20A — April 26 - May 9, 2013 — Green Buildings — Mid Atlantic Real Estate Journal
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Letter from the Executive Director
Dear Friends and Colleagues:
Over the past decade, New Jersey’s architects, builders and construction companies have embraced LEED. LEED buildings have earned their track record in achieving important business and environmental goals such as lowering operating costs and increasing asset value, using sustainable and energy efficient materials and equipment, reducing waste sent to our landfills, conserving energy and water, creating healthier and safer buildings and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. On this note, I would like to tell you a little about the exciting new LG Electronics headquarters project in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. LG is designing its state-of-the-art headquarters to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient demonstrating the company’s commitment to sustainable construction. The new building, which is striving to achieve LEED Platinum certification, is part of LG’s plan to reduce the company’s greenhouse gas emission by 50 percent by 2020. I understand that the new headquarters’ site will actually increase the percentage of green space by more than 50 percent and reduce rainwater runoff into the Hudson River from a currently abandoned commercial site.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIR Ed Seliga Advanced Solar Products, Inc. VICE CHAIR Wayne D. DeFeo, LEED AP DeFeo Associates TREASURER SECRETARY Faith Taylor Wyndham Worldwide PAST CHAIR Anastasia Harrison, AIA, LEED AP Consultant DIRECTORS David Cardella Cardella Waste Services Jeremy Cressman, LEED AP American Standard Brands Zachary Gallagher, PE, LEED AP Alliance Environmental & Natural Systems Utilities Bill Gates, LEED AP Hunt Construction Group Tom Hales Herman Miller, Inc. Tony Marano The Marano Group, Inc. Vance Merolla, P.E. Colgate-Palmolive Company Brad Miller, PE, PP, LEED AP BD+C NJ Meadowlands Commission Attilio Rivetti, LEED AP Turner Construction Company Robert Schmitt The Hampshire Companies Andy Topinka, CPMR Technical Group Services, Inc. Ed Walsh, P.E. Avison Young Gregg Woodruff, PP, AICP, LEED AP Langan Engineering & Environmental Services, Inc. GENERAL COUNSEL Harry E. McLellan, Esq, LEED AP BD+C McLellan & Associates, LLC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Florence Block LEED Green Associate CHAPTER COORDINATOR Mary Ellen Garrigus Communications & Membership Coordinator Medea Villere ’ www.usgbcnj.org RJ Donnelly, LEED AP Donnelly Industries, Inc.
FLORENCE BLOCK
If you would like to learn more about the benefits of LEED and sustainable building, please contact me at executivedirector@usgbcnj.org.
Sincerely,
Florence Block LEED Green Associate Executive Director, USGBC NJ
Chapter Events 4/11/13- LEED 201 Core Concepts and Strategies & LEED Green Associate Exam Preparation. Location: NJ Carpenters Funds Training Facility, Edison, NJ. 4/11/13- USGBC NJ Green Schools Committee presents a Tour of the LEED Platinum Neptune Midtown Community Elementary School. Neptune, NJ. The event is FREE, but registration is requested.
4/19/13- Green Buildings and their Unintended Risks. Special session led by specialists from Chubb’s Group of Insurance Companies. Space is limited. Warren, NJ.
4/19 & 4/ 26/13- LEED for Administrators. NJ Sustainable Schools Consortium in collaboration with NJ Association of School Administrators and USGBC NJ is offering a 2-part series. Trenton, NJ.
For details on all USGBC NJ events, visit www.usgbcnj.org
Number of New Jersey chapter members:
1229
Number of USGBC member Companies in NJ:
275
Number of LEED Accredited Professionals in NJ:
3173
Number of LEED registered projects in NJ:
424
Number of LEED certified projects in NJ:
192
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