1. 11/16/2010

2. Formally known as EGB- Emerging Green Builders • Now we are an official organization of the United States Green Building Council • Promote education and knowledge of the environmentally sustainable built environment • Contribute to our campus and community through sustainable design projects

3. Officers • Faculty Advisor: Professor Bovill • Officers: • Michael Grein • Yukari Yamahiro • Albert Palmer • Nick Roldos • Rochelle Heyworth • Eric Joerdans

4. Tours

5. Local Tours • Knight Hall • Sidwell Friends • House of Sweden

6. Construction Site Tours • LEED certified Montgomery County Public School construction sites

7. Falling Water

8. Possible Project: Knight hall

9. LEED Survey Project

10. Campus Project: Clean Up Your Butts • PROBLEM: 77.4% of students notice smokers littering their cigarette butts on the ground. • SOLUTION: Raise awareness of the dangers of littering. • PROBLEM: Smokers have no reason to dispose of their cigarettes. • SOLUTION: Recent discoveries show that acetate in cigarette filters strengthen steel. • PROBLEM: Students are unaware of the location of cigarette receptacles • SOLUTION: design receptacles around campus to promote UMD’s green accomplishments. • PROBLEM: Cigarette butts are non-biodegradable. • SOLUTION: Provide a recycling program for smokers on campus.

11. CLEAN UP YOUR BUTTS CAMPAIGN • OBJECTIVES: • Design posters promoting the use of receptacles. • Design receptacles around campus • Site Analysis for receptacles’ location. • Create a generational change for years to come. • Train students to speak at freshmen and transfer orientations. • Create advertisements to place in the Diamondback.

12. QUESTIONS? • Contact us • EMAIL: USGBCSUMD@umd.edu • Facebook Group :USGBC Students University of Maryland • Website: http://studentorg.umd.edu/USGBC/

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