"LEED is a system to prove that your building is environmentally friendly. Otherwise any jerk can say a building is green -- even if it was designed by a monkey or worse: a Canadian architect."
Since the outpouring of opposition of a waterfront stadium was from the environmental community, would it not make sense to offer an appeasement of a LEED stadium in an area needing to prove (and improve) sustainability in order to help the group accept a new offer?
The Tampa Green Business Designation Program is a partnership of the Sustany Foundation and the City of Tampa designed to highlight green and sustainable businesses in Tampa.
St Petersburg Colleges Corporate Training Office announced a partnership with the Florida Gulf Coast Chapter (FGCC) of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) to provide a comprehensive sustainable building operations training course based on the LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance rating system.
St. Petersburg College recently announced that for the second time in as many months, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has awarded LEED Gold certification for one of its new campus buildings.