do you want to volunteer at the architect's office some before school starts?

Hi Ladies!

I talked with Christa at the Architect's Office. She told me that you both could come in for the next two Fridays (they are closed on the30th of August). Let me know if you want to go in for a few hours, i was thinking possibly 10-1pm? If you want to email me. I will be in Chiapas witht he Girls Club but I will be in contact via email.
i hope that yall are doing well. i miss you. norma....i am sorry i got so sick at camo fowler....what a nightmire. oh well, i hear that yall are having fun. and diana, i hope nyc is treating you well. i send you both a big hug.

i will be in chiapas, august 12th-21st. then i will be back at the girls club the 23rd- through the 26th. Remember there is the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival in Thompkins Square Park August 25th so if you want to help us out we will have a table set up. August 27th-Sept 6 i am going home!!! to visit my family in north Carolina. i know this means i will miss your birthday diana, but i promise to make it up to you when i come back to nyc. dont worry, i did not forget your sweet sixteen.

ok. email me yall. jhsugg@hotmail.com

take care,
jennifer sugg

hi will.
thanks for your entry. i was just reading about that in your mom's new book, the white papers on sustainable architecture..... its a great book, i heard that you picked it up for free! my question for you is how this relates to the girls club.....will the architects be using this standard as they design our building? what are their thoughts on it.

talk to you about all this in chiapas.
jennifer

Here is a photo of the new Girls Club site, taken from the roof of one of the 14-story buildings across Avenue D. I took it when I was doing the site survey for wireless internet.

For the past two weeks I have been doing research for the Architects. I was asked to research "LEED certification" and "NYSERDA." First let me describe what I found out about Leed.
LEED is a Green Building Rating System. LEED is a program designed and run by USGBC, the United States Green Building Council. The LEED Rating System has helped to create a standard for what constitutes as a "green building" and uses this standard when rating buildings that register for LEED certification.
LEED rates in six different categories, Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Energy & Atmosphere, Materials & Resources, Indoor Environmental Quality, and Inovation & Design Process. A certain number of credits can be earned in each category. In all, a registered project can earn up to 69 credits on the building rating. Different levels of green building certification can be achieved based on the total number of credits earned.

NYSERDA:
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority is an organization that funds research into the development and efficiency of energy sources, as well, NYSERDA funds research into energy-related environmental issues. NYSERDA funding comes from sales of electric and gas utilities, contributions by New York Power Authority, and federal grants.
NYSERDA funds different kinds of programs such as transportation, commercial, residential, and environmental.