I had the opportunity to attend the luncheon today at the Hotel Hartness with CREW Upstate. The topic for today was sustainable building in commercial real estate. Hotel Hartness is a gorgeous new building and is an example of adaptive reuse for construction development.
We had three panelists talk about what they see as the trends itin sustainability were for CRE. Lots of discussion about LEED buildings and LEED credits.
CREW Upstate is a membership organization with the purpose to help women succeed in commercial real estate. There are a few of us men who are part of this to help support their efforts. There’s a lot that goes into commercial real estate and this group is comprised of brokers, bankers, insurance pros, engineers, architects, designers, inspectors, lawyers, property managers, financial analysts etc…I’m sure I’m missing some professions.
Here’s a picture of the panelist we had speak today. Jennifer Wolf was unable to make it.
- Diane Coleman, US Green Building Council
- Amanda Brookes, Catalyst Partners
- Leigh Ann Pfeiffer, LS3P
One of the things I left with was that Diane Coleman had mentioned that there is now LEED 5 which as I understand is the latest iteration of LEED being proposed. Right now they are taking comments from the public from April 3 – May 20, 2024. You can find more at the link I just posted above for LEED 5.