September LEED Construction User Group

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LEED Construction User Group: September 2022

Wednesday, September 28th 2022 at 2:00 PM EST

Bring all of your LEED questions and headaches to our monthly LEED construction user group on the last Wednesday of every month!

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September Monthly LEED Construction User Group

LEED Construction User Group

This LEED Construction User Group is composed of people living and breathing LEED on a daily basis. We'll address all your questions and concerns about LEED.

Green Badger Founder and CEO, Tommy Linstroth will moderate, share insight, and bring in LEED experts as needed so you continue to see LEED success on your projects. And the best part of all – it's free!

Join us on Linkedin

Join our LEED Construction User Group on Linkedin to connect with industry professionals and get answers to your LEED questions.

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Introduction to Embodied Carbon and the EC3 calculator

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Introduction to Embodied Carbon and the EC3 calculator

Wednesday, September 21st at 2:00pm EST

Green Badger is partnering with Building Transparency for this free, educational webinar. This introductory webinar to the EC3 calculator and embodied carbon will show project teams how to get started - what to look for, how to best evaluate low-carbon options, and how to begin evaluating their buildings.

Webinar Outline:

  1. Introduction
  2. Intro to EC and EC3
    1. Embodied carbon 101 + EPDs 
    2. EC3 tool intro - demo 
  3. Designer perspective
  4. Contractor perspective
  5. Q&A (15 minutes)

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Watch this recorded webinar on-demand.

Intro to Embodied Carbon and the EC3 Calculator

Questions this webinar will answer:

  1. What is embodied carbon (EC) and why is it important?
  2. What is EC3 and what can I use it for? How?
  3. Which features you (designer, contractor) use the most and when?
  4. How do you (designer, contractor) work with your colleagues and clients when addressing EC?
  5. If you don’t have quantities of materials and products yet, can you still use EC3?
  6. Are there any hurdles in finding opportunities for carbon reductions?

About Building Transparency and the EC3 calculator

"Building Transparency's core mission is to provide the open access data and tools necessary to enable broad and swift action across the building industry in addressing embodied carbon's role in climate change. Our premier service is the Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator (EC3), a free database of construction EPDs and matching building impact calculator for use in design and material procurement."

Learn more about Building Transparency.

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Meet the Speakers

Green Badger is excited to be presenting with these awesome sustainable construction experts!

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Tommy Linstroth

Founder & CEO
Green Badger

"I’ve combined my passion for sustainability and the built environment to create Green Badger, an innovative SaaS company that automates green construction compliance. As a LEED Fellow with more than a decade of industry knowledge and experience on over 150 green construction projects, I know that the certification process can be unnecessarily over-complicated. To help construction professionals with this process, I founded Green Badger to provide a comprehensive solution for ensuring LEED compliance as efficiently as possible, because project teams should be focusing on getting green buildings built on time and on budget, not chasing paperwork."

Vaclav Hasik

Vaclav Hasik

Data Manager at Building Transparency

Vaclav Hasik is a Program Manager at Building Transparency, a non-profit organization behind the EC3 Tool and Tally. Vaclav works on methodology, data quality, and LCA research supporting both tools. Vaclav was previously a sustainability analyst and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) expert at Urban Fabrick, where he managed projects pursuing LEED certification and helped design teams address embodied carbon through whole-building LCAs. Vaclav also worked as a researcher at the University of Pittsburgh, where he was involved in university-wide carbon accounting, sustainability planning, and research on data and methods for LCA of buildings.

Rowan Parris

Rowan Parris

Sustainability Program Manager at Turner Construction

Rowan Parris is a Sustainability Program Manager at Turner Construction Company, a leading general contractor and green builder serving diverse market segments. She leads Turner's Embodied Carbon program, which supports projects seeking to reduce the use of carbon intensive materials through collaborative processes and highly informed decision-making. Prior to her current role, Rowan worked as an Estimator and leverages that preconstruction experience to proactively bring embodied carbon into the value management conversation.

