Hinckley, Allen & Snyder Associate Dena D. Fazio Earns Professional LEED® Certification

Aug. 24, 2009 - PRLog -- Boston, MA - Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP is pleased to announce that Dena D. Fazio, an Associate in the firm's real estate law practice and green law group, has successfully earned the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification.

The certification will enhance the firm's green law practice which is a multidisciplinary approach focusing on environmental, land use, real estate, energy and emerging business and corporate law.  LEED is the most  widely accepted standard for government mandated changes in building operations which impacts a wide variety of issues throughout the building lifecycle including design and construction, operations and maintenance, tenant fit-out and retrofit.

The LEED Green Building Rating System is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings.  LEED building certification provides third-party verification that a building was designed and built using strategies aimed at improving performance across a variety of environmental matters such as: energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts.  For more information about Hinckley, Allen & Snyder and how their environmental and green law attorneys can assist your legal needs, visit http://www.haslaw.com.

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