Week of February 20

Source #3          "Green Building." EPA. Environmental Protection Agency, 20 Feb. 2017. Web. 25 Feb. 2017. MLA

Annotation:  This source gives me other information regarding how other companies give out Green Building Certification. LEED is different than the EPA in that LEED in a private company, while the EPA is government funded. The LEED certification is also a little bit more prestigious to earn, and thus, harder to earn. LEED is also more costly. Like LEED listings, the EPA list, on their website, every single category that a building must meet to achieve a certification.

Potential Quotes: “Industrial materials can be recycled in construction applications because they have many of the same chemical and physical properties as the virgin materials they replace.” This quote is a typical example of what a building must achieve to become EPA certified, and can be used in my quest to see if Sawnee Mt. Preserve Visitor’s Center is can become certified.

Assessment: This source is credible because the information comes from a government organization whose job is to diagnose situations like these related to the environment.

Reflection: This site will be useful to have another company that also certifies Green Building’s. With both certifiers, I can see which one best fits the Sawnee Mt. Preserve Visitor’s Center.

Week of February 6

Capstone Project

     To go along with my Capstone Project, I will be creating posters based on the applicability of a Green Building. One will be about how the Sawnee Mountain Preserve Visitor's Center is a Green Building and a little history about Green Buildings are what it takes to become one. The other poster will be all about the bamboo flooring in the classroom area inside the building. This flooring is cracking and breaking all across the room. With the task of accessing the Green Building status of the building, it makes perfect sense that I could find another, more applicable wood, that will be able to reduce the ecological footprint of the building. These two posters will be set up on a table in the lobby of the Visitor's Center for everyone to view at their leisure, as well as serving as my HMP Capstone. 

Week of January 30

Source #3 Kriss, Jacob. "What Is Green Building?" U.S. Green Building Council. N.p., 06 Aug. 2014. Web.      04 Feb. 2017. MLA

Annotation:  This source lays out what a Green Building is. Without this source, I would have no where to start and have no knowledge about a Green Building. It also lays out how many Green Buildings are across the world and how much the Green Building industry is going to be worth this year and for years to come.

Potential Quotes: "Green building is a holistic concept that starts with the understanding that the built environment can have profound effects, both positive and negative, on the natural environment, as well as the people who inhabit buildings every day." This quote gives the exact definition of what a Green Building is and what it should do. This is vital in order to understand how the Sawnee Mt. Preserve Visitor's Center exemplifies what a Green Building is.

Assessment: This source is credible because it is the exact place where businesses, who want to become certified, go to learn about all the different criteria that need to be met. It also outlines what a Green Building is, and why someone should pursue building one.

Reflection: This site will be useful to understand what the Sawnee Mt. Preserve Visitors Center has done to make it a Green Building. It also tells me exactly what I need to make sure that the Sawnee Mt. Preserve Visitors Center actually is a Green Building.