Jesce Waltz - Perkins&Will

Jesce Walz

Architect at Perkins&Will

Jesce Walz is an Architectural Designer and Living Design Leader at Perkins&Will. She approaches emissions reduction from a systems perspective, with an interest in carbon-storing, circular, and innovative materials. Jesce completed master’s degrees in both Architecture and Landscape Architecture from the University of Washington, where she began work with the Carbon Leadership Forum. Today at Perkins&Will, she practices research-informed design. co-leads the Firm’s Embodied Carbon assessment efforts and contributes to tools and methodologies to reduce carbon, including Building Transparency’s EC3 tool, tallyCAT, and Open Carbon initiative.

Looking for more LEED resources?

Visit our resources page for more ebooks, upcoming and on-demand webinars, cheat sheets and templates.

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LEED Construction Pilot Credits

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LEED Construction Pilot Credits

Wednesday, October 19th at 2:00pm EST

Looking to tackle some LEED construction pilot credits, but don't know where to start? This webinar is for you! Our  expert panelists, Patty Lloyd, Director of Sustainability at Leopardo, and Sara O'Mara, Director of LEED and Environmental Services at Choate Construction will walk through their go-to pilot credits and experiences with them.

During this webinar, you'll learn about LEED construction pilot credits, including:

MRpc131 Circular Products

MRpc103 Integrative Analysis of Building Materials

IPpc90 Social equity within the project team

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LEED Construction Pilot Credits

During this free 1-hour webinar, we'll be looking at which LEED construction pilot credits are available and how to earn them.

MRpc131 Circular Products

Intent: To reward project teams for selecting products that support the circular economy. To reward products that are manufactured with zero waste, designed to be cycled multiple times through repair or remanufacturing, and are recovered at the end of their useful life to be remade into new products... Learn more about this credit.

MRpc103 Integrative Analysis of Building Materials

Intent: To encourage the use of products and materials for which life cycle information is available and that have environmentally, economically, and socially preferable life-cycle impacts. To inform decision-making by project teams by rewarding building material manufacturers that share life cycle health, safety and environmental information about their products. Learn more about this credit.

IPpc90 Social equity within the project team

Intent: Encourage any and all members of the project team to promote and further social equity by integrating strategies that address identified social and economic needs and disparities among those working on the project. Learn more about this credit.

Meet the Speakers

Green Badger is excited to be presenting with these awesome sustainable construction experts!

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Tommy Linstroth

Green Badger Founder & CEO

"I’ve combined my passion for sustainability and the built environment to create Green Badger, an innovative SaaS company that automates green construction compliance. As a LEED Fellow with more than a decade of industry knowledge and experience on over 150 green construction projects, I know that the certification process can be unnecessarily over-complicated. To help construction professionals with this process, I founded Green Badger to provide a comprehensive solution for ensuring LEED compliance as efficiently as possible, because project teams should be focusing on getting green buildings built on time and on budget, not chasing paperwork."

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Patty Lloyd

Director of Sustainability at Leopardo

Patty Lloyd is a sustainability advocate with more than 20 years of experience in the construction industry, along with 17+ years of experience coordinating sustainable projects. As a construction professional fluent in sustainability, she provides direction to owners, colleagues, and subcontractors in planning, coordinating, and executing LEED project criteria. She regularly creates LEED scorecards and sustainability plans for Leopardo’s projects seeking LEED certification and excels at exceeding sustainability goals set during the planning phase of a project. As chair of Leopardo’s Beyond Green Committee, Patty works to continually improve sustainability practices and education within the company and on their projects.

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Sara O'Mara

Director of LEED and Environmental Services at Choate

Sara O’Mara is a leader in the construction market who has led Choate to the top of the class in sustainable construction in the Southeast. She is a LEED Fellow and held the Constructor of Buildings seat on USGBC’s National Board of Directors as well as USGBC’s Advisory Council. Sara has personally worked on 150 high-performance buildings (17+ million square feet) each of which sought a third-party review for certification through such rating systems as LEED, WELL, Fitwel, and Green Globes. Sara is always looking at new innovative marketplace solutions which can provide owners with healthier building features while delivering maximum return on investment.

