Sustainability

Typical Services

• LEED - Consultation regarding the understanding, implementation, and documentation for the USGBC's LEED Rating Systems' credits and prerequisites.
  
  
• Product assessment of environmental attributes and their relation to LEED.
  
  
• Green Design - Consulting for interior projects with sustainable attributes.
  
  
• Greening Your Organization - Examining your organization’s processes and waste streams and providing strategies for eco-effective, economically viable, and socially equitable solutions.
  
  
• Green Materials Library Development - Assisting your design team in setting up a green materials library based on LEED or other systems.
  
  
• Education - For your staff, customers, or the general public on environmental issues relating to buildings and materials.
  
  
  
  

Triple Bottom Line Sustainability Projects:

Environmental Responsibility, Social Equity, and Economic Prosperity

In March 2008, Theresa was elected to the US Green Building Council's Materials and Resources Technical Advisory Group (MRTAG). This group of national experts advises on Credit Interpretation Requests (CIR) and credit ruling appeals and it helps to maintain consistency across the LEED product range as it relates to credits for materials and resources. She served this committee until she joined GBCI staff in June 2009.

Theresa serves the U S Green Building Council as a LEED Subject Matter Expert in various capacities.

Theresa served as a member of Mayor Heartwell's (Grand Rapids, Michigan) Environmental Advisory Committee for two years. She was involved with the Non-Toxic Materials Sub-committee. Click here for more information on Mayor Heartwell's environmental vision for Grand Rapids.

In April 2006, Theresa was elected to the US Green Building Council's LEED Application Guide for Retail Core Committee. This committee is charged with the development of an Application Guide to assist retail projects in becoming LEED certified. She served this committee until she joined GBCI staff in June 2009.

Theresa participated in the West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum Social Equity Subcommittee. She also served on the Forum's Board of Directors for three years.

Theresa was a volunteer for the My Healthy Green Home project, an initiative launched to bring affordable, environmentally friendly housing to West Michigan. My Healthy Green Home was a multi-unit dwelling project of the West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum and the Inner City Christian Federation created to serve as a blueprint for future green housing endeavors.

A founding member of the USGBC's West Michigan Chapter. Theresa also volunteered on the Program Committee for two years and utilizes her LEED experience in presentations to the Chapter.