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On June 5, the Road to Rio+20 series made a final pit stop in Washington D.C., the North American host city for World Environment Day, to launch a new report, Advanci…
Posts from June 2012
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President Clinton Announces the Launch of California’s Best Buildings Challenge at 2012 Clinton Global Initiative America
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Add six companies…five million square feet of collective real estate…and one challenge. Stir.
What do you get?
A recipe for something remarkable – not just better buildings, but best buildings. In other words, California’s Best Buildings Challenge.
Yesterday, six major leading companies – Adobe, Genentech, Google, Prudential Real Estate Investors, SAP and Zynga – stepped up to the Challenge, a commitment to achieve not just a 20 percent reduction in energy but also in water and waste.
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Fostering a Generation of Sustainability Natives
At the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council, we are fostering a generation of “sustainability natives” – children and adults who act to benefit the earth without needing to be asked – who will help us reach our vision of healthy, high-performing schools and campuses for all students within this generation.
U.S. Green Building Council, United Nations Environment Programme and World Business Council for Sustainable Development Release Report on the Role of Cities in the Green Economy
Report Highlights Key Messages to Leaders at Rio+20 Conference
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Announcing the 2012-2013 Community Green Chairs
Congratulations to the five selected leaders who will work with USGBC National and the Center for Green Schools to launch and grow its newest program, Community Green. Community Green is USGBC’s commitment to supporting community colleges in educating the next generation of green building professionals who can lead and drive strong local sustainable economies. These five Chairs will work regionally to engage community colleges in the USGBC network, and support them in bringing green building education and activities to their campuses and communities.
USGBC Announces Changes to LEED 2012
Changes address revised delivery and ballot schedule
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Important News About LEED 2012: A Message from Rick Fedrizzi
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To USGBC members and LEED users:
The amazing volunteers on all our LEED committees have been working extremely hard for the past 3+ years to get LEED 2012 ready for launch. The continuous evolution of LEED is made possible through hard work, and these committed technical experts undertake this work because they have a passion for USGBC’s commitment to market transformation and they see LEED as the best tool to help us get there. We are all deeply in their debt.
Creating Green, Affordable Neighborhoods: Get Funded, Get Educated, Get Started
The benefits of green building and smarter neighborhood planning and design should be available to everyone, regardless of household income level. We know that green communities foster good health through walkable streets, transit connectivity and proximity to resources. Green building and infrastructure reduce carbon emissions and conserve energy and resources. Collectively, these green neighborhood features drive community costs down and create cohesive, active settings. Shouldn’t everyone have access to green neighborhoods?
Unfortunately, this isn’t always the case.
Hybrid Use of AC and DC
Incorporating DC power can improve your energy efficiency.More…