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Page 20 — COLORADO REAL ESTATE JOURNAL — March 4-March 17, 2015
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required by LEED, we don’t truly know
whether the practices have been imple-
mented by the vendors, in-house team
and tenants,” she said.
The course sequence avoids lecture-
style presentations, PowerPoint and
panels, which often leave a gap for indi-
viduals to gain practical experience on
the implementation of LEED strategies
for sustainable operations. Instead, par-
ticipants will gain experience, such as
conducting outside air measurements,
performing a cleaning assessment and
completing a waste audit. Green build-
ing colleagues around the country have
looked at this partnership and course
as a best practice for applied learning.
“Every time I participate, I learn
something new about building opera-
tions and applying sustainability best
practices to buildings,” Stanley said.
“It’s a great occasion to learn about sus-
tainable operations in an experiential
and applied setting. Less PowerPoint,
more practice.”
“As a co-facilitator of these classes,
I am excited to take a deep dive into
the nuts and bolts of how the LEED
EBOM process is applied and building
operations are improved,” said Saieg.
“I always learn something new from
my co-facilitators and the attendees in
each class.”
The LEED-EBOM Education Curricu-
lum will consist of four sessions, each
at an on-site facility where attendees
will learn the tactical process for each
requirement. Session 1 will focus on
cleaning assessment. Timmons said that
it’s obvious that all building operators
want to have a clean building because
it is better for occupant health, but
very few know how to apply the APPA
protocol to a building space and devel-
op an associated score. Participants
New property management firm forms
Alfonso Silva and Vivian Markham
announced the formation of a new prop-
erty management partnership serving the
Front Range in Colorado. Silva-Markham
Partners LLC was formed in partnership
with Kristie Teawalt and Holly Jackson,
both of whomhave experience in themul-
tifamily industry.
SMP currentlymanages the Koelbel and
Co.’s metro Denver affordable housing
portfolio and its 211 conventional-unit
property, The Pines at Pinehurst.
“These individuals have done a great job
managing both our legacy and new-build
assets for the past 3½ years, and we’re
looking forward to many more years of
doing business together,” said Carl Koel-
bel, vice president of Koelbel and Co.
The Silva-Markham team has been in
property management for decades with
a combined history of nearly 100 years’
experience in the multifamily industry.
Members of SMP have influenced suc-
cesses in the areas of tax credit, con-
ventional and senior tax credit lease-ups,
rehab and relocation, and market reposi-
tioning. SMP members have a reputation
of establishing loyalty-based relationships
with industry on-site professionals.
SMP’s current portfolio includes
senior tax credit and conventional
communities.s