Date: September 18, 2012
When: 12:00pm - 1:00pm (Registration begins at 11:30am - lunch will be provided)
Where: Scott Conference Center, 6450 Pine Street, Omaha, NE
Cost: $15 for Flatwater Individual Members, $25 for non-members, $10 for Student
Registration begins at 11:30am and lunch will be provided
Please follow this link to RSVP and pay on-line: On-Line Registration
(or you may RSVP to Programs@usgbcne.org with your Name, Email, Phone# and Company name, and AIA#. Pay at the door with cash or check only)
Event Description:
"The healthcare industry is by far one of the more important sectors that can benefit from the practice of green building design and construction. Patients in green hospitals have greater emotional well-being, require less pain medication and other drugs, and have shorter hospital stays.” -- Rick Fedrizzi, President, CEO & Founding Chair, U.S. Green Building Council.
Join USGBC NFC for part one of the two-part webinar series, introducing LEED 2009 for Healthcare. Kick off your understanding of the distinct green building practices related to sustainable healthcare facilities. Whether you are a green building professional looking to explore the vital differences in credits between LEED 2009 for Healthcare and LEED for New Construction, or a healthcare professional looking to comprehend what this new rating system means for your facility, this webinar series will introduce and
address the key facts you’ll need to understand the rating system.
Part one will launch with the story of LEED 2009 for Healthcare, including a brief history on the development alongside the Green Guide for Healthcare (GGHC) and the unique challenges that the rating system addresses distinct from LEED for New
Construction. Part two will dive into the specific credits added and modified from the LEED for New Construction rating system.
The first session in this series is approved for 1.5 nhours of General (Not LEED Specific) GBCI hours
as well as 1.5 AIA/CES LU/HSW/SD hours.
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