Portland, OR — This workshop will provide the business, environmental, and practical rationale for pursuing green strategies on all types of building projects, from tenant remodel to new construction. The course will also address practical strategies for maintaining the performance of those green features and integrating greener operational practices into existing buildings not originally constructed under a green framework.

Attendees will gain clarity on the ever expanding and increasingly complex green building industry in order to be able to ask the right questions and make sound decisions on projects. Deeper discussions of and activities around the immediately practical topics will make this class useful for both, the future project planning and for achieving efficiencies in existing facilities.

Topics include:

What makes green buildings green:

Industry overview
Environmental impacts of buildings
Opportunities to reduce impacts
Human health and productivity
Certification:

Overview
Benefits of certification
Challenges and pitfalls
Costs and benefits
Post occupancy evaluations
Financing:

Policy implications
Incentives
Innovative funding
Applied green strategies:

New construction
Existing buildings
Tenant improvements & leases
On The Front Edge

LEED 2012
Pharos and Materials Red List
Living Buildings
Design Using Nature's Guiding Principles

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