Wright State and B-W Greenway Community Land Trust host Spring Chautauqua on LEED Design

LEED design will be the topic of an annual Spring Chautauqua Thursday April 23, in Wright State University's Matthew O. Diggs III Laboratory for Life Science Research. The first laboratory in Ohio to receive the LEED-NC Gold status, the Diggs Laboratory is an appropriate site for the community discussion of the LEED building rating system, the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings.

Organized by Wright State's Center for Urban and Public Affairs on behalf of the B-W Greenway Community Land Trust, the Chautauqua will include a panel discussion by LEED specialists from the Greater Dayton Area. Panelists include Beverly Denlinger, senior project manager, WSU Engineering and Construction and project manager for Diggs Laboratory, and Greg Raffio, sustainability design and LEED-accredited engineer with Heapy Engineering. Following the LEED discussion, Bev Denlinger will lead a tour of the Diggs Laboratory.

"Wright State University has been using energy-saving design in all their building projects but decided to receive formal recognition for Diggs Laboratory, back in the early planning stages, and become an environmental leader in the community," said Denlinger.

The LEED building rating system is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings. Gold is the second-highest possible certification and is based on a point system that recognizes performance in six major environmental categories: sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, indoor environmental quality, and innovation and design. The Chautauqua will focus on LEED design and details about “green” building.

Free and open to the public, the 2009 B-W Greenway Chautauqua is from 5:30 to 8 p.m begins in 108 Diggs Lab on Wright State's campus, discussion will continue in 155 Brehm Lab.

To ensure sufficient room for this special evening, please RSVP. For additional information, please contact Laura Seaman in the Center for Urban and Public Affairs at (937) 775-2941.