Green Tours on 4/20 and 4/27

April 20: Tour of Tiny Greens Organic Farm

USGBC Students will be taking a tour of Tiny Greens Organic Farm on Saturday, April 20th at 1PM. Dustin Kelly from Tiny Greens spoke at our General Meeting on Monday, so join us if you want to find out more about the sustainable activities at the farm! If you weren’t able to attend the meeting on Monday, you can find out more about Tiny Greens here. Sign up here! Registration closes on April 18th.

April 27: Tour of Indoor Climate Research Facility 

The Indoor Climate Research & Training (ICRT) program is part of the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC). They do a lot of interesting research in indoor air quality and weatherization. Join us for a tour of their facilities on Saturday, April 27th at noon. Sign up here! Registration will close on April 25th.

General Meeting 4/1 at 6PM

Join USGBC Students at 6PM on Monday, April 1st in 2311 Yeh Center for our 2nd General Meeting of the semester! We will have Dustin Kelly from Tiny Greens Organic Farm discussing sustainable design and alternative technologies used behind local organic farming.

Projects Meeting on Thursday, Feb 14th

The first USGBC Projects Committee meeting for the 2013 year will be this Thursday, February 14th, at 7 pm. The meeting will be in 112 Engineering Hall, and this will be the room every week. We will start working on the EOH Lego activity and LEED informational boards.

GENERAL MEETING WITH SOLAR DECATHLON AND SECS

Come to our first General Meeting of the semester next Monday, Feb 11th at 6:30 in 1002 Lincoln Hall! We will be hosting the meeting along with Solar Decathlon and Students for Environmental Concerns. USGBC will give an “Introduction to LEED”, Solar Decathlon will present “Designing the Household of the Future”, and SECS will talk about “The Many Faces of SECS”.

RSVP here.

SPRING INFORMATION SESSION

Want to learn more about green building, sustainable engineering practices and LEED? Come to the USGBC Students’ Spring Information Session to learn more about the organization, upcoming events and activities! The Information Session will be held Monday, January 28th at 6:00 PM in 2311 Yeh Center.

Free pizza will be provided!

EXECUTIVE BOARD ELECTIONS | APPLICATION DUE DEC. 3RD

USGBC will hold elections for its 2013 executive board on Wednesday, December 5th at 6 PM in 2311 Newmark. Any USGBC Students member can apply! Before attending elections, candidates MUST fill out this application by Monday Dec 3rd at 7pm. Candidates must also give a 2 minute speech at elections.

There will be an election social this Friday, November 30th at 5pm at Murphy’s to meet the current executive board and discuss different positions. If you plan on running for a position, try to attend!

The following positions are available:

• Vice President External
• Vice President Internal
• Treasurer
• LEED Coordinator
• Project Chair
• Secretary
• EC Representative

Apply today!

BACK FROM GREENBUILD 2012 SAN FRANCISCO!

Greenbuild 2012 was absolutely amazing! Ten members of our USGBC Students chapter proudly represented us at this international conference: attending educational sessions, meeting with companies, and touring green buildings in the San Francisco area.

Check out the USGBC Students Facebook page to see more pictures from the conference!

Murphy’s Pub in San Francisco! A little Champaign “home away from home!”

On the Green Roof of the California Academy of Sciences, a Double Platinum LEED Museum!

USGBC Students out to a nice Italian dinner after the conference!

JMS GREEN SCIENCE FAIR AND GREENBUILD BUS TOUR A SUCCESS! THANK YOU!

USGBC Students would like to sincerely thank all those who helped make the Jefferson Middle School Science Fair and the Greenbuild Bus Tour such a huge success!! The Jefferson Middle School Science Fair had an amazing turnout from the school and community. We even managed to generate local media interest!

The Greenbuild Bus Tour was recognized during the Greenbuild Opening Plenaryas a fantastic example of students taking an initiative in educating students. A special thanks to those who volunteered and those who helped publicize these amazing projects. We truly could not have done it without you!

For those of you that missed the video of our event or the other events on the Bus Tour: click here!

Lastly: Check out the Bus Tour recap video!

And don’t miss: The Bus Tour “I’m on a Bus” Rap Video!

FOLLOW THE BUS TO GREENBUILD!

Coinciding with our Green Science Fair at Jefferson Middle School, the Center for Green Schools Greenbuild Bus Tour will be arriving at University of Illinois!

Follow USGBC Students Co-Vice Presidents Mike Wong and Matt McClone, as well as the rest of the Bus Tour, as they roadtrip across the United States on their way to Greenbuild in San Francisco! The Bus Tour will be making stops at Universities along the way to perform service projects with local K-12 schools!

The video from Day 1 of the Bus Tour is already up, check it out here!

Make sure to Like USGBC Students UIUC on Facebook to get updates from Mike and Matt on the Bus Tour!

For more information about the Bus Tour, click here!

GREEN SCIENCE FAIR AT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL THIS WEDNESDAY!

USGBC Students UIUC is hosting a Green Science Fair at Jefferson Middle School this Wednesday, November 7th as a part of the Center for Green Schools Greenbuild Bus Tour!  Jefferson Middle School, located in Champaign twenty minutes off campus, is a leader in the community already taking steps to become a more sustainable school, including installing its own geothermal heating system! USGBC Students hopes to further JMS’s efforts at becoming a more sustainable and healthy school!

The “green” science fair will center on the LEED category Energy and Atmosphere, with interactive booths educating students on climate change, the various forms of renewable energy, and green building! Students will get to see demonstrations of energy efficient bulbs, try the bike-powered blender, and make their own “green” pledges among many other things!

If you’re interested in volunteering, please fill out this form ASAP!