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Bahar Armaghani developed and teaches courses on leadership and greening the built environment. Bahar is also director of the UF Green Building Learning Collaborative (GBLC). Bahar established the fourth global LEED Lab (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), along with the first WELL Lab. She also created UF’s Green Building Program using LEED and served as director for 13 years. Bahar has managed and administered over 135 LEED Projects including 13 LEED Platinum certified buildings and first platinum project in the state of Florida. Under her leadership, UF was one of the leading universities in building green. Bahar is also one the first three and first female LEED Fellows in Florida.

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