Location: Carlyle On The Green, Bethpage State Park, 99 Quaker Meeting House Road Farmingdale, New York 11735.

The U.S. Green Building Council's Long Island Chapter presents the Intro to Building Green for Commercial Contractors Workshop. The workshop is designed to define the roles and responsibilities of contractors on sustainable building projects. It will provide attendees with a sound understanding of sustainable building principles and how they relate to the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System, LEED certification.

The workshop was developed and will be taught by members of the New York Upstate Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council, including Jodi Smits Anderson, NYS Director of Environmental Programs for the Dormitory Authority, and Oliver Holmes, Professor in the School of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic. At the end of the workshop participants will be able to explain how building green is good for New York and contractors in New York, name the five basic principles of sustainable construction and how they relate to the LEED Green Building Rating System, define the integrated approach to methods and systems necessary to achieve LEED Certification, identify contractor roles and responsibilities in implementing a project intended for LEED Certification, and describe how to generate a LEED documentation booklet for a project.

Cost: $125 includes dinner, workshop, study guides, and manuals.

4.0 credits are available in AIA/CES HSW/SD LU. The course also serves as a prerequisite for the LEED Green Associate exam.

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