Columbus Green Building Forum Green School

CGBF is offering the Green Building School, a series of classes for professionals interested in learning more about integrating green strategies into residential and commercial projects.

The interactive classroom-style sessionscovered a diverse range of green topics. See details below:

Wed., June 9th

LEED Certification Process, Green Rating System Overview & Local Building Code Update

Grange Insurance Audubon Center,
505 W. Whittier Street
Columbus, OH 43215

The program included a tour of the Audubon Nature Center with a discussion on the LEED certification process for this project; an overview of Green Globes and EnergyStar certification systems; and a building code update for green residential and commercial construction.

About the major Green Rating Systems employed in projects in the US:

LEED 2009 is a leading Green rating system created by the US Green Building Council;
Green Globes is derived from BREEAM (BRE Environmental Assessment Method), the oldest Green rating system created in England, used extensively in Canada and introduced recently in the US markets;
EnergyStar for Commercial Buildings is a successful program initiated by the US Environmental Protection Agency to address energy usage in buildings. Currently there are 310 certified EnergyStar buildings in Ohio representing over 46 million square feet of commercial space including office, retail, school, warehouse, supermarket, hospitals and hotels.

Program Speakers:

Audubon building tour and discussion of LEED certification process by Ryan Hoffman, Heapy Engineering.
Overview on Green Globes and EnergyStar by David Sundersingh, Fanning Howey.
Presentation on Green building code update by Paul Freedman, City of Columbus Department of Building & Zoning Services.

AIA Course ID: GBF113
Learning Units: 2

Learning Objective 1
Learn about the green strategies employed within the design for the Audubon Nature Center

Learning Objective 2
Learn about how to employ LEED into projects

Learning Objective 3
Understand the Green Certification Systems i.e. LEED, Green Globes & EnergyStar rating systems

Learning Objective 4
Learn about the impact of local building code on green residential and commercial projects and strategies.

Registration fee is $20 per class
(does not include lunch)

Register securely online

For questions, email meera@cgbf.org

Previous classes

May 26th, 11:30am - 1:30pm

Passive Solar Design for Homes

Eastman Room, OSU 4H Center,
2201 Fred Taylor Drive
Columbus, Ohio 43210**

AIA Course ID: GBF111
Learning Units: 2

Learning Objective 1
Learn the basics of planning, building or retrofitting a home in central
and southern Ohio for better passive solar performance

Learning Objective 2
Apply principles of daylighting to a house and a small structure

Learning Objective 3
Learn the recommendations for upgraded thermal efficiency and
airtightness to improve new and existing homes performance

Learning Objective 4
Understand the impact of glazing on designing for passive solar

A slide-show and lecture by John F Robbins CEM CSDP, covering the basics of planning and building or retrofitting a home in central and southern Ohio for better passive solar performance (heating, cooling and daylighting). Presentation includes recommendations for upgraded thermal efficiency and airtightness which normally accompany passive solar.

May 26th, 3 - 5pm

Solar Energy Overview

Eastman Room, OSU 4H Center
2201 Fred Taylor Drive
Columbus, Ohio 43210**

AIA Course ID: GBF112
Learning Units: 2

Learning Objective 1
Learn about various solar energy options such as solar water heating
and solar electric for homes

Learning Objective 2
Learn about the impact of different building orientations and roof tilt
angles on solar electric generation

Learning Objective 3
Learn how to estimate savings from solar electricity

Learning Objective 4
Understand various types of solar electric in homes including grid-tied
and off-grid systems

A slide-show and lecture by John F Robbins CEM CSDP covering the basics of solar water heating and solar electric applications for homes in central and southern Ohio. The presentation will cover various kinds of solar water heating systems and grid-tied battery-less systems as well as off-grid systems with batteries for solar electric applications.

Previous CGBF educational tours and training
Tour of Grange Insurance Audubon Center - June 9, 2010
Roof runoff that is not contained by the green roof flows down either a rain chain (left) or open channels (right) that divert the rainwater to a swale (far right).		Runoff is channeled to a swale that drains to a series of rain gardens to the left.
	Three types of permeable pavement lessen runoff and reduce need for winter salting since water doesn't pool on top of the pavers.		The library has so much natural light it rarely needs electric lighting. Speakers in the wall allow birds at the feeders outside to be heard quite well inside.
The lobby features a solar clock and information on every bird species that's been sighted in the preserve.
Earlier Classes
Moisture Management class with Dr. Joseph Lstibruek.		Dr. Joseph Lstibruek's session with the City of Columbus providing guidance on energy retrofitting existing homes to support the City’s Green affordable housing initiative under the AWARE manual.
COSI’s rain garden tour with Sharon Tinianow, COSI’s Director Sustainability Initiatives.		COSI’s rain garden.
Outside the new Grange Insurance Audubon center with Heather Starck, Audubon Columbus’ Executive Director.		Inside the new Grange Insurance Audubon center.
OhioEPA’s green conference area in the Lazarus building.		Tour of the Lazarus green roof.
Service learning presentation by the graduating students of the Fall quarter class on sustainable construction at Food, Agriculture & Biological engineering (CGBF helped co-develop the classes and provided a service learning opportunity for the students in the Weinland park neighborhood).		Todd Miller, ReStore’s director gave the OSU's fall quarter FABE students a presentation and a tour of the salvaged construction materials that are given a new life at the facility & re-sold to the public at a discounted price. The visit was organized by CGBF.
Green Home Fair, Dec. 5th, 2009.		Green Home Fair, Dec. 5th, 2009.
Blower door test - energy audit process for a gut rehab home done in downtown Columbus.		Tour of the OSU 4H center during the 2009 Expo.
Stephanie Suter, Chair, of the Central Ohio Rain Garden Initiative, talks about how to design and build rain gardens at the boat launch area near the Audubon center.