January 16, 2003

A series highlighting Baltimore-area firms and their sustainable design projects

GWWO, Inc./Architects will kick off the 2003 Forum Series on Green Design Thursday, January 16, with their presentation of the Gunpowder Falls Visitor Services Center. This 7,500 sf facility will offer amenities for the public as well as park rangers and lifeguards. This project is being developed specifically for the Hammerman Area Beach at Gunpowder Falls State Park, the only developed state-owned bathing beach in the Baltimore area. GWWO, Inc./Architects has worked closely with the Department of General Services (DGS) to develop this project according to the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED criteria, with the intention of obtaining a Silver Certification.

The Committee on the Environment (COTE) is pleased to present six exciting programs for 2003 that will highlight practical applications of “green design.” We invite you to join us to learn firsthand how these environmentally-smart projects are conceived, designed and built. Our goal is to develop a robust dialogue between owners, developers, brokers, architects, consultants, contractors and users, regarding the real world issues of sustainable design. Space is limited, so please mail your check to AIABaltimore now.

Each program will begin at 6 p.m. in the Posey Room of the Engineer’s Society of Baltimore, 11 W. Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore.

January 16, 2003: Gunpowder Falls Visitor Services Center, GWWO, Inc./Architects for DGS
March 20, 2003: Sustainable Design and Historic Preservation, Design Collective, Inc.
May 14, 2003 *: Saint Mary’s for DGS, Cho Benn Holback Associates, Inc.
July 17, 2003: How to work with your “Green Engineers”, James Posey Associates, Inc.
September 9, 2003 *: The Lexington Terraces, Grimm and Parker Architects, Community School for BCPSS
November 20, 2003: Parks and People New Headquarters, Ziger/Snead, LLP

Cost:

Associates and Students: $3 pre-registration per session; $5 at the door
Series pre-registration: $50 – AIA Members; $70 for all others (Deadline January 15)
Pre-registration per session: $10 – AIA Members; $15 all others
At the door: $20 * (except Associates)

For reservations please send checks made payable to AIABaltimore, 11 1/2 West Chase Street, Baltimore 21201. 1.5 AIA/CES(HSW) credits is available with each program.

The AIA Baltimore COTE would like to thank Design Collective, Inc. and James Posey Associates, Inc. for their commitment of resources as Series Sponsors.

The US Green Building Council has developed the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating SystemTM as a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings. For more information, go to www.usgbc.org.

For more information regarding AIABaltimore or the COTE, go to www.aiabalt.com.

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Note: (*) indicates a revision to the previously printed material.