Looking for more LEED resources?

Visit our resources page for more ebooks, upcoming and on-demand webinars, cheat sheets and templates.

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Monthly LEED Construction User Group: August 2022

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August LEED Construction User Group

Recorded on Wednesday, August 31st 2022 at 2:00 PM EST

Bring all of your LEED questions and headaches to our monthly LEED construction user group on the last Wednesday of every month!

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August Monthly LEED Construction User Group

Recorded on Wednesday, August 31st 2022 at 2:00 PM EST

This LEED Construction User Group is composed of people living and breathing LEED on a daily basis. We'll address all your questions and concerns about LEED.

Green Badger Founder and CEO, Tommy Linstroth will moderate, share insight, and bring in LEED experts as needed so you continue to see LEED success on your projects. And the best part of all – it's free!

Join us on Linkedin

Join our LEED Construction User Group on Linkedin to connect with industry professionals and get answers to your LEED questions.

Join the LEED Construction User Group:

Get answers to your LEED construction questions

Connect with green building industry professionals

Progress sustainability reporting in the construction industry

We work with the Top General Contractors in the country.

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Monthly LEED Construction User Group: June 2022

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June 2022 Monthly LEED Construction User Group

Recorded on Wednesday, June 29th at 2:00pm EST

Connect with Green Badger the last Wednesday of every month to discuss increased software functionality, updates to LEED requirements, and get answers to your LEED construction questions.

Get answers to your LEED construction questions

Connect with green building industry professionals

Progress sustainability reporting in the construction industry

Watch now!

June Monthly LEED Construction User Group

LEED Construction User Group

This LEED Construction User Group is composed of people living and breathing LEED on a daily basis. We'll address all your questions and concerns about LEED. Green Badger Founder and CEO, Tommy Linstroth will moderate, share insight, and bring in LEED experts as needed so you continue to see LEED success on your projects. And the best part of all – it's free!

Join us on Linkedin

Join our LEED Construction User Group on Linkedin to connect with industry professionals and get answers to your LEED questions.

Join the LEED Construction User Group:

Get answers to your LEED construction questions

Connect with green building industry professionals

Progress sustainability reporting in the construction industry

Tommy Linstroth Green Badger Founder and CEO

Speakers

Tommy Linstroth, Green Badger Founder & CEO
"I’ve combined my passion for sustainability and the built environment to create Green Badger, an innovative SaaS company that automates green construction compliance. As a LEED Fellow with more than a decade of industry knowledge and experience on over 150 green construction projects, I know that the certification process can be unnecessarily over-complicated. To help construction professionals with this process, I founded Green Badger to provide a comprehensive solution for ensuring LEED compliance as efficiently as possible, because project teams should be focusing on getting green buildings built on time and on budget, not chasing paperwork."

Monthly LEED Construction User Group: April 2022

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Monthly LEED Construction User Group: April 2022

Recorded on: Wednesday, April 27th at 2:00pm EST

Miss our User Group meeting in April? Watch the recording now! We discussed construction waste management planning, product specific LEED questions, LEED pilot credits, review comments – and much more!

Connect with Green Badger the last Wednesday of every month to discuss increased software functionality, updates to LEED requirements, and get answers to your LEED construction questions.

Get answers to your LEED construction questions

Connect with green building industry professionals

Progress sustainability reporting in the construction industry

Watch now!

April Monthly LEED Construction User Group (4)

LEED Construction User Group

This LEED Construction User Group is composed of people living and breathing LEED on a daily basis. We'll address all your questions and concerns about LEED. Green Badger Founder and CEO, Tommy Linstroth will moderate, share insight, and bring in LEED experts as needed so you continue to see LEED success on your projects. And the best part of all – it's free!

