SARA GREENWOOD
PRINCIPAL
LEED-AP BD+C, LEED Fellow + WELL AP WELL Faculty + GGF
Ms. Greenwood is a sustainability consultant with over 19 years of experience. Her expertise and insight into emerging green building practices and technologies provide a unique perspective for clients pursuing green building certification and sustainable business initiatives. Her demonstrated experience in sustainable program development and management helps to guide project teams through strategic planning, documentation, and certification processes. Ms. Greenwood and her team have managed the green building certification for over 60 million square feet of space. Project experience ranges in building type such as public assembly, multifamily/mixed-use, commercial offices, retail, aviation, hospitality, education facilities, healthcare, logistics parks, and government buildings. She has supported the US Green Building Council to inform updates to the last three versions of the LEED rating system, participated on the LEED Steering Committee, LEED Advisory Committee, and served as one of a few LEED project reviewers for GBCI. Ms. Greenwood is recognized as the highest status professional, a LEED Fellow. She also serves on the WELL Advisory Committee and is WELL Faculty. She helped to inform updates to codes and standards in California and nationally. Ms. Greenwood has presented on green and healthy building topics to professionals nationwide.
Developing sustainable business practices is also one of our greatest strengths. Through an exploratory process, GCG will uncover green practices that exist within a company and then work to generate effective initiatives that meet the needs of the organization. Tangible milestones are determined through a collaborative approach. Examples of work products include: guidelines for tenant improvements, policies for operational purchasing procurement, green housekeeping programs, energy benchmarking, waste management plans, and greenhouse gas emissions inventory with reduction strategies. Climate services have extended from corporate clients to higher education institutions and municipalities interested in understanding their operation-wide greenhouse gas emissions and developing a roadmap to meet set goals or commitments. GCG develops the climate action plan based on emissions reduction targets.
Ms. Greenwood founded her independent consulting firm in 2012. GCG team members are located across the US and bring diverse expertise. GCG is a certified Women’s Owned Business and demonstrates strong leadership in the green building industry.
GCG has also been certified as a Women’s Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) and a DBE in Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, California, Wisconsin and the Virginia Unified Certification Program.
Simone Fraid
Sustainability Consultant, LEED Green Associate, TRUE Advisor
San Diego, CA
Michelle Halle Stern
Senior Consultant - AIA, PE, LEED Fellow, WELL Faculty, Certified ToP Facilitator, DTM
Chicago, IL
Rebecca Rice
Senior Consultant
LEED-AP BD+C + WELL AP + ISSP-SEA
Boulder, CO
OUR TEAM
Sam Mansfield
Associate
Chicago, IL
Inga Colan
LEED-GA
Sustainability Consultant
Sacramento, CA
Rachael Johnson
LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP, LFA
Sustainability Consultant
Raleigh, NC
Kyle Milligan
Associate
GGP
Seattle, WA
Elena Kiernan
Consultant
LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP
Sacramento, CA
Corinne Wichser
Senior Consultant
PE (MN), LEED-AP BD+C & O+M, WELL AP, CEM
Minneapolis, MN