QA Graphics Sponsors LEED for Schools Webinar

March 14, 2012 - PRLog -- QA Graphics, provider of the award-winning Energy Efficiency Education Dashboard®, is pleased to announce the sponsorship of the LEED for Schools: Overcoming the Challenges webinar to be presented by Environmental Design + Construction magazine.

The webinar, LEED for Schools: Overcoming the Challenges, will be held online March 21 at 2:00 PM EDT. It will focus on overcoming challenges when utilizing LEED for Schools.   The webinar is meant to provide the attendees with strategies specific to the LEED for Schools rating system focusing on the importance of integration and communication.   Attendees will look at the Center of Lifelong Learning in Sayerville, New Jersey, a Platinum level project certified under the LEED for Schools rating system as a case study.  

Members involved in this project will define the perspectives and challenges and how their obstacles were overcome to earn Platinum level certification.  Presenters will include the architect, the construction manager, the owner and the commissioning agent.   The webinar will be both informative and interactive, providing a great opportunity to learn more about the strategies adopted when overcoming the challenges related to LEED in schools.

QA Graphics is supporting this webinar and encourages attendance as they are very involved in the industry, providing the Energy Efficiency Education Dashboard (EEED) solution for school projects seeking LEED.  The application can be displayed via building kiosks, online, and mobile devices to illustrate building efficiency and promote sustainability through the display of live building data, educational demos, environmental tips, quizzes and more.  It’s used to engage and motivate building occupants to participate in the organization’s sustainable efforts and help lower operating costs, while additionally helping to achieve LEED credits. The Energy Efficiency Education Dashboard contributes towards satisfying the U.S. Green Building Council’s® Innovation in Design Green Education and Innovation in Design School as a Teaching Tool credits under LEED®. Learn more about this energy dashboard for LEED projects at: www.qagraphics.com/eeed.

This educational presentation is approved by AIA for 1.0 learning unit.   Registration is available for free online at http://www.edcmag.com/events/568-leed-for-schools--overco... .

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QA Graphics is an interactive design company specializing in graphical user interfaces, 3D design and animation, interactive content and other custom solutions. QA Graphics also provides graphic outsourcing solutions for the building automation industry.