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Definition
Green Building uses design, construction and management practices that increase the efficiency of a home or building’s resources like water, energy and building materials, while reducing the impact on the natural environment and the people that live or work in that space.
Greening the (918) Green Building Goal
Greening the (918) Green Building Goal: Tulsa to expand the green building market and catch up with national trends toward green building practices and the use and availability of green building materials.
Green Tips
Greening your Home and Office:
- Caulk and weather-strip all windows and doors
- Caulk around hoses and at the electrical service entrance, look carefully for any other penetrations and seal them. Look at where the siding meets the foundation (expandable foam is great for large holes or gaps). Investigate from the outside in and the inside out!
- Reuse existing building materials when building and remodeling
- Utilize low VOC paints, caulk, and home furnishings
- Install high efficiency Light bulbs-look for LED lights!
Greening the (918) Green Building Seminar November 13, 2008 Panelist
Brandon Perkins
Brandon Perkins is a native Tulsan and second-generation developer. Initially, Brandon started his career with his own building company, Brandon Homes. He later joined in his father’s business, Lindsay Perkins Development, learning and working for over 15 years and serving as Vice President. Brandon and Lindsay developed some of Tulsa’s premier neighborhoods including The Estates of Graystone, Devonshire, The Crescent, Legacy Park, The Park at Oak Grove, The Vintage at Verdigris, and The Preservation District.
Brandon is the president of The Home Builders Association of Greater Tulsa. Seeking to make the earth a better place to live, Brandon has been a member of the National Arbor Day Foundation since 1996 and he has donated over 1,000 Blue Spruce trees to be planted around the Tulsa metro area. Brandon was the first Oklahoman to receive the Certified Green Professional designation from the National Association of Home Builders. He currently is on the executive committee for the Millennium Center. Brandon received the annual Don McCarthy award from Tulsa Partners, Inc. given to those who promote a holistic view of sustainable living. He is also on the Board of Sustainable Tulsa.
Shelby Navarro, AIA, LEED AP, CDT
Mr. Navarro is the principal of ONE Architecture, LLC a Tulsa firm practicing sustainable architecture. Mr. Navarro is a graduate of Oklahoma State University and his professional experience has included internationally known architectural firms in both Denver, Colorado and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mr. Navarro was a part of a design team that is expanded the Tulsa Ballet which included a large scale geothermal installation, is currently working on the re-use and adaptation of many existing buildings in downtown Tulsa as well as designing several sustainable residences and developments for clients. Mr. Navarro is currently a member of the United States Green Building Council, the Mayor’s Green Team, is an advisor for PLANiTULSA, and is on the AIA State Board. Mr. Navarro has designed projects to conform to rating systems such as the Built Green rating system in Seattle, WA and designed and developed the first LEED Platinum rated residential project in Oklahoma which at the time of its completion was one of only 35 in the world to reach this level. Mr. Navarro was featured in Eco Homes magazine, on the cover of the Tulsa Area Green Directory, Tulsa People magazine, on Channel 6 News, Channel 23 News, in the Tulsa World and in Urban Tulsa Weekly.
Richard Bass
COO, Mill Creek Lumber
Education:
1980 grad University of Nebraska, BS/Marketing
1990 grad Bellevue University, MBA/Quantitative Analysis
Employment:
COO/ Mill Creek Lumber for last 7 years
Employed in the building material supply industry for the last 30 years
Joel Kinsch
Elite Service Company
Joel Kinsch is the third generation of his family in the HVAC industry and currently is the owner of Elite Service Company, specializing in residential and light commercial HVAC. He was the Founder of North American Technician Excellence (NATE – Chairman of the technical committees to set and write the standards for HVAC technicians). He has been published many times in Technical Trade Journals such as Contracting Business and AC News. He has been a Committee Member or Outside Technical Consultant for RSES – Refrigeration Service Engineers Society, ACCA – Air Conditioning Contractors of America, and PHCC – Plumbing Heating Cooling Contractors. Joel worked with Penton Publishing, which publishes HVAC textbooks, and served as a technical editor for the ARI Refrigeration principles textbook. Joel has spoke at over a dozen conventions on various HVAC topics. Just a few more of his many achievements also include guest appearances on HGTV as a technical expert discussing air-to-air heat changes. In his work for Lennox Industries he directed the writing of the Planned Service Manual and he has also taught hundreds of HVAC business owners and technicians in the proper way to run an HVAC business in the areas of Marketing, Business Practices, Sales, and Technical Support. Joel is also nationally certified in Test and Air Balancing and has also received his certification from the EPA as an Energy Star Home (HERS) Rater, National Home Builders Green Home Rater, Oklahoma Energy Auditor, and a certified instructor for ACCA in heat/ gain load calculation and Duct Design.
