The Maine Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) held an award ceremony January 19, 2006 to honor Maine Governor John Baldacci, Maine State Housing Authority Director Dale McCormick, and University of Southern Maine President Richard Pattenaude for their outstanding leadership and contributions to the development and growth of green building in Maine. They were honored with boxes crafted by our own Millwork Division. The FSC cherry wood boxes with walnut accents were laser-carved with each recipient’s name and the USGBC logo.
As a founding member and former Board member of the USGBC Maine Chapter, Tom Wright was asked to present the award to USM President Richard Pattenaude. Tom commended Pattenaude for his leadership role in fostering a team approach to building. This approach is evident in many of our green projects including the John Mitchell Science & Technology Center which was the first LEED building for the University. The project was not originally designed to attain LEED Certification and it became critical to the success of the project that the team work cohesively.
The Maine Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council is a coalition of leaders from across the building industry, including architects, engineers, contractors and suppliers, working to promote buildings that are energy efficient, environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work. USGBC is a national non-profit that has brokered the development of the LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System, a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for creating high performance, green sustainable buildings.
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