Join us on Linkedin

Join our LEED Construction User Group on Linkedin to connect with industry professionals and get answers to your LEED questions.

Join the LEED Construction User Group:

Get answers to your LEED construction questions

Connect with green building industry professionals

Progress sustainability reporting in the construction industry

Tommy Linstroth Green Badger Founder and CEO

Speakers

Tommy Linstroth, Green Badger Founder & CEO
"I’ve combined my passion for sustainability and the built environment to create Green Badger, an innovative SaaS company that automates green construction compliance. As a LEED Fellow with more than a decade of industry knowledge and experience on over 150 green construction projects, I know that the certification process can be unnecessarily over-complicated. To help construction professionals with this process, I founded Green Badger to provide a comprehensive solution for ensuring LEED compliance as efficiently as possible, because project teams should be focusing on getting green buildings built on time and on budget, not chasing paperwork."

LEED Construction from Specification to Installation

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LEED Construction from Specification to Installation

A Design-Build Perspective

Recorded on Wednesday, April 20th at 1:00pm EST

Successful LEED construction documentation starts well before submittals start rolling in. Proper planning and clear specifications set the construction team up for success once subcontractors are on board and product data starts to appear.

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LEED Construction from Specification to Installation
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About the webinar

Hear how the design-build team at The Beck Group implements an early-stage product specification plan and works with the construction team throughout the process to ensure proper product selection, installation, and verification for a smooth LEED construction review. You'll not want to miss the diverse perspective of the green design and construction team.

Webinar Overview:

  • Best Practices for writing a Project Manual
    • Important sections to pay attention
    • Div 1 sections to review and cross-reference
    • Individual section language to review and include
    • Examples of conflicting language
    • Appendix A aka the Mega Matrix tool
    • Material vetting
  • Construction follow-up:
    • The Contractor Kick-off (with GC)
    • Procore workflow
    • Refresher – 4 kick-offs/orientations with subs.
    • OACs – Monthly updates, live tracking
  • Bad practices – scary stories
  • Conclusions – QA
LEED Construction from Specification to Installation

Speakers

Learn more about the speakers for the LEED Construction from Specification to Installation webinar with the Beck Group.

Christian Mayer

Christian Mayer
Sustainability Project Manager – Beck Group

As a Sustainability Project Manager, Christian works with the design and construction teams to implement and track sustainability measures in Beck’s projects. At Beck, she’s participated in the certification process for projects with both her Alma Maters and had the unique opportunity to work on the certification of Beck’s current HQ which had a fully integrated Beck design, construction, and sustainability team. She brings experience from working in the sustainable design industry in Mexico for two years and a MA in Sustainable Development at Southern Methodist University and BS in Sustainable Development at Tec de Monterrey, joining Beck in 2019.

Jonathan Simbles Beck Group

Jonathan Simbles
Regional Scheduler – with the Beck Group

As a regional scheduler with the Beck Group, Jonathan works with Beck’s project teams in the DFW area to develop and maintain project schedules throughout the life cycle of the project and communicate back to leadership. He started at Beck in 2015 as a senior project engineer and then moved into the superintendent role before becoming a scheduler in the fall of 2019. He is originally from the Houston area and received a BBA in Business Management from the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech in 2008.

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You won't want to miss the diverse perspective of the green design and construction team.

The 30 Most Popular Products to Earn v4.1 BPDO Credits: Updated

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The 30 Most Popular Products to Earn v4.1 BPDO Credits: Updated!

Recorded on Wednesday, June 22nd at 2:00pm EST

As a follow-up to our session in August 2021, we'll be providing an UPDATED list of the top products to earn v4.1 BPDO credits! This session will provide a roadmap for project teams to create their own pathways towards nailing the BPDO credits. Project teams can be overwhelmed by choices, and spend hundreds of hours researching products and compliance opportunities. Attendees will come away with a proven package of products to jumpstart their path to earning these LEED credits.

