Panel of construction industry leaders engaged audience at Feb. 13 SPDC Industry Seminar Series at Michigan State University
Joseph Maguire, SERF Foundation president and moderator of the event (right) with a panel of construction industry leaders at the Feb. 13 SPDC Industry Seminar Series at Michigan State University. Click here to read more.
Michigan State University to use SERF Foundation property
SERF Foundation’s (SERF) relationship with MSU School of Planning Design and Construction (SPDC) continues to mature. In October 2016, the two institutions reached an agreement for SPDC to use Foundation property located at 1300 East Lake Lansing Road, East Lansing, Michigan for teaching, research, and demonstration as a landscape architecture laboratory.
This is the property on which SERF, SPDC, Haworth and other industry partners intend to build a model green office building, the Wave.
SERF Foundation has an established relationship with MSU’s School of Planning, Design and Construction (SPDC) and works directly with professors who are renowned experts in the field of environmental sustainability of the entire built environment and high-performance buildings including SPDC Director, Dr. Scott Witter, and Dr. Matt Syal, Professor at MSU.
Through this latest endeavor, SERF foundation continues on its mission to providing education in the area of environmental sustainability. This is in addition to other activities including sponsoring seminars and workshops, written publications, providing internships and scholarships to students and providing input and support for research by Michigan State University.
MSU SPDC – Industry Speaker Series (November 2016)
MSU SPDC – Industry Speaker Series
Date: November 19,2014
Time: Presentation: 4:30pm -5:15pm Reception: 5:15pm -6:00pm
Robert Schroeder, the President of Mayberry Homes and Karen Schroeder, the Vice President of Mayberry Homes will present “Home building in Michigan: Surviving the cycles. ”
Robert and Karen Schroeder are owner and co-owner of Mayberry Homes which has been awarded “Building Partner of the Year” in 2013 by Homes for our Troops and both were inducted into Michigan Construction Hall of Fame in 2013.
The SPDC Industry Seminar Series is facilitated by Joseph Maguire, President and CEO of the Wolverine Development Corporation, and the Society of Environmentally Responsible Facilities (SERF).
SERF and Roosevelt University to be featured speakers at AASHE Conference
We are proud to announce that SERF, in conjunction with the recently SERF Certified Roosevelt University, will be presenting at the 2014 AASHE (Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education) Conference in Portland, Oregon. The conference takes place from October 26th through the 29th. More information on AASHE can be found here.
We will be discussing the manner in which Roosevelt University students were able to take part in the certification process of their Vertical Campus in the heart of Chicago’s Loop. Roosevelt students gained first-hand industry experience, learned about groundbreaking green technologies, and received course credit for their work, while the University established an promising new method for educating students. We’re excited to share Roosevelt’s sustainability story and create new ones at the AASHE conference!
For more information on the content of our upcoming presentation, check out Roosevelt University’s SERF profile.