Dec. 9, 2010
SC 2019: Green Building Group

(Compiled by Jeff Anderle and Will Skora)

- Celebration Committee Goals, and efforts
- put together a calendar of events related to energy efficiency
- interface with Stewardship Council and Communication Groups.
- needs cohesive messages to promote
 - Mandy Metcalf wrote one for Homes
 - COSE to write one for businesses. Both can be read here (.docx)

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Energy Alliance Updates:
- The Energy Saver Pilot Project will be coordinated through the Energy Alliance. [BOLD]
  - hope the work on houses to start by April 2011.
- funding proprosals will be submitted to Gund, Cleveland foundations by end of 2010.
- steering committee will be looking for an excutive director
- will discuss on forming board of directors

2011 Co-chairs of this group: Jeff Anderle and Michelle Kilroy

A Brainstorming session on:
- What should the Green Building Group focus on in 2011?

1.    Provide Energy Alliance with Feedback, regular interaction

2.    Advocacy
Channel through Energy Efficiency Celebration Committee
Financing Mechanism  - the new “Pace”
Connect with New County Government
Advocacy at Municipal (both Cleveland and First Suburbs) level
Advocacy at State Level
Legislate New Green Building Handbook
Liasion through CDCs and Block Clubs

3.    Further Develop Framework for Argument

Package Case Studies with Market Data [Nodes]
Provide success stories to Celebration Committee

4.    Develop research, programs for Other Building Types beyond SFH
Independent Small Businesses
Manufacturing/Light Industrial
K-12 Schools with CMSD
Places of worship [admittedly tough]
Multi-Family Housing

Mandy Metcalf asks: Do we need to step away from direct education and instead
be an advocacy group and share resources with others ?