Date: Thursday October 14thTime:5:30-7pmStreet Address of Event: Copper Mountain Resort, Copper Metro District Building/Firehouse – 0477 Copper RoadCome experience the newly completed Firehouse at Copper Mountain!Directions:I-70 west from Frisco approximately 7 miles. Exit Copper Mountain. Make right hand turn off Hwy 91 into CopperMountain,which is Copper Road. Proceed approx 1 mile from entrance. Metro Building/Firehouse (Seriously, you can’tmiss it) is on the right hand side of road before the Athletic Center and Camp Woodward. Our meeting room is inthe very front of the building, and visible from the road.Phone number of event: (970) 968-2537Costs: Free refreshments will be served!Description:The Blue Knight Group is a C3 Non-Profit working with many entities to promote and utilize beetlekill(blue timber) within six counties and the City of Denver. As of late, many of our states political figuresincluding Mayor Hickenlooper, Congressman Polis, Senator Gibbs, and U.S. Senator Mark Udall are lobbyingfor both legislation and appropriations to “clean up” our forests. Identifying which trees to be cut is relativelyeasy. The question of “who pays, where to put them, who will buy them, and what can they be used for” is thepart where everyone gets “stuck”! The BKG believes the key to this problem is to not focus on “any one solution”,but to utilize and create more and more “business strategies” revolving around supply chain management.In summary, we can continue to make this problem as complicated as health care, or, we can approach itas “combined business entity” where all become stakeholders!

Times: 5:30 p.m. – 7:00p.m.

Country Boy Mine 0542 French Gulch Rd Breckenridge Explore the original workings of the mine as you feel, hear and smell what it was like to be a Colorado miner over 100 years ago! The only authentic mine tour in Summit County

Directions: From Wellington Rd downtown Breckenridge  head East till road forks and stay to right up French Gulch. Country Boy Mine is to your right! Fee tours!

Find out how Green Marketing is affecting the bottom line of many companies. Learn how to gain more clients while to engage them where they work, live and play by understanding what products and services they will choice for a better lifestyle.

Get tips on:

v       Lowering you marketing budget

v       Motivate Buyers to take action

v       What green designations can do for you’re business

Great networking opportunity!

Sustainable Storm Water Drainage Solutions

Presented by Norris Design and SA Miro Inc.

Times: 5:30 p.m. – 7:00p.m.

Great networking opportunity with drinks and snacks provided.

Design Office and Deck, Second Floor 110 2nd Avenue, Frisco

Directions: From Main Street in Frisco turn onto 2nd Avenue. 110 Second Avenue is a half block from Main Street across from the Historic Park

Water is a precious resource. This Eco-Forum will focus on sustainable drainage and runoff solutions, specifically some benefits and techniques to limit development impact on the environment. Norris Design, a planning and landscape architecture firm with offices in Frisco, Denver, Chicago and Tucson, will use real project examples of bio-swales, native landscape plantings and infiltration strategies that increase percolation, reduce irrigation need and promote a more aesthetically pleasing solution. SA Miro, Inc., a civil and structural engineering firm with offices in Frisco, Denver and Abu Dhabi, will describe sustainable engineering solutions to drainage and runoff that were used locally to protect a critical environmental area.

Thursday, July 8th 5:30 pm

BigHorn Materials - 1241 Blue River Pkwy Silverthorne, CO 80498

Innovative Energy and BigHorn Materials will host a roundtable on renewable energy in the high country in the mezzanine at BigHorn. The event is for building professionals and interested individuals to learn more about new technologies, opportunities, and incentives for adding renewables to their home or businesses.

The roundtable format will include information on solar electric by Innovative Energy, solar thermal by Re-Align Technology, geothermal power by Bobby Craig, and firsthand experience with renewables including lessons learned from Don Sather of BigHorn Materials.

Refreshments will be provided

The Resource will present “Responsible Remodels” open to all residents and business owners in Summit County.

BHH Partners Architects, Wild Sage Interiors and Teal Gallery have combined forces to create a unique “hands-on” experience for attendees to participate in specific selected home finishes. They will present a myriad of finish choices when remodeling or building a new home. The choices will look at sustainable building options from insulation choice to energy production from plumbing fixtures to flooring options.

