LARGEST CONTRACTOR BECOMES LARGEST GREEN BUILDER

Speaking at the Greenbuild International Expo in Denver recently, Thomas Leppert - CEO of Turner Construction Co. - told the audience that he regards green building as a profit center as well as the right thing to do. Turner Construction did $7.4 billion in green building work last year, and "it has

In the U.S., building construction is one-third of our total energy, two-thirds of our electricity, and responsible for one-third of our greenhouse gas emissions, notes Peter Davoren, the new CEO of Turner Corporation effective Jan. 1, 2007. Turner has joined the U.S. EPA Climate Leaders program and is pledging to reduce company-wide greenhouse gas emissions. Turner is also providing technical expertise to the Clinton Climate Initiative to help reduce emissions in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. Turner has also made a decision to make 50 percent waste diversion at job sites a standard practice.