Water Quality Information System - Environmental Restoration

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Green Building--
What's in it for You and Your Customers

November 9th from 8-12 noon

Home Builders Association of Metro Mobile
1613 South University Blvd
Mobile, Alabama 36609

As part of the Smart Growth Initiative begun at the conference in March and the workshop in July, Healthy Coastal Communities Initiatives is offering a workshop for builders and developers on Green Building.

Stephen Guesman of GreenWorks Design / Build of Blountsville, Alabama will give an introduction to Green Building and an economic overview of 'Why build green?' He will also give an interactive how- to presentation on building resource efficient homes.

Third Creek Elementary School, Statesville, NC
LEEDS Gold Certification
Photo credit: US Green Building Council

Alexander City Rain Garden, Alexander City, AL
Photo credit: AL Cooperative Extension System

Charlene LeBleu from the Auburn University Department of Landscape Architecture will present innovative landscaping practices to handle storm water at construction sites.

Registration

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Builders and developers are invited to attend all or part of the sessions offered above. Registration fees of $10 will be charged for the whole workshop whether you attend one or all sessions.

Registration begins at 8am and workshop begins at 8:30am. Refreshments will be available.

Workshop has been approved for .3 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) from Auburn University.

For more information or to register, contact:

Wendy Allen, wendy@interlink-llc.com, 251-510-8002 cell

Charlene Lee, charlene@interlink-llc.com, 251-928-0366

Management Building at Technology Square, Georgia Institute of Technology LEEDS Silver Certification
Photo credit: US Green Building Council

Sponsored by:

Mobile Bay National Estuary Program, Mississippi Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, Alabama Cooperative Extension System Water Quality Program, and Auburn University Department of Landscape Architecture in partnership with Healthy Coastal Communities Initiative is sponsoring this event along with the cooperation of the Home Builders Association of the Metro Mobile Area.

The Healthy Coastal Communities Initiative is a project of the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program carried out in coordination with the Dauphin Island Sea Lab Coastal Policy Center and the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium. This publication was supported by the National Sea Grant College Program of the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under NOAA Grant NA16RG0039, the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium and the Environmental Protection Agency. The views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of any of those organizations. MASGP-04-027