High Performance Buildings

GCG brings expertise and insight into emerging green building practices and technologies that provide a unique perspective for clients pursuing green building certification or sustainable business initiatives. Her demonstrated experience in sustainable program development and management helps to guide project teams through the strategic planning, documentation, and certification processes. Having consulted on 80 projects ranging in building type such as multifamily residential, commercial office buildings, retail, higher education facilities and government buildings, industrial warehouses, K-12 schools, hospitality and healthcare, GCG is a leader in the green building certification field.

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GCG has demonstrated experience with green building rating systems such as the US Green Building Council’s LEED rating system, WELL Building Standard, SITES, the Green Building Initiative’s Green Globes certification program, EPA’s ENERGY STAR, and the Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS). GCG continues to participate on the National Technical Committee for CHPS today and has contributed to updates to the last two versions of the LEED Rating System.

Green Building Rating Systems:

ESG Strategy & Reporting Services

The Greenwood Consulting Group, LLC (GCG) can help your organization or institution establish performance goals and conduct strategy development for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) priorities. Through a collaborative process, we will develop a roadmap that meets your ESG and emissions reduction targets through tangible actions that make sense for your organization. We will conduct an ESG Strategy, sustainability assessment and strategic plan. Reducing energy and carbon emissions, assessing water performance, materials, climate resilience, health and wellness are all part of the “E” in ESG strategies. Cultivating diversity, equity and inclusion while supporting stakeholder engagement and community responsibility for the societal benefit are part of the “S” in ESG strategies. Transparency in ethical behaviors, stakeholder rights, climate risk, and accountability of public commitments attribute to the “G” in ESG strategies. Our team is committed to supporting your organization in establishing, integrating and implementing best practices to optimize your ESG commitments.

SUSTAINABLE BUSINESSES

The Greenwood Consulting Group (GCG) can help your company develop strategic sustainable business solutions or initiatives that are designed to meet the needs of your organization long-term with tangible milestones, such as:

• Policy for procurement of office supplies, furniture, catering or nutrition needs, and healthy building standards.

• Tenant improvement guidelines that optimize energy efficiency, reduced waste, improve indoor occupant health and wellbeing.

• Green housekeeping practices that uses eco-friendly cleaning products, equipment and methodologies that result in positive tenant feedback.

• GCG can review your product and generate marketing materials that support compliance with the LEED™ or CHPS Rating systems.

• Evaluate occupant satisfaction with regard to thermal and acoustic comfort as well as other criteria.

• Benchmark energy usage of a property to inform decisions around building operations while also pursuing an ENERGY STAR® rating.

• Assess greenhouse gas emissions associated with operations and generate roadmap to reduce these emissions.

• Let GCG develop a corporate social responsibility plan customized for your organization.

Sustainable Strategic Planning Process: