Sustainable Building Public Meeting
One area in which Springfield has a long way to go is promoting sustainable building standards. I wrote once before about the US Green Building Council's LEED program and their website has a "Green Building 101" page that provides a good introduction to standards that reduce indoor pollution, promote more efficient energy use and other sustainable building practices.
More locally, a new group called Sustainable Springfield Inc. is holding a public meeting about "Sustainability and the Green Movement." Local architect Jim Johnston is a prime instigator in getting the group started, which seeks to "bring awareness to the citizens of Springfield and the role each of us can play to help stop global warming and make our built environment more compatible with our natural environment."
Their upcoming meeting will be especially informative to city candidates and others who want to discuss what city government can do to promote more environmentally friendly building practices. Here come the details:
Sustainable Springfield Inc.
Wednesday, March 7th, 7:00 pm
Springfield Lincoln Library, Carnegie Room
7th & Capitol, Springfield.