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Midwest Providers

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:24:08 GMT

RT = These providers are registered trainers for AIA, BOMA, and USGBC. AS = Association Sponsor; CO = Consultant; ED=Educational; GC=Garden Center; IC = Interiorscaper/Contractor; IP= Industry Publication; SN = Supplier/Nursery Illinois Type Amlings Interior Landscape 630-280-9812 RT Carolyn Ascher Email IC Carol Stream Web Fancy Plants 847-584-9980 IC Donna A. Jarosz Email Schaumburg Web Greens By White 847-367-7200 IC David White Email ...

Northwest Providers

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:23:08 GMT

RT= These providers are registered trainers for AIA, BOMA, and USGBC. AS = Association Sponsor; CO = Consultant; ED=Educational; GC=Garden Center; IC = Interiorscaper/Contractor; IP= Industry Publication; SN = Supplier/Nursery California Type C&C Interiorscapes 916-722-4823 IC Fanny Crouse Email Citrus Heights CityLeaf Inc. 510-655-2062 IC Jeffrey Small Email Oakland Web ...

Southwest Providers

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:22:18 GMT

RT = These providers are registered trainers for AIA, BOMA, and USGBC. AS = Association Sponsor; CO = Consultant; ED=Educational; GC=Garden Center; IC = Interiorscaper/Contractor; IP= Industry Publication; SN = Supplier/Nursery Arizona Type Arizona Trans Planters, Inc. 602-866-8707 IC Lynora Kell Email Phoenix Plant Solutions, Inc. 480-585-8501 RT Joe Zazzera, LEED AP Email IC Scottsdale Web Woolly Pocket 877-7WOOLLY SN Stephanie Bartron Email ...

Northeast Providers

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:17:21 GMT

RT = These providers are registered trainers for AIA, BOMA, and USGBC. AS = Association Sponsor; CO = Consultant; ED=Educational; GC=Garden Center; IC = Interiorscaper/Contractor; IP= Industry Publication; SN = Supplier/Nursery Connecticut Architectural Supplements 203-591-5505 SN Phil Feinman Email Waterbury Web Atria, Inc. 203-753-6200 x100 RT Bruce Crowle Email IC Cheshire Web Green Up 203-595-5099 GC Colin Coogan ...

Southeast Providers

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:12:35 GMT

RT = These providers are registered trainers for AIA, BOMA, and USGBC. AS = Association Sponsor; CO = Consultant; ED=Educational; GC=Garden Center; IC = Interiorscaper/Contractor; IP= Industry Publication; SN = Supplier/Nursery Alabama Type Foliage Design Systems 205-985-4044 IC Raymond Osbun Email Birmingham Web Foliage Design Systems 256-426-5202 IC Melissa Musgrove Email Huntsville Web Interiorscapes, Inc. 205-942-7151 RT Joy...

Provider Locator

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:15:37 GMT

Click on a region to see providers for that area. Alaska Type Green Connection 907-276-7836 IC Gary Schafer Email Anchorage Web Canada Air Strength Canada 204-955-6765 IC Elliott Bennett Email Winnipeg, MB Web Coconut Grove Inc. 604-536-7266 IC, TTT ...

Approved Plantings for Biological Filtration

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:55:02 GMT

Greenwall Biofiltration is a technique that uses living plant material to capture and biologically reduce polutions from the air that circulate around your living space.

Click the link below to view the Approved Plantings List for Biofiltration of Indoor Air!

Biofiltration Planting List

Learn and Earn

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:54:21 GMT

GPGB's Continuing Education Opportunities What is the best way to learn about the value of live plants in your buildings? Contact one of the Registered Trainers and invite them to make a free presentation at your facility. New research and data are emerging so keep yourself informed and your team inspired! You will learn how plants: Reduce absenteeism. Increase tenant occupancy and retention. Affect productivity and satisfaction. Improve indoor air quality. Increase retail spending. Reflect holidays and the changing seasons. Soften less attractive building features. Direct pedestrian traffic. Make a design statement. It is increasingly well documented that biophilic elements such as green plants in buildings have measurable benefits on productivity, emotional well-being, stress reduction, and improved learning and healing. Learn...

