Alison Rivenburgh started the Sustainable Perspectives Group in 2007 to provide one of the few LEED consulting firms available to the slowly building San Antonio sustainability movement. As consultants to commercial, governmental and school projects the firm is seeing a steadily growing work flow with a current project list ranging from 20-25. Although the firm has yet to branch out into LEED homes, the revitalization of the Riverwalk using sustainable features might bring the awareness to the LEED home market and allow for the firm to branch out.
Elizabeth Kertesz, Project Manager, discussed some of the positive aspects of sustainable development the firm is seeing. While still a work in progress, they have noticed that sub-contractors are now beginning to improve their understanding of LEED. However, many times they still find that they must make product recommendations.
The fee for their service can range and is dependent on the phase the project is in which gives them a certain amount of flexibility. They are also offering training/professional development programs in the LEED GA Exam Prep which shows that there is an expanding interest.
It was nice to see that the demand in San Antonio is high enough that a LEED consulting firm can achieve success and that the business model of sustainability is vital to the success of any sustainability initiative.
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