AIANH News Update

May 1, 2008

Contents:
2008 Awards Submissions and Winners on Display
Upcoming AIANH Events
IDID Awards Program
Jordan Institute Offers Four-Part Workshop on High Performance Buildings
AIANH AIA150 Update: Final Report to Go Before Durham Town Council
Learning By Design Program Seeks Volunteers
AIA National offers SOLOSO!!!!

2008 Awards Submissions and Winners on Display
The AIANH Excellence in Architecture 2008 Award Submissions and Winning entries will be on display at the Lebanon City Hall/Opera House, May 1-31, 2008.

Upcoming AIANH Events
May 7: AIANH Hard Hat Tour, Laconia Middle School. 3:30-5 pm. 1.5 HSW CEUS.

May 15-17: AIA Convention, Boston—Don't miss this opportunity to go to the National Convention right in your own neighborhood—lots of CEU opportunities and an ENORMOUS trade floor. You will definitely get something out of making this trip to Boston. Make it easy on yourself, grab a train or bus, go to South Station, and take the shuttle to the convention center. Sign Up Now. BSA has also planned some exciting events including a inside view of Fenway Park! Go to the BSA Website for easy registration for this tour.

May 21: AIANH presents an AIA Contract Documents Workshop, Audubon Center, Concord, 8 am-12:30 pm. Learn about the 2007 updates, differences from the old ones, liability issues, changes in roles and responsibilities, as well as tips on preparing the documents for use. 4 AIA HSW CEUs.

May 22: AIANH Chapter Meeting, The Music Hall, Portsmouth. Work has begun on urgent improvements to the lobby, scheduled to be complete this fall. Join us for a walkthrough followed by dinner at Jumpin' Jay's Fish Café and a presentation on this venerable Portsmouth landmark and how they are addressing critical problems. 2 AIA CEUs.

June 4: Introduction to Energy Modeling, presented by AIANH and The Jordan Institute, 4 AIA HSW CEUs.

June 18: AIANH Annual House Tour  July 17-18: Integrated Design/Integrated Development V: Our fifth Conference on Sustainable Design and Development features Ed Mazria FAIA. Registration will be available soon.

For more information and registration details on these events as well as other events of interest please visit our Website Events Page.

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IDID Awards Program
Now available: Call for Entries 2008 IDID Excellence in Sustainable Design Awards Program.

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Jordan Institute Offers Four-Part Workshop on High Performance Buildings
May 12, 19, June 2, 9: Sign up now for this workshop on High Performance Buildings: Principles, Practices & the LEED Rating System. The program will cover not only the basic LEED requirements, but also the fundamental environmental, scientific, and social principles behind them. The sessions will help participants understand what they have to do to incorporate high performance building practices into their work. For full details, visit The Jordan Institute.

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AIANH AIA150 Update: Final Report to Go Before Durham Town Council
The Durham Mill Plaza Study Committee has now completed a final report and practical recommendations to help guide the redevelopment. The report includes studies, reports, and conceptual designs by our AIA150 volunteer architects and landscape architects, developed with public input from five community forums. It contains clear recommendations and summarizes public feedback on a variety of important issues, including commercial mix, housing, site access, the environment, and the library.

The report will go before the Durham Town Council on May 5. You can access the report by going to our AIA150 web page and clicking on the link.

The AIA150 Task Force and Partners (AIANH, PlanNH, The Jordan Institute, GSLA, NH Preservation Alliance) are also working to complete the video of this unique consensus-building process. The video will provide a template for quality community development that attempts to engage all of the stakeholders in the process from the beginning. The video will serve as a tool to share the process with other communities. If you have not been a part of this project thus far, can we ask for your help now? Contributions can be sent to the AIANH Office at PO Box 398, Keene, NH 03431. You can also view a list of current donors and make your donation online at www.aianh.org/aia_150.asp.

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Learning By Design Program Seeks Volunteers
The AIANH Education Committee has a very busy season coming up with programs slated at many schools throughout the State. We are in need of volunteers to work with fourth grade students on these programs: Shoebox Clubhouse, Neighborhood Walking Tours, and Box City. We will train you and have curriculums already developed. The commitment entails a training session and approximately three classroom sessions over a period of three weeks. Previous volunteers are still involved and indicate that this is a very rewarding experience. If you are interested, please contact Education Committee Chair Bruce Hamilton AIA: 603-878-4823.

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AIA National offers SOLOSO!!!!
Have you tried AIA's new authoritative source, Soloso where you can review relevant websites, best practices, colleague comments etc. You can also add your own content and share best practices.  You already use Sweets building product information. Now you can access this valuable information on Soloso—using its innovative graphic displays and search capabilities. In an effort to bring you the most current information on architecture to serve your practice, AIA added this functionality to Soloso to allow you to quickly and easily research, find, and specify products for your designs. Soloso will have the most current Sweets building product information through regular updates and product additions. Sign-in to Soloso.AIA.org today and find exactly what you’re looking for—building product information for your designs.

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