Follow the LEEDer with Stacie Stamper

<p><strong>Stacie Stamper</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">is the Commercial Marketing Associate for CertaPro Painters of Duluth & Norcross. She has a diverse background, but she has always been an advocate for reducing construction’s carbon footprint by diverting construction and demolition waste from landfills.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">"The appreciation for things out in the industry … sitting in warehouses, storage units, garages … the things kept piling up … people didn’t want to throw them away, but they didn’t know what to do with them.” -Stacie Stamper</span></em></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She is the creator of the “Follow the LEEDer initiative.” In this initiative she introduces the concept of a 'deconstruction' contractor.  This new type of contractor would remove materials for reuse and recycle as opposed to a demolition contractor that removes materials for disposal. With the creation of the Masterformat 2018, recycle and salvage vendors, liquidators, materials brokers, reuse retailers and manufacturers will be able to bid on salvaged waste from construction sites.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She volunteers as a Project Manager for the Gwinnett Habitat for Humanity. She has been a board member at Global Paint for Charity since 2012. Stacie received her BS in Computer Science and Computer Technology from Indiana State University.</span></p> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Ah-Ha Moment</span></h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It was working with Habitat for Humanity projects where Stacie Stamper became more aware about sustainability and started to understand the importance of conservation. Working there opened Stacie’s eyes to the opportunity of reusing materials from a job site.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Before that Stacie had an interior design studio. The space this firm occupied was in a 200 year old historic building. Her firm took it, refurbished it, and the creati