Lake Murray Irmo Rotary Club meets every Wednesday morning at 7:30 Seven Oaks Park, 200 Leisure Lane, Columbia SC 29210
Thursday, November 29, 2007
November 28 2007
Our newest Rotarian Dr. Balbir Minhas is inducted.
Blount Shepard with our speakers, Sanders Tate and Tom Savory.
Minutes of Lake Murray – Irmo Rotary Club
November 28, 2007
Reporter: Kevin Adams
After President Beetle brought our meeting to order, Lynn Campbell offered our invocation. John Hanson then welcomed our guests followed by a good dose of Health and Happiness from Lyman Whitehead.
Dr. Carey Hite with assistance from Dr. Eddie Robinson, welcomed our newest member, Dr. Balbir Minhas.
Kelly Payne, with great joy, informed the club that her Interact students, Gwendolynn and Christine, won the Allstate Foundation Scholarship First Prize of $15,000 for their "Jingle Bell Swerve" video. They submitted the video as part of the Alive @ 25 campaign Kelly has done such a masterful job of promoting. Way to go Gwendolynn and Christine!
Our own residing architect Blount Shepard then introduced our speakers, Sanders Tate and Tom Savory. Both Mr. Tate and Mr. Savory are with the American Institute of Architects award winning architectural firm of Watson, Tate and Savory.
Mr. Tate and Mr. Savory each participated in a Power Point presentation regarding the renovation of a vacant building on Washington Street in Columbia into one of the three LEED’s certified buildings in Columbia. They now call the building in question “home.” LEED stands for Leadership Environmental Energy Design and the certification is issued by the United States Green Building Council. In awarding the certification, the Council uses a point system which considers factors such as natural light usage, limited water consumption, light colored roofs, building materials used from regional suppliers and bicycle racks available for the occupants’ use.
The firm is also in the process of getting the building listed on the historical registry. If they are successful in doing so, it will be the first building in Columbia with Modernist architecture to be listed.
The architects informed us that at present, 48% of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions come from existing buildings. Industrial activity contributes only 25% of the CO2 emissions and transportation accounts for only 27% of those emissions. The architectural industry can have a major impact in reducing these omissions and many architects are beginning to draw a significant number of “green” buildings. The industry hopes that by 2030, all new buildings will be designed as LEED’s certified buildings. It is estimated that LEED’s certified buildings will cost between 0-6% more than a conventional construction.
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Congratulations Dr.Balbir!
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