Professionals Discuss Mandated Green Building

Business Facilities magazine reports that cities are “racing to mandate sustainable building practices.” Discussing the private sector green building are: Brooks Rainwater, director of local relations for the American Institute of Architects (AIA), author of the study, “Local Leaders in Sustainability”; Kenny McDonald, executive vice president of the Charlotte Regional Partnership; Steve Brown, Jr., VP of Denver, CO-based John Madden Co., a real estate development firm; Brian Parno, VP of Stirling Capital Investments, a joint venture between Foothill Ranch, CA-based Stirling Enterprises and Denver, CO-based DCT Industrial Trust Inc.; Stephen T. Del Percio of gbNYC.com, a green building website; Kenneth R. Lewis, president of AC Martin Partners Inc. and board member of the Los Angeles Business Council; Eric Stavriotis, VP at Jones Lang Lasalle in Chicago, IL; and Ashley Katz, communications coordinator for the U.S.Green Building Council. See the article