Natural Talent Design Competition 2012

Natural Talent Design Competition 2012
“LEED”ing Luxury: Green Resorts & Hotels

The USGBC South Florida Emerging Professionals would like to announce the 2012 Natural Talent Design Competition. This year’s local competition incorporates not only elements of sustainability, but partners with the USGBC Hospitality committee, but with key players in the green movement in our local community. Such partners include Cambean Hospitality (co-sponsor), Greater Miami & the Beaches Hotel Association, Miami-Dade Office of Sustainability, and Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce.

South Florida’s tourism industry was one of the hardest hit in the recent recession. One of the ways to revitalize the industry and stimulate our local economy is to attract more corporate clientele. This year’s competition is called “LEED”ing Luxury: Green Resorts & Hotels. We aim to restructure the LEED Rating System to be more accommodating to new and construction and renovations of hotels and resorts in South Florida. We are also looking to have participants help with the renovation of one of the classic boutique hotels – The Carlton Hotel, which is undergoing a major LEED renovation later this year.

We have gone above and beyond any prizes we have ever offered for the local competition this year.
• Third place prize is dinner and a one-night stay for each team member and a guest at one of Cambean Hopitality’s premier hotels.
• Second place prize is registration costs to attend USGBC Greenbuild , our international conference and expo for sustainability, in San Francisco in November 2012.
• Overall prize is a chance to present at Greenbuild, have your new LEED rating system submitted to USGBC national for credits to be considered in the launch of LEED 2015, and $5,000!!!!

Deadline to register for the competition is March 30th, 2012. Submission deadlines are in May and September. The Notice-to-Compete document, the Request for Proposals, and other resources can be found on our website at www.usgbcsf.org/ep/ntdc . Please also check out our promotion video at https://vimeo.com/37020488

Please e-mail David Truong at dtruong@usgbc.org with any questions. Let’s take a stand for sustainability and help “LEED” the charge for sustainable hospitality. Thank you.