Polly Houck will see about Dupont acting as sponsor. The other is a local green resource guide. Looking for sponsorship of a print version, to be distributed at the Forum. Will also post on a web page, with ads.
Intent is for it to be broad-based, including design and construction community.
To gather info, they re sending questionnaires to certain agencies and firms, such as Arlington County, which is using the LEED green building rating system for some of their projects. Drew George mentioned that RMI is updating their green development CD-ROM, so if we know of any Maryland projects we should let them know. Working with other state agencies as they draft benchmarks for Smart Growth to send to the Governor. State DGS interested in putting language about green building into their RFP s. It will be a long process to figure out the process and how to evaluate proposals, but it s a good start.