Green Building falls under "be green" within Office Depot’s global environmental strategy to increasingly buy green, be green and sell green. To buy green, Office Depot sources
thousands of products that meet or exceed LEED Sustainable Purchasing criteria. To sell
green, the company has created many unique tools to help the green building community, including:
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The Green Book: A catalog of 2000+ of Office Depot’s greenest items.
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GreenerOffice website: A site with 6000+ items from light green options such as
refillable pencils to the darkest green products -- e.g., 100% post-consumer recycled,
carbon-balanced paper.
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GreenerOffice Checklist: A 100-step checklist to help offices go greener in a
systematic manner. Steps that may contribute to LEED EB are identified.
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LEED Credit Report: For buildings that buy all supplies from Office Depot, this report
can be submitted to the USGBC instead of the time-consuming online pdf.
To learn more, visit www.officedepot.com/environment. For a copy of the report detailing solutions to help maximize LEED credits for sustainable purchases under the rating systems for Existing Buildings and Green Building Operations & Maintenance, click here.
Green Level Donors ($2,500)
Abney+Abney Green Solutions is not your average green building consulting firm. After more than a decade of hands-on involvement in the field of sustainable design and construction in Florida, the Abney+Abney team has fashioned an enviable track record of successful projects, whether commercial or residential.
The firm's principal, Kyle Abney, is one of the most highly respected "built-environment" experts in the southeast, having been chosen by myriad owners, developers, architects and contractors to provide guidance in all aspects of the green-building process. A long list of satisfied customers and referrals are evidence that the firm delivers peace of mind and reliability.
Headquartered in the Treasure Coast, the firm has completed rewarding green-building projects throughout the southeast. Abney's passion for sustainability and green building is further underscored in his "spare time" endeavors. A much-in-demand speaker on the subject of sustainability, he has long served in volunteer leadership capacities in the US Green Building Council and the Florida Green Building Coalition.
Whether providing LEED Certification Management, Commissioning, Energy Modeling or Green Home Certification services, Abney+Abney delivers. www.abneygreen.com / 863-634-1035
Alterna Corporation is the leading distributor of
green-building products in the Southeast, Latin America and
the Caribbean. With distribution centers in Miami and Atlanta, Alterna serves a range of vertical market segments, including Hospitality, Affordable Housing, Government, Commercial
Interiors and Property Management. Our state-of-the-art products deliver meaningful environmental benefits and help
earn credits under the LEED framework of the USGBC. Our
team of green-building professionals works closely with architects, designers, engineers and developers to help them select the right products for their conservation goals and budget. Contact us today at 1-866-683-9450 or 305-406-6773 and discover your green alternatives. www.AlternaCorp.com
CADD Centers of Florida, based in Fort Lauderdale, is a technology company that has worked with architects, engineers, contractors, developers and government entities since 1983. The company's principal, Gregory Arkin, is a third generation general contractor and LEED AP BD+C, who has been immersed in the construction and technology industries for 28 years. Gregory's passion
is efficiency and automation through all things technological. CADD Centers allows him to tie his past in the construction industry to the future of accurate energy modeling and analysis. and meet all of the needs of LEED 3.0 and beyond.
CCF is an Autodesk Gold Partner and the only software and consulting firm in Florida providing CAD, Building Information Modeling (BIM), Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) and LEED software, training, analysis, modeling, implementation and support services for every phase of design and construction. Specializing in AutoCAD, Revit Architecture and MEP, Integrated Environmental Solutions (IESve.com), Ecotect and CFDesign products, the firm's solutions range from early conceptual energy modeling, through design, engineering, estimating, construction through facility management.
CCF has always been on the cutting edge of AEC technology and BIM, IPD, sustainability and LEED require even more collaboration, coordination, teamwork and efficiency than ever before. Recently, the CCF team has created specialized training programs for LEED retrofits, 3D modeling, laser scanning and LEED calculations.
The CCF staff is doing its part to help bring efficiency, accuracy and coordination to the process and workflow of design, analysis and construction, and believe that design and construction efficiency is just as important as the energy efficiency in projects. CADD Centers of Florida has become a leader in the industry because it's the right thing to do for our planet and our partners. www.CADDcenters.com / 954-772-7300 x127
Carlisle Development Group Carlisle Development Group is the largest affordable housing developer in Florida and the sixth largest in the USA. Founded in 1997, Carlisle Development Group is a fully integrated real estate company, having developed, leased and managed affordable housing developments throughout Florida totaling more than 7,500 residential units and $1 billion dollars in total development costs.
CDG currently has $240 million under construction.
CDG helps local governments and municipalities throughout Florida develop effective affordable housing strategies, advising them on tax credit financing, site selection, infrastructure needs, etc. The firm assists first in developing a workable strategy, then works to identify available development sites.
CDG has adopted a unique "social entrepreneurship" mentality -- a business model that takes
into account the social as well as the financial aspects of a company’s success. As a result, CDG has emerged as the country’s first "green" affordable housing developer, having launched three LEED Certified affordable housing developments, as well as a comprehensive plan to
make its existing stock of housing units more environmentally sound.
Carlisle Development Group also has led the way by being the first for-profit developer to successfully develop: affordable housing on the Miami-Dade Metro Rail Transit property;
housing for the formerly homeless; low-income affordable housing in the Florida Keys; and housing specifically for youth exiting the foster care program. www.carlisledevelopmentgroup.com / 305-476-8118