Green Building Council in Northeast Pennsylvania -LEED Accredited Professionals and Green Associates

PRLog (Press Release) - May 24, 2010 - Wilkes University, Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences Department, local business partners, and the Green Building Association of Central Pennsylvania is hosting a networking opportunity and education session related to Credential maintenance programs and forming a Green Building Council in NEPA.  The Program is part of the Center for Continued Learning at Wilkes University.  

Credential Maintenance Program for LEED-AP Accredited Professionals and LEED Green Associates -  If you earned you LEED AP credential prior to June 2009, you have probably opted into a LEED AP with specialty such as Building Design and Construction, Operations, and Maintenance, or Interior Design and Construction).   During the next two years, you will have to attend credential maintenance training for 30 hours or only 15 hours for Green Associates.  For "opt-in" LEED APs most of these 30 hours are prescribed; you must attend stipulated hours in training that emphasizes specific LEED credit areas.

The steering committee for the Northeast PA branch of the Green Building Association of Central Pennsylvania and Wilkes University invites you to attend a credential maintenance seminar and networking opportunity at Wilkes University on June 23, 2010.  The cost for this session is only $ 15.00 and the meeting time will be from 5:30 to 7:00 pm on Wednesday, June 23, 2010.

For more details go to
http://www.wilkes.edu/continuedlearning

Wilkes University
Center for Continued Learning
84 West South Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766
Phone 570-408-4235, option # 1

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