Greening the (918) Green Building November 13. 2008 Booth Participants
- Home Builders Association of Greater Tulsa
- Polenze Cucine Moderne
- Flint Co.
- Oklahoma Chapter of the USGBC (United States Green Building Council)
- Tulsa Partners and the Millennium Center Project
- Sun City
- Elite Service Company
- Mill Creek Lumber
- ONE Architecture
- Mayor Taylor’s Green Team and PlaniTulsa
- Rebuild Tulsa
- Multipure-Joan Craiger
Greening the (918) Green Building November 13, 2008 Strategy Session Graphically Facilitated Notes
Greening the (918) Green Building November 13, 2008 Strategy Session Linear Notes
Greening the (918) Green Building Seminar 11-13-08
Greening the (918) mission
Is to assist Tulsa in becoming one of the greenest cities in the nation.
Greening the (918) is an interactive series of seminars produced by Sustainable Tulsa and chaired by Sustainable Tulsa and the Mayor’s Green Team designed to inspire organizations and individuals to take action and to lead the city to be one of the greenest cities in the nation. Each seminar will have a panel of experts and be moderated and graphically facilitated by Sean Griffin. The community will discuss what action steps Tulsa must take to overcome the challenges of becoming one of the greenest cities in the nation. Networking and refreshments will follow each seminar.
Green Building (Thursday, November 13, 2008)
Goal: Tulsa expands the “green” building market and catches up with national trends toward “green” building practices and the use and availability of “green” building materials and fixtures.
Tulsa’s Challenges for Building Green
- Lack of green building knowledge
- Less stick-more carrot to encourage green building
- Tulsa and Oklahoma need more incentives to encourage green building
- We are a lazy society-we want it now-and don’t want to work for it
- Tulsa needs to be committed to the concept of building green
- Green building cost too much
- Tulsa needs education on incentives and codes for green building
- There lacks a demand from the public to build or remodel green
- Tulsa and Oklahoma lacks the natural resources to build green
- Tulsa needs more green products available
- Don’t know what they don’t know
- Banks need more education on the benefits of building green
- It is too expensive to retrofit green
- Can’t get incentives for green
- Green homes are not affordable
- Tulsa needs to know what the costs are to convert existing homes to green homes
- Home owners, builders and developers can’t get financing for green cost
Tulsa’s Solutions to Improve Green Building in Tulsa
- Increase incentives
- Lobby for state tax incentives
- Get involved with groups working on these solutions
- Build to standards for tax credits (i.e. energy star)
- Energy efficient loans
- Educate realtors and quantify green savings
- Preserve historic homes
- Reasonable relaxation for preservation codes
- Incentives for recycling construction and demolition of old homes and buildings
- Need some mandates
- More education on how we can build or retrofit green
- Green jobs
- Eco-Tech Park
Action Steps to improve Green Building in Tulsa
- Regular articles and section in the paper on building green
- Increase education on green building
- Increase green building product manufacturing and development in Tulsa
- Incentives for green business development
- Get involve with organizations-engage and make a difference
- Lumber companies and suppliers working to sell green products
- Get involved with a the Millennium Center for Green and Safe Living, a Tulsa Partners project
- List the things that people can do to build or retrofit green and the incentives for each item
Each Greening the (918) seminar will have action steps that the community will collectively develop during the session. Additionally each seminar will have a Strategy Team that will assist in putting the actions into motion for the Tulsa Area. Please see Green Building Strategy Session Graphically Facilitated Notes and Green Building Strategy Session Linear Notes for more information on the results of the Green Building seminar.
Action due to the Greening the (918) Green Building Seminar:
- Green Building Resources Library
- Green Building Strategy Team development