In This Issue:
December 2008
Special Holiday Edition
- The Turn of the Year: Reflections from Grady O'Rear
- Obama's Administration: What Does it Mean for Green?
- News Report: Need for Green Building Knowledge among Building Professionals
- Welcome to GA's New Director of Certification
- We Want To Hear From You!
- GA in the News: New Hampshire Company Pursues GA Certification
- Green Advantage at GreenBuild
- Upcoming Green Advantage Training Opportunities
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The Turn of the Year: Reflections from Grady O'Rear
The old year's ebb gives rise to reflection while the arrival of the new year brings focus on new goals, a renewal of direction, and a sense of hope and purpose. Here at Green Advantage we too take stock, look forward, and give thanks.
Of note, we're experiencing logarithmic growth: three times as many people sat for the Green Advantage © Certifying exam in 2008 as in 2007. That growth is due in large measure to the success and expertise of our major training partners – RDI, delivering Commercial training and What’s Working, delivering Residential training. In addition, other training partners have been moving forward: The National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) developed a joint Commercial/Residential training for GA certification and is supplying the training curriculum to various community colleges and other institutions that the Center serves.
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Obama's Administration: What Does it Mean for Green?
Election Day and the immediate aftermath caught many Americans—regardless of state, party, color, or ethnic background—in celebration of Barack Obama's historic achievement. For green building, Obama's election also indicates a new approach, one that benefits those engaged in environmentally-sensitive construction. President-elect Obama has acknowledged that addressing climate change is a top priority and has pledged to create 5 million new “green collar” jobs.
GreenLight spoke with Claudine Schneider, former Member of Congress and Green Advantage Advisory Board Member about what the Obama administration will mean for Green Advantage and the green building field in general. She noted that Obama's ability to realize these goals will depend a great deal on Congress; but given their almost-certain support for a greener environment and economy, Schneider predicts a “tsunami of activity” in green building and green collar jobs.
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News Report: Building Professionals Need Green Building Knowledge
The Wall Street Journal recently explored the demand for knowledgeable professionals proficient in green building. Demand comes from homeowners as well as directly from contractors eager for education on how to integrate green into their building practices.
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Welcome to Dr. Amy Townsend, Green Advantage's New Director of Certification Services
As reported in the last issue of GreenLight, on October 15 Dr. Amy Townsend joined the Green Advantage team as the new Director of Certification Services. In this role, Amy is responsible for creating, processing, and finalizing GA's authorized training standards; producing and maintaining protocols, policies, and procedures; creating new exams, study guides, and curriculum guides; overseeing the exam process; and ensuring that certification services meet or exceed all third-party requirements.
Amy has a rich experience of research, writing, teaching, and consulting on green commercial building and workplace greening dating back to 1993. She has worked with numerous organizations to improve the efficiency and health of their workplace operations using current best practices in green building renovation, new construction, and facilities management.
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We Want to Hear from You!
We want to hear from you, our Green Advantage® Certified Practitioners, about what is and isn’t working in the field. In future issues of our GREENLIGHT newsletter, green tips, best practices, certification success stories, or other articles selected for publication will include the contributor's name, picture, company, and website address. Your ideas and thoughts about how to be more successful with green building are appreciated!
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GA in the News: New Hampshire Company Pursues GA Certification
On December 9, BusinessNH Magazine mentioned Green Advantage's value for helping companies secure a LEED Innovation Credit. The article, “The Greening of NH Companies”, highlighted specifically Image4, a visual marketing and branding-support company in Manchester. The company's president, Jeff Baker, earned GA Certification to aid his company's services as a strategic partner to architects, builders and contractors completing green building projects.
Read more in Business NH - www.millyardcommunications.com
Green Advantage at GreenBuild
A contingent of Green Advantage staff, Board, and training partners was among the 26,000 people who thronged to the U.S. Green Building Council’s GreenBuild International Conference and Expo in Boston last month.
Making good use of the event, Green Advantage convened the first joint meeting of the GA Governing and Certification Boards.
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Upcoming Green Advantage Training Opportunities
Interested in becoming Green Advantage ® Certified? See the Green Advantage Web site for upcoming training opportunities.
Through the certification process, Green Advantage, Inc. elevates the standards and enhances the capabilities of building industry personnel to produce high performance, healthy buildings through integrated design and construction.
To arrange your own in-house corporate Green Advantage © Authorized Training and Certification event, please contact us at info@greenadvantage.org. Let us help you meet your Green Building Goals!
