I want to commend and congratulate President Obama today for launching the Better Buildings Challenge, a White House driven program that will ramp up significant commitments to green building. Once again, the President is taking action and inspiring ac…
Posts from June 2011
How President Clinton Lifted Green Building onto the National Agenda
Forging green building market solutions and partnerships that save energy, save money and create jobs
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UMass’ new Green Guidelines highlight LEED
The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMASS) has become a true sustainable building leader over the years, setting an example for other institutions to follow. They have taken their work a step further, with the Green Building Committee at the univ…
Using Green Schools to Teach the BEST way possible
Students at Bacon Elementary in Ft. Collins, Colo., are overflowing with green initiatives– going above and beyond to educate others about the importance of going green, and what the green features of their school can do.
Green Building Codes: New Regulatory Approaches Set Sights on Compliance for the Future
First printed in the spring 2011 issue of Living Architecture Monitor
(Volume 13, No. 2)
Now that summer is in full swing, we are all hoping for a bit of calm and relaxation. But kicking off your shoes now may put you behind in the fast-paced green building policy race that has – month after month – continued to increase in speed and momentum since last year’s exciting launch of a new set of regulatory tools.
The Potential of Retrofits: Launch of LEED Volume Program for Operations & Maintenance
The LEED Volume Program allows large users of LEED to certify buildings across their portfolio in a streamlined fashion, bringing a new level of speed and efficiency to our mission of greening the built environment. LEED Volume unites the large-scale b…
Need-Based Greenbuild Scholarships available!
USGBC is offering 10 need-based Greenbuild scholarships for individuals interested in pursuing green careers. Scholarship applications are open to any US citizen of 18 years or older and meet federal low-income levels. Scholarship recipients will receive one full-conference registration, including travel, 3 nights lodging and limited expenses, for the 2011 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Toronto, from October 4 – 7, 2011. Applications are due July 25, 2011. The recipient will be responsible for securing a valid US passport.
Center Director Rachel Gutter Featured on “Career Day”
Rachel Gutter, director of the Center for Green Schools, was recently featured on Career Day, a popular program from Entertainment Studios. Career Day airs 30 minute episodes, interviewing five people who have “cool, innovative, or out of the box careers.” The program hopes to show students that there are many ways to follow their passion as they grow up.
A Building Worthy of the Green Revolution
Before the green building movement that USGBC helped launch roughly 20 years ago, the seeds of another profound international green movement had been planted to fundamentally transform our ability to feed the world.
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Calling All Green Building Researchers!
Still time to apply for USGBC’s Research to Practice Program
The Center for Green Schools at USGBC is still accepting applications for their Research to Practice Program (R2P2) until June 30th, 2011. R2P2 seeks to conduct and collect research on the built environment, create educational tools, and to share the information gathered with the building community.R2P2 teams will engage in hands-on green building research of their campus and/or community.