learn about City Council Candidates’ views on important Green issues, and demonstrate how important green jobs, sustainable energy, healthy transportation, and efficient homes are to our community!

October 4, 5:30 pmSanta Barbara Regional Council Meeting and C4 ElectionsSBCA 914 A Santa Barbara Street

October 5, 5:30 pm“Revenge of the Electric Car” Film Screening and Electric Car ShowMarjorie Luke Theater, 721 East Cota Street, Santa Barbara

October 12, noonSan Luis Obispo Regional Council Meeting and C4 ElectionsLocation: TBD

October 14, EveningBioneer’s Conference: Jason McLennan as Friday Night Keynote for 2011 Conference San Luis Obispo Veteran’s Hall Jason McLennan is one of the leading-edge architects helping raise the sustainability movement

October 20, 4:00pm-7:00 pmSan Luis Obispo - Cambria Energy Fair Cambria Veteran’s Hall, 1000 Main Street Come learn about energy efficiency, renewable energy, rebate and incentive programs, and connect with local product and service providers.

October 21, 12:00 pm-1:00pmSan Luis Obispo - Open Monthly Meeting Location: TBA

October 24, 5:30 pm-6:30pm Ventura General Meeting C4 ElectionsPatagonia Fire House, 280 Main Street

NovemberNovember 1, Time: TBA Santa Barbara-Regional Council Meeting SBCA 914 A Santa Barbara Street

November 18, 12:00 pm- 1:00 pmSan Luis Obispo- Open Monthly Meeting Location: TBA

November 28, 5:30 pm- 6:30 pmVentura General Meeting Patagonia Fire House, 280 Main Street