Clark County Commissioners adopt the National Green Building Standard

AIA/WA former president, Timothy Buckley of Greenstone Architecture, testified before the Board of Clark County Commissioners on May 25. Buckley testified in support of adoption of the Green Building Standards as a volunteer program.

Buckley spoke to how theses standards are easy to use, flexible for developers and builders, simple, and easy to follow by comparison to many other standards. This is a good starting point and one that is based on international codes (ICC). Mirroring the ICC will streamline the process and thereby help to prevent many of the road blocks that architects have encountered with other green building issues.

This is volunteer program will help promote energy efficiency, sustainability and lower impact developments and increases health benefits for the community.

You can see Timothy Buckley’s testimony below or by clicking the link that follows. Fast-forward to the 17:36 minute marker.

http://www.co.clark.wa.us/bocc/hearings/VideoArchive.html

Local Students Receive AIA Scholarships to Get Degrees in Architecture

The AIA Southwest Washington Component selected two outstanding high school seniors to receive annual scholarships. Anna Guenther and Katrin Kreutz were each awarded a $1,500 scholarship towards their college tuition.


Anna Guenther is a graduate of Gig Harbor High School and will be attending California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California to pursue a degree in Architecture.




Katrin Kreutz is a graduate of W.F. West High School in Chehalis, Washington and will be attending the University of Idaho to pursue a degree in Architecture.



The AIA Southwest Washington Scholarship Program is open to any high school senior graduating from schools located in the Southwest Washington chapter’s six-county area. The recipient must also plan to attend a university with an accredited architectural degree program. It is funded, in part, through a matching grant from the AIA National Component. This year’s scholarship committee was chaired by Garner Miller, AIA with MSGS Architects.

Further information can be found at http://www.aiasww.org/.