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NAWE JOINS U.S. GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL AND EARNS LEED ACCREDITED PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE White Bear Lake, Minn. (July 2006) -- North American Wetland Engineering LLC (NAWE) is proud to announce its membership in the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). As a member of the USGBC, NAWE joins the nation's foremost coalition of leaders from across the building industry to promote environmentally responsible, profitable, and healthy places to live and work. NAWE's LEEDŽ accredited professionals are available to provide valuable water and wastewater engineering and design expertise to LEED green building projects. In the United States, buildings use one-third of our total energy, two-thirds of our electricity, and one-eighth of our water. Given the impact buildings have on the environment, the USGBC established the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating SystemŽ to provide a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings. USGBC's members represent every sector of the building industry, and are committed to supporting green design and sustainable communities. LEED was created to:
As a member of the USGBC, NAWE will fuel the growing green building trend by helping architects, developers, and owners pursue LEED certification in order to improve the quality of buildings. Green design not only makes a positive impact on the environment and public health, but it also reduces operating costs, enhances building and organizational marketability, potentially increases occupant productivity, and helps create communities capable of being sustained into the future. NAWE is an award-winning ecological engineering company internationally recognized for developing innovative and sustainable environmental solutions. The company has extensive experience in the design, construction, and operation of constructed wetland treatment systems, which provide high performing, low cost, ecologically based wastewater solutions. Award-winning NAWE projects include Jackson Meadows in Marine on St. Croix, which won the 2000 Minnesota Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects and the 2002 Minnesota Environmental Initiative Award. NAWE's LEED professional certification enables the company to be eligible to consult on projects that mandate the involvement of LEED Accredited Professionals. With the vision of creating sustainable infrastructure using ecological technologies, NAWE is committed to encouraging and promoting a higher understanding of LEED and green building and supports the USGBC's mission of transforming the building industry to create a sustainable future. For more information contact North American Wetland Engineering, LLC. 4444 Centerville Road, Suite 140, White Bear Lake, MN 55127, 651-255-5050 (office), 651-255-5060 (fax), www.nawe-pa.com
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