Office of Sustainability

Learning to LEED Online Course

Learning to LEED is now available as an online course through the John Wiley & Sons Continuing Professional Education program. You can find out more about the online version at WILEY CPE.

Learning to LEED Educational Workshops

The Powell Center for Construction and Environment is offering a series of two-day educational sessions on the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification program for the built environment. The classes will include one full day of overview (LEED-NC version 2.2, the USGBC, and green design) and one full day of preparation for the LEED-AP exam. Sign up online at www.treeo.ufl.edu/LEED.

Green Building Breakthrough:
LEED Certification on an Everyday Budget
Via Treehugger

Hailing a "green building breakthrough," Portland-based Interface Engineering Inc. has published a free 48-page illustrated guide on how to acheive Platinum-level LEED certification on a conventional building budget. This is not an easy task, but, using their current project for Oregon Health and Science University as a case study, Interface has proven it possible. "We're delivering champagne on a beer budget," said Andy Frichtl, Interface principal and lead project engineer.

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