Sustainability Continues to Grow at Centennial

The Centennial Sustainability Council, an internal group made up of representatives from all areas of the organization, has put together a list of training and awareness efforts for the next 12 months. The council meets once a month and shares best green practices, training and education of green skills, and makes recommendations on green strategies. The group also works with each site's Project Sustainability Officer (PSO).

One of the outcomes of this list was the creation of support materials to help build awareness and excitement around the sustainable focus of Centennial. This included hard hat stickers, posters and as part of our on going marketing campaign to Federal facilities, a postcard mailer.

On April 15th, 2010 at George Mason University, Centennial is sponsoring a conference with Virginia Sustainable Building Network on Green Building Outlook 2010 and beyond. The day long conference includes Michele Russo, LEED AP, director, Green Content & Research Communication, McGraw-Hill Construction, presenting Green Outlook: Trends Driving Change Over the Next Five Years. Additional speakers include, Dr. Anthony Sanders, director, Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship, George Mason University; Sally R. Wilson, AIA, LEED AP, global director of environmental strategies, CB Richard Ellis; Elizabeth Heider, AIA, LEED AP, Skanska and Anne Gardner, vice president of business specialties & education, Northern Virginia Association of Realtors®.

Just recently Centennial wrote an article in the April edition of Modern Contractor Solutions, JOC Achieves Value: Using Job Order Contracting to Implement Sustainable Practices and Approaches at Existing Facilities.

We see the integration of, growth of, support of green practices for facilities renovation and construction for public funded facilities as a cornerstone of our future services. It is just like in the early 1990’s when safety was, and still is key, to our ongoing support for our customers. Both safety and sustainability are not “nice to have” but instead are integral and “must have standards” of the support we provide everyday on every project.