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Green Contractor Certification

The ABC Green Contractor Certification program is designed to document the merit shop construction community’s efforts to develop a sustainable workplace environment—both on and off the jobsite—as well as recognize ABC member firms that are green industry leaders.

Benefits


Economic and Business Opportunities
  • Competitive advantage and distinction in the marketplace
  • Operational cost savings, efficiency and effectiveness
  • Commitment to the environment, customers, employees and the community

Organizational Enhancement
  • Increase employee morale, retention and productivity
  • Protect the health and well-being of employees

Environmental Impact
  • Reduce pollution, waste and greenhouse gas emissions
  • Save energy, water and raw materials

 Questions? 
 Contact Jen Huber
 Director of Member Services
 Phone: (703) 812-2033

Steps to Certification

Step 1
Comply with all prerequisites; meet 12 of 36 elective items; and fulfill all education and training requirements on application.


Step 2    
Submit
application, required documentation and application fee to ABC National.


Step 3
ABC National will schedule third-party onsite assessment at applicant's office. Assessor recommends either certification or additional changes (subject to an additional onsite assessment by third party).

Step 4
ABC National Green Building Committee reviews
application
and assessment report for certification worthiness.   

 


Certified Green Contractors

AUI Contractors, Fort Worth, TX

Balfour Beatty Construction, Fairfax, VA

BE&K Building Group, Vienna, VA

Big-D Construction , Salt Lake City, UT 

Bovis Lend Lease, Inc. , Bethesda, MD

C.E. Floyd Company, Inc. , Bedford, MA

Flintco, Inc. , Tulsa, OK

GeoStructures, Inc., Purceville, VA 

JFK Electrical Contracting Enterprises, Inc., Gilbert, AZ

Kinsley Construction, Inc., York, PA

Landis Construction Co. LLC, New Orleans, LA

Lee Company, Franklin, TN

Main Enterprises, Inc., Stratford, CT

Pioneer Construction, Grand Rapids, MI

Pirtle Construction Company, Davie, FL

Rockford Construction Company, Grand Rapids, MI

Apply now to become an ABC Certified Green Contractor. 
 

Third-Party Assessors

Suzanne Abbott, LEED AP
EarthShare New England

John Garra, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP
Square One Architecture, Inc.

Bruce Johnson, AIA, LEEP AP
Murphy & Dittenhafer Architects

Cynthia M Kaplan, LEED AP BD + C

Michael A. Kawecki, LEED AP+, GA-C
Axiom Sustainable Consulting, LLC

Andrew Orr
City of Franklin, TN

John Stivers, LEED AP
J.H. Stivers Project Services

Stuart Sullivan, LEED AP
Adolfson & Peterson Construction


 

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) is a national association with 77 chapters representing 25,000 merit shop construction and construction-related firms with 2 million employees. For more info, email: greenbuilding@abc.org.
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