Learning Objectives:

Identify what product categories to focus on to earn BPDO credits

Understand the credit requirements for all BPDO credits

Know what product options are commonly used to earn BPDO credits

Develop an early roadmap to ensure BPDO credit compliance

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You won't want to miss this pragmatic outline of LEED compliant products to use on your project!

The 30 Most Popular Products to Earn v4.1 BPDO Credits: Updated

About the Webinar

Don’t have time to do research to find LEED products by yourself? We get it.

Just do what everyone else is doing to earn the environmental product declaration, sourcing of raw materials, and material ingredient credits in LEED v4 and v4.1 and you’ll be set! Project teams can be overwhelmed by choices, and spend hundreds of hours researching products and compliance opportunities. Attendees will come away with a proven package of products to jumpstart their path to earning these LEED credits.

Webinar Overview

From rebar to roofing, learn which brands and products are found on LEED projects to contribute to earning environmental product declarations, sourcing of raw materials, and material ingredient reporting.

The 30 Most Popular Products to Earn v4.1 BPDO Credits
Tommy Linstroth Green Badger Founder and CEO

Speakers

Tommy Linstroth, Green Badger Founder & CEO
"I’ve combined my passion for sustainability and the built environment to create Green Badger, an innovative SaaS company that automates green construction compliance. As a LEED Fellow with more than a decade of industry knowledge and experience on over 150 green construction projects, I know that the certification process can be unnecessarily over-complicated. To help construction professionals with this process, I founded Green Badger to provide a comprehensive solution for ensuring LEED compliance as efficiently as possible, because project teams should be focusing on getting green buildings built on time and on budget, not chasing paperwork."

Register Now

You won't want to miss this pragmatic outline of LEED compliant products to use on your project!

Monthly LEED Construction User Group: May 2022

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Monthly LEED Construction User Group: May 2022

Recorded on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 2:00 PM

Connect with Green Badger the last Wednesday of every month to discuss increased software functionality, updates to LEED requirements, and get answers to your LEED construction questions.

Get answers to your LEED construction questions

Connect with green building industry professionals

Progress sustainability reporting in the construction industry

Watch now!

May Monthly LEED Construction User Group (5)

LEED Construction User Group

This LEED Construction User Group is composed of people living and breathing LEED on a daily basis. We'll address all your questions and concerns about LEED. Green Badger Founder and CEO, Tommy Linstroth will moderate, share insight, and bring in LEED experts as needed so you continue to see LEED success on your projects. And the best part of all – it's free!

Join us on Linkedin

Join our LEED Construction User Group on Linkedin to connect with industry professionals and get answers to your LEED questions.

Join the LEED Construction User Group:

Get answers to your LEED construction questions

Connect with green building industry professionals

Progress sustainability reporting in the construction industry

Tommy Linstroth Green Badger Founder and CEO

Speakers

Tommy Linstroth, Green Badger Founder & CEO
"I’ve combined my passion for sustainability and the built environment to create Green Badger, an innovative SaaS company that automates green construction compliance. As a LEED Fellow with more than a decade of industry knowledge and experience on over 150 green construction projects, I know that the certification process can be unnecessarily over-complicated. To help construction professionals with this process, I founded Green Badger to provide a comprehensive solution for ensuring LEED compliance as efficiently as possible, because project teams should be focusing on getting green buildings built on time and on budget, not chasing paperwork."

Monthly LEED Construction User Group: March 2022

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Monthly LEED Construction User Group: March 2022

Couldn't attend our LEED Construction User Group Meeting in March? No worries! You can now watch the recording. In the future, connect with Green Badger the last Wednesday of every month to discuss increased software functionality, updates to LEED requirements, and get answers to your LEED construction questions.

Rcorded on Wednesday, March 30th, 2022 at 2:00 PM EST

This LEED Construction User Group is composed of people living and breathing LEED on a daily basis. We'll address all your questions and concerns about LEED. Green Badger Founder and CEO, Tommy Linstroth will moderate, share insight, and bring in LEED experts as needed so you continue to see LEED success on your projects. And the best part of all – it's free!

