November 18 Meeting - The Environment

November 18 Meeting - The Environment

Location

Fletcher Library
823 N Buchanan St
Little Rock Arkansas
Arkansas US
Monday, November 18, 2024 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm

Meet & Greet: 5:30 PM, Program: 6 PM

Our November speakers will share their expertise on how we can make our homes more energy efficient, and what new building requirements are being put into place by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality.

 Linda Kay Smith was the Community Director for a quad-state area of the U.S. Green Building Council for 11 years and then worked as the Director of Sustainability for Central Arkansas Water, where she advocated for CAW’s first solar array in Cabot which will produce 20 percent of CAW’s electrical power, will save CAW $7 million in electric bills over the next 30 years.

 Keith Wingfield founded River Rock Builders of Central Arkansas in 1999. For two decades, it has brought dream homes to life through state-of-the-art virtual technology and superior energy efficiency.

 Keith is a Certified Graduate Builder, Certified Green Professional and LEED AP, and River Rock is the most active Energy Star® Builder in Central Arkansas. In fact, River Rock built only the third single-family home in the world to meet L.E.E.D. v4.1 Platinum standards. This project was the nationwide winner of Outstanding Single-Family Project of the Year and People’s Choice Residential Project of the Year by the United States Green Building Council.