Comments on: Living buildings get a test run in Clark County

By: wayne

wayne — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:38:09 +0000

Sorry about that Mr Dubois, my fingers were faster than the mind that day. I dont understand why so many people are needed to run the same program whether it be grant funded or not. Energy sustainability and energy efficiency is one in the same. When the community finds out that Vancouver doesn’t even have a sustainability coordinator due to layoffs, and there are multiple dept. (whether it be community services or community development) with the same similar title, it makes one ask, what are we missing here. I know that hands are bieng tied due to prevailing wage requirements and use of union personnel to perform the work, but I think is what is needed is more meaningful results and less paper being pushed across a growing number of desks.

By: wayne

wayne — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:36:15 +0000

Sorry about that Mr Dubois, my fingers were faster than the mind that day. I dont understand why so many people are needed to run the same program whether it be grant funded or not. Energy sustainability and energy efficiency is one in the same. When the community finds out that Vancouver doesn’t even have a sustainability coordinator due to layoffs, and there are multiple dept. (whether it be community services or community development) with the same similar title, it makes one ask, what are we missing here. I dont think the community needs more paper shufflers.

By: wayne

wayne — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:23:53 +0000

By: Terry Mock

Terry Mock — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:55:00 +0000

"Hopefully we will discover a triple bottom line of equity, environmental consciousness and economic benefit with this ordinance.” Congrats to Clark County for starting to go beyond "green" to "sustainable"... Southern Oregon Coast Mixing Nature, Tradition, and Economics for Sustainable Future - http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/sldt/0509/#/24

By: Peter DuBois

Peter DuBois — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:37:15 +0000

Wayne – I am the only county sustainability coordinator and if you’d like to discuss further please feel free to contact me at 397.2121. For the record Pete Capell is Public Works Director and Mike Selig is Project Coordinator for Energy Efficiency Services (a grant funded position).

By: wayne

wayne — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:57:17 +0000

I am wondering how many sustainability coordinators does the county need. I know of 3 people with the same title. Selig, Capelle, and someone else in community services. Maybe a good start would be getting rid of some of the coordinators who are bellied up to the perverbial gov. feeding trough…