Join us at our annual Green Building Networking Party to celebrate all of this years' green accomplishments.
Between our first-ever Annual Report (18 years in the making!), a Green Remodeling education series, and a national Affordable Comfort Institute Conference, AEGB took on, and conquered, some big tasks this year. And this month, with the launch of our new online rating tool, we are seeing the fruition of a dream several years in the making. We are excited about our new web-based system for many reasons: it provides an easy way to track rating progress in real time, offers much more streamlined communication for project teams, and allows us to spend more quality time working with you on projects and less on administrative tasks.
This year we published our first Annual Report, a place where we report energy savings, share success stories, and look to future projects. We see the Annual Report as a way to lead the sustainable building community to greater transparency in reporting and to help people better understand what green building is and why it is important. We also took our first steps into social media, with our Facebook page and Twitter account.
Austin builders are once again on the cutting edge as 2010 saw the City Council's unanimous approval of an updated Energy Code that advances energy conservation far beyond national levels by significantly raising the standard which all buildings in Austin are required to meet. AEGB's new 2010 Ratings raise the bar even higher for single family, multifamily and commercial projects.
In addition to updated ratings tools, we expanded our very successful Green Boots program, offering a Green Reboot series focusing on issues specific to remodeling projects. Our Extended Area Rating program continues to bring our Single Family Rating to 27 surrounding counties and in April 2010, we hosted an incredibly successful national ACI Conference, the highest attended to date!
We've all worked hard this year, so come on out and join us as we get connected, energized and inspired!
Food and beverages provided. No need to RSVP, we look forward to celebrating together!
**Please email photos of your 2010 projects
to greenbuilding@austinenergy.com by Friday, October 15,
so we can highlight your hard work and accomplishments in the slide show.**
