LPA Initiatives LEED® Accredited Professionals

LPA instituted an in-house educational program to train all of the firm's staff to become LEED Accredited Professionals.

Sustainable Advocate Action Team ("SAAT")

LPA founded a Sustainable Advocate Action Team in 2006. These leaders determine educational goals and seek future opportunities for the firm as well as collate educational findings. This information is disseminated to the firm through market segment
representatives.

Each project team has an Advocate who helps ensure that the project team meets LPA's and the client's sustainable building goals. The Advocate also assures that the Savings By Design program is introduced at the beginning of the project's planning and design process. In addition, the Advocate defines the documentation process, identifies grant opportunities, researches state and federal incentives applicable to the project, and establishes commissioning goals for the project.

LPA University ("LPAU")

LPA established an ongoing relationship with the University of California, Irvine to initiate a research component at LPA entitled, "LPA University". This program is dedicated to providing cutting edge research pertaining to sustainable building design to the entire LPA staff. Each month the LPA University presentation covers research carried out by a specific market segment along with dedicated research staff. Our leaders that organize material presented by outside AIA CES providers are given suggestions by our staff to cater to in-house educational needs.

The firm established three objectives to guide the firm's overall direction and give purpose to the LPA University programs. The three goals are:

  • 100% of professional staff to be LEED® accredited.
  • All projects at LPA to exceed Savings by Design (SBD) requirements. SBD requires that a project exceeds
    Title-24 by a minimum of 10% while our goal is 15%.
  • Sustainability will guide our product purchases and our processes.

The majority of our LEED accredited professionals have received training through our LEED training seminars. As a result of our LPA University efforts many more sustainable systems and concepts have been incorporated into our designs. We also offer many of our in-house educational programs to our affiliated professionals and clients.

Recent Training Schedule:

"LEED® for New Construction Technical Review"

UC/CSU/CCC Sustainability Conference

Erik Ring with Bharat Patel

"LEED for New Construction Technical Review"

Fountain Valley, CA

Erik Ring

"Sustainable Case Studies: a Primer for LEED Professional Accreditation"

USC School of Architecture ARC 599 Seminar

Jon Mills, Keith Hempel, and Erik Ring

"LEED for New Construction Technical Review"

Irwindale, CA

Erik Ring

"Achieving Energy Goals"

LPA University, LPA Irvine Office, Irvine, CA

Erik Ring and Kim Coffeen

"Photo Voltaic Calculations"

Municipal Green Building Conference & Expo., Downey, CA

Jim Maclay

"What are the Real Cost"

NAIOP Green Conference, Glendale, AZ

Dan Heinfeld

"Integration and Aesthetic Components of Sustainability"

USGBC and AIA - The Greener California Campus, UCI

Erik Ring

"LEED Core Shell, Case Studies"

LPA University, LPA Irvine Office, Irvine, CA

Jim Maclay, Brandon DeArakal, Keith Hempel, and Ti Thang

"LEED for New Construction Technical Review"

San Diego, CA

Dan Heinfeld

"LEED AP Training, a Catalyst for Growing a Green Practice"

SDA Educational Audio Conference

Erik Ring

"Integrated Design for High Performance Schools"

C.A.S.H. Conference, Sacramento Convention Center

Erik Ring

"LEED for Commercial Interiors Technical Review"

StopWaste.org, Oakland, CA

Erik Ring

"Natural Ventilation"

University of California - Berkley, Berkley, CA

Erik Ring

"Green Build LPA"

LPA University, LPA Irvine Office, Irvine, CA

Erik Ring

"LEED for New Construction Technical Review"

Chapman University, Orange, CA

Erik Ring

"Livermore ASC and Commissioning"

LPA University, LPA Irvine Office, Irvine, CA

Jim Maclay, Steve Newsom, Wendy Rogers, and Erik Ring

"LEED for New Construction Technical Review"

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Erik Ring

"LEED-NC Technical Review"

UCLA Extension Course on Waste Management, Los Angeles, CA

Keith Hempel & Erik Ring

"GreenBuild 2007"

LPA University, LPA Irvine Office, Irvine, CA

Denise Mendelssohn, Wendy Rogers, Erik Ring, and Rich Bienvenu

"Energy Star Case Study"

California Green School Summit, Pasadena Convention Center

Kim Coffeen

"Grid Neutral Schools"

California Green Schools Summit, Pasadena Convention Center

Jim Maclay and Steve Newsom

"LEED for Commercial Interiors Technical Review"

GreenBuild 2007, Chicago, IL

Erik Ring

LINKS
www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=283
www.usgbc.org/Education/
http://www.archenergy.com/services/leed/services//leedtraining/
http://www.greenexamprep.com/