ADVISORY/NARI Marks Home Improvement Month with Focus on Green Building.Business Editors ADVISORY...for Wednesday (May 14th) SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2003 The San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay Chapter of the National Association of the Remodeling remodeling /re·mod·el·ing/ (re-mod´el-ing) reorganization or renovation of an old structure. bone remodeling Industry (SFBA SFBA San Francisco Bay Area SFBA Students for Barrier-Free Access SFBA San Francisco Beekeepers' Association NARI NARI National Association of the Remodeling Industry NARI National Ageing Research Institute NARI NorAdrenaline Reuptake Inhibitor ) marks National Home Improvement Month by focusing on green building at its May 14 dinner meeting in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . May is National Home Improvement Month and NARI wants homeowners to consider hiring a contractor familiar with resource-efficient remodeling. Each year more than a million U.S. homes undergo major renovation or remodeling. Homeowners today want their projects to be designed, constructed, renovated, and operated in an energy-efficient and environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] manner. SFBA NARI is the only chapter in the nation that provides licensed building professionals an opportunity to train to become certified as green building experts. The Certified Green Building Professional (CGBP CGBP Certified Global Business Professional CGBP Certified Green Building Professional ) designation is granted to California licensed building professionals who attend a four-session course and pass an exam. In March, the CGBP designation was earned by 28 Bay Area contractors and architects. The second course begins April 30. The program operates in cooperation with the Alameda County Waste Management Authority, (www.stopwaste.org). For more information, visit www.sfbanari.org. At the May 14th meeting, Mark Palmer and Jan Stensland, green building coordinators from the City of San Francisco's Department of the Environment, will outline San Francisco's green pilot projects. They will emphasize how green buildings cost less, minimize the use of resources, reduce harmful effects on the environment and create healthier environments for people.
What: SF Bay Area NARI presents
"San Francisco's Green Building Initiatives,"
by Mark Palmer and Jan Stensland,
City of San Francisco green coordinators
When: Wednesday, May 14, 2003, 6 p.m.
Where: Okell's Fireplace
1300 17th St., San Francisco. Phone: 415/626-1110
Cost: $40 for non-members; $30 for members if paid by May 14.
Add $5 if paid after May 14. Price includes dinner.
Reservations: Pay on-line at www.sfbanari.com or call 415-345-8403.
NARI is a professional non-profit association whose member companies voluntarily subscribe to a strict code of ethics Code of Ethics can refer to:
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