Next Meeting

Hello Green Council Members... I'm gearing up for the next meeting and need all of your help. If you were assigned to a task, please make sure you have it completed and be ready to report back to the group on Thursday. If you aren't sure where you need to be helping, CALL ME or email me 405-850-0362 or Sarah@agentnetworking.com We have 2 major projects coming up in April and they are quickly approaching! I hope everyone can make it to the meeting. We need YOUR help! I'll see everyone on Thursday @ 9:30am!

Facebook Fan Page

If you are not a fan of the Facebook page, please add it and suggest it to friends and colleagues who you think might be even remotely interested. We need some interaction on the page. Facebook is a great way to promote events and organizations but if there is no interaction people won't go back to it. I would like to start promoting the Earth Day event on the page. Vickie, if you could set that up as an event, that would be great. I noticed we only have 16 fans as of today. We should have 100's by now so start sending it out to your sphere. I just sent it out to mine. Sarah, you should be able to send 100's of folks to it with all the Realtors you are connected to! :) Also Vickie, can you say where we are located? The Green REsource Council is nationwide so we should probably say that we are the OKC chapter. Thanks a bunch! I expect to see at least a hundred fans on there by week's end.

Did everyone see the comments/picture from the national speaker, Doug Devitre, about the green resource council? Check it out (scroll to the bottom) >>>

Hello Green Resource Council! I have attached the minutes from the last meeting. Thank you all for participating in the Spring Conference! I think your bags were a hit!

Logo Ideas

Here area couple ideas for logos based on our conversation in the last meeting. Let me know what you think.

Greening the MLS

Here is what I came up with for potential Green MLS fields. I do realize that some of these may not apply due to certain building codes. I believe Oklahoma does not allow cob or monolithic adobe construction and it seems there is something weird with wind turbines and height. These may not be allowed in the city, but be okay outside the city. Let me know your thoughts. Sustainable certifications/reports • NAHB (Bronze, Silver, Gold) • USGBC LEED (Silver, Gold, Platinum) • HERS or Energy Smart Home Scale Rating Location, Lot Design/description, Development • Infill • Native Plants/drought resistant landscape/xeriscape (lot description) • Compost (lot description) • Rain garden • Permeable surfaces for drives, sidewalks, patios (parking) • Solarium/sun room/green house • Solar heated pool or spa/solar cover (pool type) • Sprinkler timer Resource Efficiency • SIP/ICF (construction) • Thermal mass construction • Green/living roof (roof) • Radiant barrier (roof) • Natural building material (adobe, straw bale, rammed earth) • FSC Certified wood (interior features) • Rapidly renewable flooring (bamboo, cork, recycled wood) • Recycled content for building materials • Locally available, indigenous material • Wind generator • turbines Energy Efficiency • Energy Star rated windows/skylights • Low E dual pane windows • Storm doors/storm windows • Energy Star ceiling fans • Energy Star appliances • Energy Star lighting • Solar hot water system • Solar photovoltaic system • Passive solar system • Radiant Flooring • High R value insulation • EPA Rated Fireplace/heatilator • Programmable thermostat • Geo-thermal • Whole house fan • Zoned A/C • LED lighting • Natural Day lighting • Chemical free insulation Water Efficiency • Rainwater harvesting • Grey water plumbing • Point-of-use on demand tankless hot water heater • Solar hot water heater • Low flow faucets and showerheads • Dual-flush/low flow toilet • Energy Star water conserving appliances • Low volume drip irrigation Indoor Environmental Quality • EPS Energy Star Indoor Air Quality Package • Exhaust systems in kitchen/bath vent to outside • Whole house air filtration system • Green seal certified or low VOC coatings/paints • Green label certified carpets/backings • Cabinets have no formaldehyde resins/Low VOC

Electric Company Resources

I am actively researching the local electric companies to find out what kind of community initiatives they have in place to help us on our mission to GoGreenOKC! If anyone has any resources, links, people, etc...feel free to comment. Thanks!

March Meeting Notes

Hey Everyone! Thanks for participating in the meeting today. I don't know about you, but I'm excited about the future of the Green Resource Council at OKCMAR! Let's all keep the dialogue going here on the blog. You'll see a lot of posts from me in the upcoming days as I work on all of our "projects". Feel free to jump in anytime and comment.