LEED Construction User Group

Join us on Linkedin

Join our LEED Construction User Group on Linkedin to connect with industry professionals and get answers to your LEED questions.

Join the LEED Construction User Group:

Get answers to your LEED construction questions

Connect with green building industry professionals

Progress sustainability reporting in the construction industry

We work with the Top General Contractors in the country.

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Real-world Strategies to Earn EPD Option 2 and MIR Option 2 for LEED v4.1

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Real-world strategies for earning EPD and MIR Option 2's in LEED v4.1

Recorded on Wednesday, March 23rd at 1:00pm EST

Project teams are being tasked more frequently than ever to achieve Option 2's for the BPDO credits. These points can now actually be earned for both EPD and MIR - but, it takes intentional specifications and advance planning to achieve. Teams will need to take a prescriptive approach to choose compliant products from the beginning in order to achieve these credits.

This on-demand webinar details the requirements for earning EPD and MIR Options 2, as well as a detailed product roadmap you can incorporate into your project to help ensure credit success.

How to earn MRc2 Option 2 Multi-Attribute Optimization

How to earn MRc4 Option 2 Material Ingredient Optimization

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Watch this recorded webinar on-demand, anytime for practical, pragmatic advice for earning BPDO Option 2 credits!

Strategies for Earning LEED EPD and MIR Option 2's

About the Strategies for Earning EPD Option 2 and MIR Option 2 Webinar

LEED guru Tommy Linstroth will walk you through Green Badger's tips, tricks, and strategies for earning BPDO Option 2 credits with the wisdom gained from working on 150+ LEED projects and with 1,000+ project teams across the country.

Webinar Overview

This one hour webinar includes:

  • Requirements, strategies, and best practices for earning MRc2 Option 2 Multi-Attribute Optimization
  • Requirements, strategies, and best practices for earning MRc4 Option 2 Material Ingredient Optimization
  • Overlapping strategies where relevant
  • Question & Answer session
Strategies for Earning MRc2 Option 2
Tommy Linstroth Green Badger Founder and CEO

Speakers

Tommy Linstroth, Green Badger Founder & CEO
"I’ve combined my passion for sustainability and the built environment to create Green Badger, an innovative SaaS company that automates green construction compliance. As a LEED Fellow with more than a decade of industry knowledge and experience on over 150 green construction projects, I know that the certification process can be unnecessarily over-complicated. To help construction professionals with this process, I founded Green Badger to provide a comprehensive solution for ensuring LEED compliance as efficiently as possible, because project teams should be focusing on getting green buildings built on time and on budget, not chasing paperwork."

Watch Now

Watch this recorded webinar on-demand, anytime for practical, pragmatic advice for earning BPDO Option 2 credits!

Monthly LEED Construction User Group: February 2022

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February Monthly LEED Construction User Group
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Monthly LEED Construction User Group: February 2022

Couldn't attend our LEED Construction User Group Meeting in February? No worries! You can now watch the recording. In the future, connect with Green Badger the last Wednesday of every month to discuss increased software functionality, updates to LEED requirements, and get answers to your LEED construction questions.

Watch the recording

Recorded on Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022 at 2:00 PM EST

This LEED Construction User Group is composed of people living and breathing LEED on a daily basis. We'll address all your questions and concerns about LEED. Green Badger Founder and CEO, Tommy Linstroth will moderate, share insight, and bring in LEED experts as needed so you continue to see LEED success on your projects. And the best part of all – it's free!

LEED Construction User Group

Join us on Linkedin

Join our LEED Construction User Group on Linkedin to connect with industry professionals and get answers to your LEED questions.

Join the LEED Construction User Group:

Get answers to your LEED construction questions

Connect with green building industry professionals

Progress sustainability reporting in the construction industry

We work with the Top General Contractors in the country.

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