Melissa Estable joins Recollective!

We’re proud to announce that Melissa Estable has joined Recollective in the role of Sustainability Consultant!

With a Bachelor of Architectural Studies tucked under one arm, Melissa started her career by working for design-build firm Fresh Fruit & Architecture in Montreal. Sustainability was at the core of the company philosophy and projects incorporated re-purposing of industrial scrap material as design elements.

Landing in Vancouver in 2005, Melissa’s next move was working for non-profit and community based clients as a Development Manager for Terra Housing Consultants. Projects in her portfolio included residential, commercial and student union spaces. A highlight for Melissa at that time was spearheading the Inclusive Cities Conference of 2009, bringing consultants from the US and UK to share their affordable housing expertise.

Melissa integrates these complimentary architecture, project management and real estate development skills into her new role with Recollective and is driven to encourage green dialogue and promote sustainability in BC’s built environment.

Phone Book Phone Booth Design Charette

5:30 – 6:30pm social

6:30 – 8:30pm design challenge

BYOB and potluck!

Sunset Party: June 10, 2011

To mark the transition of Recollective to the HiVE, we will be hosting one last party at our previous location. Join us this Friday for beverages and light refreshments at our Pender Street location from 5pm to 10pm. At 10pm, we will head to the HiVE.  We’ll also be projecting the hockey game!

• Time: 6pm onwards, June 10, 2011
• Location: 5 W. Pender St. Suite 109 (and on the rooftop patio)
• 10pm we move over to the HiVE @ Suite 210 – 128 W. Hastings St.

Phone Book Drive!!!
Help us build a privacy booth at the HiVE with your phone books! What better building material than this ubiquitous, largely ignored resource? For every phone book brought to the party we will donate $1 to the Pivot Legal Society “Hope in the Shadows” campaign.

We’re looking for volunteer interns!

Looking for volunteer green building interns at Recollective!

Learn from the pros, get exposed to over 100 different projects, gain experience in green building & LEED needed to pass LEED AP exam, become a superhuman. Apply for our Spring 2012 internship today!

Arvin Wang joins Recollective!

We’re happy to announce that Arvin Wang has recently joined Recollective’s Energy Services team as Energy Simulation Specialist.

Arvin has worked in the high performance building industry  for over three years, with experience in energy modeling and HVAC systems design.  Specializing in energy conservation strategies and other sustainable strategies for LEED energy compliance, Arvin uses advanced building simulation tools (EE4, eQuest, Ecotect, IES, TAS) to provide energy and cost analysis for early feedback to owners and design teams.

Arvin’s skills, knowledge of building science, and building energy analysis expertise enable him to communicate effectively with his clients and other members of the design team to successfully achieve high performance building designs. His previous work experience with Schneider Electric provided him valuable experience in energy audits and energy management services.  He is a LEED AP and holds a masters degree in Human Settlements from Katholieke University Leuven, Belgium.

HiVE Party: March 25!

The HiVE is holding a fund-raising party on Friday, March 25th! RSVP today while tickets last!

We are about to embark on one of the most ambitious experiments any of us has yet known: a collaborative chaos, a working man’s and women’s Walden. HiVE Vancouver will be a reality, and the coolest coworking space in the City will soon open its doors.

But, yea! That day has not yet arrived. And so we find ourselves in a strange vortex, where we have 9,000 square feet of unfinished office space to play in, but no office to speak of. Whatever will we do with all this space?

Have a party, of course! Friday, March 25th we’ll have a Warehouse Ball. Put on your very finest scrubs and come prepared to engage in a variety of activities you’ve never done in an office… and most likely never will again!

DJs:

• SOMA vs. elrizzy
  
• Leigh Christie
• Oker
• Saul Dusty
• GoreMay

and more!

`the Bees at HiVE Vancouver
www.hivevancouver.com

Recollective Teaches New UBC LEED Course

Brenda and Eesmyal teach new UBC Course on LEED-NC 2009 called “Building Green with LEED: LEED Canada for New Construction 2009″.

Gain in-depth familiarity with the LEED-NC 2009 Rating System in preparation for the Professional Accreditation Exam. Current LEED AP’s can complete all 36 LEED BD+C prescriptive continuing education requirements. Explore the synergies between green building strategies and implementation processes using a range of examples and case studies and practise using LEED Letter Templates and other tools to develop certification documentation.

Two Options:

April 4 – June 2, 2011 (weekly) – Robson Square, 800 Robson, Vancouver

July 11-15, 2011 (1-week intensive) – Robson Square, 800 Robson, Vancouver

Registration: http://www.cstudies.ubc.ca/leed/

Next Recollecture: LEED Equivalency (Mar 11)

Recollective is planning to stir the pot around the issue of “LEED Equivalency” and you’re all invited to witness, heckle and throw tomatoes.  What does LEED Equivalency really mean?  Since there is no standard, every municipality and agency that claims Equivalency has a different interpretation, from a simple 1-page LEED scorecard to full documentation and energy modeling.

Without clear direction from the municipality/agency, how should one respond as developer or consultant?  Should we as developers and consultants in Vancouver try to agree on what LEED Equivalency means to us, or can municipalities do this?  Can developers and consultants agree on what it means?

Also, as many of you know, LEED Equivalency is a contentious issue with the CaGBC, as it dilutes the LEED brand and generally leads to relatively poorer performing buildings.  Or does it?

Join us on March 11 at 4pm at our office (with beer!). We’re inviting city policy planners from as many municipalities in BC as possible, along with staff and board members from the CaGBC and Cascadia, as well as several private developers, and the general green building community to have an informal conversation about what LEED Equivalency means.

Panelists include:

• Thomas Muller, President, Canada Green Building Council
• David Ramslie, Sustainable Development Program Manager, City of Vancouver
• Heather Tremain, Principal, Urban Fabric (formerly of reSource reThinking Building)
• Mona Lemoine, BC Director, Cascadia Region Green Building Council
• and more!

Please spread the word!

RSVP here: http://leedequivalency.eventbrite.com/

Recollective joins HiVE!

On behalf of HiVE Vancouver Society, Recollective signed a lease for 9,000 SF of funky heritage space at 128 West Hastings.  Along with 33 other progressive HiVE members, Recollective will be moving into this space May 1, 2011.  HiVE is a sustainability and creativity coworking space.  For more info, visit: www.hivevancouver.com

Building Green with LEED: Core Concepts and Strategies

Brenda and Eesmyal are teaching a new 36-hr course at UBC on green building called ‘Core Concepts and Strategies’.  It starts Jan 27, 2011.
More info: http://www.cstudies.ubc.ca/sustainability/