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Funding Green Buildings: A 1-Day Workshop

TOPICS:
  • Key Factors in Securing a Project Planning Grant
  • Creating Successful Capital Campaign Presentation Tools on a Budget (Many samples provided)
  • Identifying your Green Building Project's "Fundability Factors"
  • Selecting a "Project Champion" and How to Convince that Person to Lead the Fundraising "Charge"
  • Funding Resources for Green & Renewable Resource Projects Per the 2009 Economic Stimulus Bill

SPEAKER BACKGROUND:
Ms. McAdams is a UC Davis alumni with 35 years experience in the field of grantwriting and fundraising. Jan has assisted with fundraising for 26 nonprofit and forprofit green building projects (all LEED® Gold and LEED® Platinum) in the $5 million-$50 million range.
Since 2001, more than 1,800 green building enthusiasts have attended one or more of Jan's "Funding Green Buildings" seminars and/or customized in-service programs. Jan's commitment to securing funding for sustainable and PV-integrated buildings is reflected in her firm's newest publication, "The Funding Green Buildings Toolkit 2009 Edition." 

Lunch Speaker: Michael Carlson, AIA, LEED AP w/ Carlson Studio Architecture & Carlson Studio Eco Consulting, sponsored by Gene Hammond w/ M Space Holdings LLC

This 1-day program will be held at the Trade Winds Resort in St. Pete's Beach, FL on January 22, 2010. Download the Registration Form.

 

  
 
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Learning Gate Community School is finalist for "Governor's Serve to Preserve: Green Schools Awards"

Florida Governor Charlie Crist, Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Michael Sole and Department of Education Commissioner Dr. Eric Smith invite you to become part of the exciting 2009 Green Schools Awards program. Nominations were called for on Earth Day in the Spring, judging took place during the summer and the finalists were announced at the start of the school year.

School Finalists

Learning Gate Elementary School in Lutz (Hillsborough County), an environmental charter school, is nestled amongst trees, wetlands and ponds in a Platinum-seeking USGBC LEED modular classroom building.

Odyssey Charter School in Palm Bay (Brevard County) is a Green School of Service Learning built to USGBC LEED certification standards and awarded an Energy Star rating last year.

Pine Jog Elementary School in West Palm Beach (Palm Beach County) is a unique public school which integrated green-building design (USGBC LEED certified GOLD) with a comprehensive teacher-training model that promotes an academic curriculum through environmentalism and resource conservation.

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