Green Building Center NY/NJ with Jason Kliwinski

<p><strong>Jason Kliwinski</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">is a</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Certified Sustainable Building Advisor (CSBA) 2014, LEED Fellow, Licensed Architect, NJ, NY, PA, LEED AP BD+C, LEED AP O+M, and LEED Faculty.  Additionally, Jason is the Co-Founder of USGBC-NJ Chapter founded in 2002.</span></p> <p> </p> <h3><strong>Jason Kliwinski - Commitment & Contributions</strong></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jason grew up in Jersey and knew he wanted to be an architect in high school. His high school had an architecture program and his senior year he earned college credit. Jason currently</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">specializes in Sustainable Design, LEED, State and Federal Energy incentives and Grants, Carbon Neutrality planning & design, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy systems design, and implementation.  </span></p> <p> </p> <h3><strong>Aha Moment and Mentors</strong></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In Jason’s second year of college, he took the only class offered on sustainability.  The class focused on passive energy and this peaked his interest. Jason’s high school architecture teacher Mr. Clayton was his first major influencer.  During his first real job, David Gibson gave him a platform and some significant projects to explore sustainability in high performance design.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">"When LEED came out, I saw it as a way to be a real good organization structure to talk to people about green buildings." –</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Jason Kliwinski</span></p> <p> </p> <h3><strong>Advice and Words of Encouragement</strong></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jason wishes there would have been more green building education in his college years and early in his career.  He highly suggests that anyone in the field get as much hands-on experience as they can. He encourages everyone to always look out for the next wave in green buildings.</span></p> <p style="