HARDWOOD + LEED® = SUSTAINABILITY SUCCESS

NEAWI Upcoming Meeting Announcement:

HARDWOOD + LEED® = SUSTAINABILITY SUCCESS
This is an Educational Program; Attendees Earn 1 CEU & 1 HSW Credit
Wednesday, March 26^th, 2008

Royal Sonesta Hotel Boston
40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard, Cambridge, MA 02142

About Margaret Fisher:

Margaret Fisher of Saunders Wood Specialties in Park Falls, Wisconsin — Active in AWI for 22 yrs, both at the National and Chapter levels. She is the recipient of AWI's prestigious Claude Twillenmeier Award and is recognized nationally as an industry leader. She has collaborated on AWI's Education Planning Committee and helped develop a new 12 part pod cast series on WOOD+LEED® (available at LEED-for-woodworkers). Margaret is a certified provider for continuing education in woodwork detailing and sustainability issues.

Her lecture series are attended by design professionals all over North America.

Topic: Combining LEED® with custom woodwork is the hardest way to create beautiful wood interiors. Margaret's 2 hour program is here to help you find your way! Attendees learn about how the hardwood industry responds to the current LEED® Building Rating System as written by USGBC.

Issues covered include:

• Brief History of USGBC & LEED®
• What "Green Design" is
• What LEED® tries to achieve
• LEED® versions Credits Overview & Comparisons
• Credit Score sheet
• Wood Materials and the LEED® Credits they earn
• Documentation needed for Submittals
• FSC's Role
• Helping designers make good, proactive WOOD choices
• What's ahead? Potential Changes for LEED®

For more information, and pre-registration forms, see the NEAWI events page.

Seats are limited, and this event is only open by pre-registration; tickets will not be available at the door! Reserve Now!

Tickets are $35, for NEAWI members and guests. All guests from our design and specification writing communities will receive a copy of AWI's 8^th Edition QSI — a gift from the New England Chapter.

(NEAWI events and programs are usually only listed on our events page; this is being cross-posted here because it is a training event also.)