Voting is now open for the USGBC Central Texas-Balcones Chapter Board of Directors Elections. The election is open from Nov. 6, 2009 through 5:00 pm, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009.

The election is for eight open Board positions and two alternate positions. All current Chapter Members are eligible to vote. If you are not a Chapter member, please visit www.usgbc-centraltexas.org/join.php to join and then send an e-mail to info@usgbc-centraltexas.org asking for your name to be added to the voting list.

We are pleased to announce the following candidates for the vacant positions on the 2010-2011 Board of Directors:
Current Board Members standing for re-election: Effie Brunson Heather DeGrella Andrew Kelch Liza Meyer Dr. John Walewski
New Board Candidates: Maricela Rodriguez Barr Dana Nichols Eduardo Parra Kalpana Sutaria Larry Zinn

The newly elected Board Members will join other incumbent members still serving their two year terms. Please review each of the candidates' applications on the Chapter's Elections Page.

USGBC Central Texas Chapter Hires First Executive Director
by Eric Washburn

Jane Baxter Lynn joined the United States Green Building Council Central Texas Balcones Chapter (USGBC CTB) in April 2009 as the Chapter's first Executive Director. Our chapter, which serves 55 counties in central Texas with a population of four million people, was one of the nations largest without an Executive Director, said Heather Venhaus, 2009 Chapter Chair. It was time for us to provide strategic and administrative support to our volunteer Board and move our chapter to the next level. "I am very excited to be working with Jane and believe she will bring a lot of value and insight to our Chapter and its members. Throughout the interview process, the selection committee was impressed with Jane's confidence, enthusiasm,; Read more.

Congrats to J14 Design

The 2009 Natural Talent Design Competition (NTDC), presented by the Emerging Green Builders Committee of the U.S. Green Building Council's Central Texas - Balcones Chapter, was open to all students and young professionals in San Antonio and surrounding areas. The purpose of the design competition is to promote affordable and sustainable housing as well as smart growth development in the City of San Antonio. The participating individuals and teams were challenged to design a development project that consisted of a minimum of eight sustainable and affordable housing units and a small gathering center using the LEED for Homes and LEED for New Construction as designing guidelines.More Details