CHATTANOOGA ENGINEERS CLUB

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NEXT WEEK_______________________________________________

Monday, February 9, noon, Read House - Continental Room

Topic: "Update on Oak Ridge Technology Transfer" - Dr. Terry Payne, P.E., Director of the Economic Development Program at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

Since UT-Battelle became the operating contractor at ORNL three years ago, many changes have taken place.  One of the communities seeking to capitalize on the fact that the location of the nations largest energy science lab is in East Tennessee is Chattanooga.  In the past 3 years, we have seen the opening of Chattanooga Center for Entrepreneurial Growth, extensive interaction in the recruitment of industry to Chattanooga, partnerships on Tennessee Valley Economic Summits, and many other exciting activities.  Dr. Payne will give us an update on facilities modernization, strategic research areas, effects of 9/11, technology transfer and economic development success stories.

OUR PREVIOUS MEETING____________________________________

Topic: "The U.S. Green Building Council and an Overview of the LEED Rating System" - Don Horton of McCarty Holsaple McCarty Architects & Interior Designers and Sara Hedstrom, Carol R. Johnson Associates, Inc.

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is a non-profit organization based in Washington D.C. that developed the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system for green buildings certification.  Their five primary goals are to promote: 1) sustainable site planning, 2) safe water and water conservation, 3) energy efficiency, 4) conservation of materials, and 5) air quality and control.  Through their efforts they hope to provide environmental benefits, economic benefits, health benefits, and community benefits.

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a certification process with many goals and characteristics including prevention of “greenwashing” which means prevention of false and exaggerated claims by vendors and businesses concerning green products and services and recognition of leaders in the green industry.

Those wanting support and more information can contact the USGBC at www.usgbc.org or by contacting the East Tennessee organization of USGBC.

Our thanks to Jim Barrott for the meeting summary.

FUTURE MONDAY MEETINGS_________________________________

February 16:  NO MEETING - President’s Day Holiday

February 23:  E-Week Luncheon - Congressman Zach Wamp - Topic:  “Tennessee Valley Technology Corridor” - 11:30 am-1:00 pm - Chattanooga Convention Center - RSVP required to Tiffany Gibby (tjgibby@tva.gov or 423.751.3168)

EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS___________________________________

The Chattanooga Engineers Club would like to begin allowing recipients of this email newsletter to have control over their account.  What this means is that you will be in charge of changing information about your email address as you see fit.  If you would like to start using another email address for these bulletins, you will need to subscribe a new email address and unsubscribe your old one.  The email server will be instructed to send out a password reminder email to each recipient.  We will send out monthly password reminders for approximately three months.  This email will contain instructions on how to log on and change your password (if you want).  This allows you to administer your own email account, and allows you to set a few preferences as well.

WHERE WE MEET __________________________________________

In January, we will be meeting at the Read House - Continental Room in downtown Chattanooga. We may continue to park at the Days Inn on Carter Street (being sure to leave a notice on your dashboard that indicates you are attending the Chattanooga Engineers Club meeting). A map showing the location of the Read House may be found at www.ChattanoogaEngineersClub.org/ReadHouse.gif.

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