Anyone interested in sustainability, progressive professional practices, building/remodeling a green home or business, or just networking for the sake of generating possible leads is invited to attend The Resource for Sustainable Building’s monthly Eco-Forums. No RSVP required … just an interest in “keeping it green.”

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The Resource for Sustainable Building presents

Summit Independent Business Association “SIBA” Eco Forum

“Greening your Business Relationships”

Thursday, May 13^th from 5:30- 6:30pm (prompt!)

Location of event: Backcountry Brewery

Street Address of Event: 720 Main St., Frisco

Directions: Corner of Main Street and Summit Blvd.  Frisco.

After a brief introduction by Summit Independent Business Alliance, SIBA will explain the mission behind its organization, talk about its efforts to attract businesses that share in its vision, and highlight members of The Resource who are SIBA members, as well as any attendees. We’ll also highlight the upcoming business conference SustainaBiz 2010, which will be held June 2. We’ll then introduce two of our members who are in the construction industry. They’ll discuss issues around building green, saving money by going green, and how they have benefited through establishing sound relationships with other “green-minded” vendors or those in building-related industries.

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Thank you to all of our sponsors who made this an incredible event! A special thanks to Ember, who provided the delicious appetizers. We had a great time!

Thank you to Jon Kinstad at HC3 for presenting a current topic of discussion in Summit County,‘Rating High Performance Homes in the High Country”. Another special thank you goes to homeowner and architect Matt Stais for hosting the event and serving the first meal at his new green built home! Matt’s informative and colorful displays regarding the sustainable measures incorporated into the home were helpful to all in understanding the unique design and energy efficiencies that have been incorporated during design and construction.

In addition, we’d like to thank Brian Carlson, Carlson Builders and his crew for presenting about the construction of the home and keeping such a clean construction site for us to safely enjoy.

The evening was packed with a lot of great information, and the group could have spent hours going through what makes a “High Performance Home”. If you are interested in becoming certified to rate a homes energy performance contact CMC Green Building Academy for great information.

What makes a home a High Performance Home, and how do you make your home more efficient? HC3 can help! The home energy rating system (HERS) is comparable to the miles-per-gallon rating in your car. Most people would never purchase a car without understanding its energy efficiency, and HC3 can help you determine the energy efficiency of your home. The way in which to get a rating of your homes performance is to have a “certified third party consultant” perform an Energy Audit.You should do an Energy Audit if:

• Your preparing to remodel or add-on to your home.
• You have excessively high utility bills.
• Your home has noticeable cold or hot spots.
• You are interested in adding renewable energy features to your home.
• Your home experiences frozen pipes.
• Ice dams build up on the roof of your home.
• You would like to make your home more efficient and reduce your impact on the planet.
• Your home has indoor air quality issues such as condensation on the windows, mold or other respiratory toxins.

Matthew Stais Architects strongly believes that designing and building green should be designed for the real world. More than theories and research our interest lies in figuring out what technologies best fit a project and then integrating those ideas seamlessly into every aspect of the design.This is why the Stais Home chooses to have an energy audit on their brand new home. For more information please contact Matt Stais.

March Wrap-up

The Resource Eco Forum Presented by Bank of the West

Bank of the West presented “Greening Your Finances” last Thursday, March 11th at their Breckenridge location. Get the information to ask your Tax or Financial Consultant.  Check out information on tax credits and deductions for new and  long-time homeowners. The following information was provided at the event: View the newsletter

The Resource for Sustainable Building presents

Bank of the West Eco Forum “Greening your Finances”

Thursday, March 11th from 5:30- 6:30pm (prompt!)

106 N French St Breckenridge, CO 80424

The tax and new loan incentives on buying, building or improving an energy efficient and sustainable home. Through their Branch Manager, Construction Lender, and Mortgage Lender Bank of the West presents different cost saving options.

The vision of The Resource is for business people to share ideas and collaborate so that companies develop products and services that have a positive impact on the marketplace and planet.

• Eco Ambassadors are committed to changing the way people do business.
• Eco Ambassadors takes place across Summit Country on the Second Thursday of each month.

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