The Virgin Islands Energy Office is holding Developers Incentives Workshops to help developers, builders, architects, and bankers develop practices to cut energy consumption in new and renovated buildings.
The workshops will be presented by JDM Associates, a sustainability consultant company with offices in Washington, D.C. and St. Thomas. The workshops will include discussions on what it means to have a green building, new technologies in energy efficiency, tax credits/incentives, mortgages for green buildings, and the financial aspects of renewable energy and energy efficiency.
The first workshop is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., on Wednesday, Oct. 21 and from 9 a.m. to noon, on Thursday, Oct. 22, at the Windward Passage Hotel on St. Thomas. The second workshop will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., on Wednesday, Oct. 28; and from 9 a.m. to noon, on Thursday, Oct. 29, at the Cardiac Care Center at the Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital on St. Croix.
The workshops are part of the observance of October as Energy Awareness Month as proclaimed by President Barack Obama. The national theme for the month is A Sustainable Energy Future; Putting All the Pieces Together.
For more information or to register for the free workshop, call the VIEO, a division of the Governor’s office, at 773-1082 on St. Croix, or 774-3320 on St. Thomas and St. John.