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Annual Chapter Planning Meeting
When 4:30-6:30 p.m., Wednesday January 11
- come when you can
Where Architectural Nexus (2505 E. Parleys Way
in Salt Lake City)
Our chapter rose to a new level of community value last year, setting great expectations for 2012. To move forward, we need to involve more members in planning activities so that they can personally benefit
from the resulting networking opportunities that are generated.
Please contact Steve Klass concerning your ability to attend.
801-484-5322
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Seasonal Sustainability Dinner and Varian Tour |
Net Impact Holiday Dinner
When 6-8:00 p.m. December 6, 2011
Where Caffe Niche 779 East 300 South in Salt Lake City
What Four course dinner (vegetarian or animal protein options)
Who You and a dining companion
Why You deserve to celebrate the season sustainably
AND sensationally!
Caffe Niche is one of the best places to experience what a locally
sourced fine dining experience can be in Utah today: Salt Lake
Magazine's "Best Neighborhood Restaurant 2011" and City Weekly's Staff Choice "Best Reason to Eat Your Veggies 2011."
For details, please contact Leslie Hugo by Monday November 28.
801-410-3298 OR
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Varian Medical Systems Tour
A Class Act !
About
two dozen visitors met with a dozen members of Varian
Medical System’s
X-Ray Products Division’s Green Team and
management on November 3 to
learn from the best about
business sustainability. The Division
manufactures
radiotherapy equipment to fight cancer: over 400 varieties
of
x-ray tubes and the PaxScan® line of Flat Panel x-ray image
detectors for digital radiography (filmless imaging). Managers
at the
facility opened the session, indicating that being green
and socially
responsible is a pathway to profitability.
Varian received
recognition of the Utah Pollution Prevention Association this year. In
2009, they were awarded the Energy Resource Steward Award from Rocky
Mountain Power for energy efficiency initiatives. The Division achieved
an 83% diversion rate for their solid waste in 2010.
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Inaugural Conference a Resounding Success! |
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"It was a great event. The pictures of the roomful of engaged
participants during the lunch discussion says it all."
- Kenner Kingston, Senior Principal Partner and Director of
Sustainability at Architectural Nexus
Inaugural Conference
a Resounding Success
85 out of 100 was average score of perceived usefulness of the event.
DIVERSITY was the primary positive feature that
people liked most
about the day:
- among the type and size of businesses,
- range of topics and
- mix of attendees among professionals, students,
nonprofit and government.
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Ordinances Input Session Useful to City |
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Ordinances Input Session Useful to City
Architectural Nexus at 2502 E. Parleys Way has earned LEED Platinum rehabilitation certification.
 
Lightwell a key energy saving feature. Mayor Becker addresses session.
Over 50 people provided input and listened to briefings from Salt Lake City planners
concerning proposed sustainability-related ordinances on June 9, 2011 in the community
meeting space at the Architectural Nexus Salt Lake City headquarters. Salt Lake City
Mayor Ralph Becker welcomed the group and opened the session with his overview
of sustainability goals for the city and his vision of what is possible.
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