UPDATES

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 20:49:43 GMT

Check our update page often for current news, releases and related information to keep you informed! Articles Releases News Headlines eFIG | The European Federation of Interior Landscape Groups Chairman Thomas Palfreyman presents a webinar on the importance of plants in green building and urban design using case studies to highlight the benefits of plant life. HOW PLANTS IMPROVE BUSINESS GPGB Included as Source to Government Provided Website sftool.org is the website operated by the Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings, the General Services Administration's green building center of excellence. The Office strategically facilitates the adoption of integrated...

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Gallery of Greenery

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:41:58 GMT

Be Inspired! Please bookmark this page and check back soon as we are fine tuning a tremendously varied living art gallery for your perusal -right here...don't miss it! Award Winning Health Care Office / Education Hospitality Retail Residential Award Winning Interior Plantscapes 2008 National Best of Construction & Design Award Category: Hospitality Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center The project team building the $865 million Gaylord National Convention Center along the Potomac River faced a fast-moving schedule, putting in place $30 million a month between Sept. 2006 and its completion this spring. In one of the most aggressive construction schedules undertaken in the region, employees and workers worked around the clock, seven days a week, to meet these commitments. Owner/Developer: Gaylord Hotels, Nashville, TN; Architect: Gensler, Washington, DC; General Contractor: Perini/Tompkins Joint...

eFIG | How Plants Improve Business

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:58:33 GMT

Tom Palfreyman, eFIG Chairman, hosts a webinar on the use of plants indoors and how they can be used to improve your business. From health wellbeing to tangible financial benefits, the value of plants cannot be underestimated--watch the video below to find out more.

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Interior Landscape Professionals

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:51:46 GMT

One of the most important and simplest things a professional interiorscaper can do to develop a marketplace for your services is to support Green Plants for Green Buildings...CLICK to Learn One Way WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE. Join us. To Become A Supporter. Sign up or renew your supporter status with our online form. It is quick and easy. Thank you for your continued support and advocacy for Green Plants for Green Buildings. In addition to giving back to your industry, being a GPGB Supporter has many valuable benefits: Education: Become a registered trainer and provide required CEUs to key end users. Learn More. ...

Sponsorship Specifications

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 01:10:53 GMT

Website Sponsorships Green Plants for Green Buildings has created a variety of online opportunities to reach your audiences. All sponsorship visibility spaces on the website are available at 189 x 144 pixels and will run for a minimum of six months. There are multiple sponsorship options available that vary in height, target audience, and saturation density (how many pages the ad will be running on during the contract period). Listed below is a sample of selections available. Rates are based on six month contract; discounts exist for 1 year and 18 month agreements*. Main Site Navigation Your logo appears on 15 pages $1,500 - Logo tile square 189 x 189 pixels $950 - Logo tile 189 x 144 pixels, one click through URL $950 - Video page sponsor $950 - Articles page sponsor $500 - Sponsored link, 120 characters, one click through URL Building Professionals Pages Your logo appears on 4 pages $1,000 - Logo tile square 189 x 189 pixels $700 -...

GPGB Sponsorship Opportunities

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:14:54 GMT

From the newsletter to a page of the website, every investment made to further the message of Green Plants for Green Buildings is put to hard work. With a very lean marketing budget the program has successfully secured millions of dollars worth of targeted exposure, created a valuable web site traffic flow (referred from premier prospect groups such as USGBC Members, AIA Members, ASID Membership and those studying through BOMA) and the most active and successful Professional Interior Landscape professionals who are always seeking new ways to grow their business. Currently there are a few very rare and valuable opportunities to position you and your company name at the pinnacle of what is happening in the green building sector today. Unfortunately, these are being offered to all those who first come forward and do not have a maximum limit therefore, please know they may no longer be available upon inquiry. 1. $10,000 'Industry Visionary' Sponsorship for...

LEED Credit Portfolio

Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:37:04 GMT

Approved Plantings for Biofiltration of Indoor Air I have long advised the interior plantscape industry to seek the inclusion of plants as part of the LEED certification process. During the years of my early research with NASA and the following years with the then 'Plants for Clean Air Council', we lacked sufficient research to fully substantiate our claims of the benefits of interior plants to human health. However, now I believe that our claims have been fully vetted. These additional research efforts have provided a deeper understanding of the mechanisms through which plants and their root-associated microbes contribute to improving indoor air quality. Dr. Bill Wolverton, May 16, 2010 in an email to GPGB's Joe Zazzera Green Plants for Green Buildings Presents the following LEED certified building projects which have successfully earned credits based upon the inclusion of indoor plants. Unlike Australia's Green Star green building rating system,...