Project & Team Oversight: Because I've worked on integrated teams for so long, I understand how decisions by the whole team may affect site issues and specialize in overseeing them. Your green building consultant will be mostly knowledgeable about your buildings; I can steward your site. (For instance, are you shading the air conditioner? If you plant a tree in the right place, you get all the ecosystem services (stormwater management, air quality, soil quality, property value) while increasing the efficiency of your air conditioner by 10% and possibly reducing the overall energy demand of the building.)

Compost berms are significantly better at reducing turbidity than sediment fences. Green Girl can help you every step of the way, not just DURING construction.

Technical Assistance: I assist specific team members by pointing them to tools and research that will help us meet our goals for the site.

Design: I create project-specific materials to be included on deliverables such as details, specifications, and graphics to expand on creative solutions.

Construction: I can oversee construction with other members of your team or just recommend a construction oversight schedule for the team that will ensure that someone knowledgeable is present when tricky or crucial components are constructed or installed.

Operations & Maintenance: This is a crucial, often overlooked, step in the overall sustainability of the site. I work with your staff to recommend ways to operate and maintain green infrastructure.

Informed Advice: I spend a lot of time in professional development and researching the latest and greatest thinking around green site development. You won't get that from your average project manager trying to get your permits issued in a hurry. My language will be simple and straightforward and my technical assistance will be provided in an easy to incorporate formats.

Cost Savings: I help you make decisions that'll give you the most bang for your buck.

Decision Making: I provide you with information based on best available thinking of the day and on actual science, if I can get my little grubby hands on the right research.

Green Electronic Library Development: The materials I create are open-source, in a sense, meaning that anyone on the team may use them as-is or modified on the current project or may use them as-is or in a modified form for any future project (without giving me any credit for the source material, which makes them look smart!)

Humor: I bring my sense of humor and we'll have some fun, even if the going gets tough!

My services include mentoring, training and technical assistance in sustainable land development, specifically in the areas of:

• planning and site layout
• demolition: salvaging & recycling
• grading and erosion control
• utilities
• stormwater management
• materials choices

For more information on my background, visit my About Us - Overview page.

Less really can be more! Areas of sustainability that I can help you address in your site decisions include:

• Community health and well-being
• Equity
• Cultural values
• Energy
• Greenhouse gas emissions
• Air quality
• Water quality
• Water quantity
• Biodiversity
• Short- and long-term cost