From Green Schools in California to Green Buildings in Kansas City With Sara Greenwood

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sara Greenwood is a sustainability consultant with over 15 years of experience. Her expertise and insight into emerging green building practices and technologies provide a unique perspective for clients pursuing green building certifications or business initiatives. Her experience in sustainable program development and management helps to guide project teams through the green building planning, documentation, and certification process. Sara consults on a number of projects of various building types such as multi-family residential, commercial offices, retail, healthcare, higher education facilities and government buildings. She has strong experience working with the following rating systems: LEED, WELL, Green Globes, CHPS, and ENERGY STAR.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Greenwood also consults on sustainable business initiatives and climate services to clients in the corporate, higher educational institutions, and municipal sectors. By engaging in a comprehensive greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory of operations a roadmap can be developed to achieve emissions reduction goals. Her experience assisting cities with Climate Action Plans and energy efficiency and conservation strategies has put her at the forefront of implementing federal and California state legislation. She has helped manage several critical research programs under the California Energy Commission to inform future updates and related public interests. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Greenwood has served on the USGBC Central Plains board for three years and has Chaired since January 2016</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Specialties:</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">New Construction, Commercial Interiors, Core & Shell, Schools, + Existing Buildings certification nationwide. Project management.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sustainability Charrettes • LEED Certification • Rating System Analyst •Corporate Sustainability • Carbon Offset Programs • Project Management • Mark