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    - New construction
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CONSTRUCTION
    - Remodeling
    - Interior Finishing
    - Deconstruction

MANAGEMENT
    - Project
    - Construction
    - LEED Consulting
    - Energy Consulting

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    - Affordable Building
    - Education
    - Training
RESOURCES

How You Can Help

www.usgbc.org/Haiti/HaitiOnlineDonation.aspx
Project Haiti is a resource to help the underprivileged children of Haiti gain access to the education and health we all deserve.

www.usgbc.org
The United States Green Building Council (USGBC) is leading non-profit in changing the way that buildings are designed, built, and operated.

www.wiserearth.org
Wiser earth is a social media network of tens of thousands organizations and individuals that are working towards social and environmental sustainability.  This website is a leading platform to connect organizations and missions to achieving these goals.

Get Involved

www.350.org
350 is the most important number in the world—it's what scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, we need to reduce carbon dioxide from the 388PPM (Parts per Million) that it is today to a safe level of 350PPM.  Leading scientists from every major country in the world agree that if we don’t reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the environment, then both human and natural life will experience increased amounts of disasters in the form of floods, droughts, hurricanes, and irregular weather patterns.  The U.N’s top climate scientists have embraces this number as the goal to stabilize the planet and preventing complete disaster.  Individuals, businesses, and governmental leaders all need to their part in contributing to reducing carbon dioxide emissions.  

www.energystar.gov
The U.S. Department of Energy directs the energy star program guiding consumers, home owners, and builders to make more energy efficient purchases.  

www.energystar.gov/ia/business/benchmarking_training/benchmarking.html
The EPA is hosting a competition amongst commercial building owners to reduce energy consumption and waste.  Please click the link to learn more or contact us to see how we can help.

www.epa.gov/WaterSense
The water sense program is part of the Environmental Protection Agency, here you can learn how to make every drop of the world’s most precious resource count.

Climate Change

www.epa.gov/climatechange
Learn more about climate change and what we can all do to help.

www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=globalwarming.emission
Get your children involved; go to this link to see how they can interact and learn via Facebook. 

www.globalexchange.org
A leading organization in education and action against social and environmental degradation.  A great resource to knowledge, current events, and ways to get involved.

www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=home_energy_yardstick.showGetStarted
TRACK YOUR PROGRESS. Use ENERGY STAR's Home Energy Yardstick to compare your household's energy use to others across the country. Get your score now, take the ENERGY STAR Pledge, and then go back in 12 months to see how you've improved. 

www.chicagorecycling.org
A resource to see how our efforts to increase recycling and composting in Chicago are coming along and a way to see what you can do to reduce, reuse, and recycle.





Benefits of a LEED-Certified Home from U.S. Green Building Council on Vimeo.


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