| USGBC - South Florida Organizing
Group Establishes Web Site and Sponsors LEED Training Class
Community Greenhouse Foundation - For immediate
release
February 4, 2004, Miami, Florida
Four months ago a group of over 25 professionals from different
sectors of the building industry met with the ambition to establish
a United States
Green Building Council Chapter in South Florida. In a short
time it became evident that there are many (over 234) current
USGBC members spread throughout Miami-Dade, Broward and
Palm Beach Counties who embraced the idea and felt it was overdue.
The fledgling group is already joining forces with other local
design organizations to bring training and information about the
principles of green building to the professional community. In
March, the USGBC will hold a LEED training workshop to
be hosted by the IIDA - International Interior Design
Association, Miami Chapter and the USGBC South Florida Organizing
Group. The workshop is an all-day introduction to green building
techniques and the LEED rating system and will be held on March
4.
The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green
Building Rating System™ is a voluntary, consensus-based
national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable
buildings. Members of the U.S. Green Building Council representing
all segments of the building industry developed LEED and continue
to contribute to its evolution.
“Clients interested in high-performance building, including
the federal government and many local governments and institutions
in other regions are starting to require LEED certification to
ensure that their projects are designed and operated at the state
of the art in environmentally sensitive design. There is a lot
of interest among all the professions in getting our region’s
design community up to speed and we are looking forward to making
the local chapter a useful resource. The LEED training workshops
are a way for professionals to become familiar the fundamentals
of green building and we are excited about sponsoring our first
workshop with the IIDA,” says Carolyn Mitchell, the USGBC
South Florida Organizing Group Leader. Those interested in registering
for the March 4 workshop can do so on-line at the USGBC website.
Please visit the Organizing
Group’s web site for information and updates.
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