Author: LEaD Blogger
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Infographic: LEED in Motion
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USGBC has released a new infographic to illustrate how the LEED green building rating system has contributed to the growth of an entire global industry devoted to creating a sustainable built environment.
The infographic, “LEED in Motion: Driving the Green Building Industry,” is a visual depiction of the many facets of LEED, the voluntary, market-based program developed by USGBC that has changed the way our society thinks about buildings and their role in global environmental stewardship.
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Metrus Infographic: Which Financing Vehicle Gets You on the Road to Energy Efficiency
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While many building owners and facilities managers understand that the cheapest kilowatthour is the one you don’t consume, most energy efficiency projects leave a lot of energy savings on the table. Retrofits typically compete with strategic investments that are in a company’s main line of business for a share of capital budget resources. For this reason, capital budget allotments usually inhibit investments in integrated energy efficiency retrofit projects and instead favor single measure upgrades.
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PolicyPalooza 2013 Recap: Three Big Days in Sacramento
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After last year’s epic USGBC California Road to Greenbuild/ “Top10” Advocacy Day, more than one commentator posed the “how can we top this?” question. It turns out that there was little need to worry. This year’s model, PolicyPalooza 2013, was bigger, better and bolder, comprising three full days of meetings, sessions and convening.
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Project Spotlight: ECOModern Flats
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ECO Modern Flats is sustainable living made attainable. The project not only transformed a formerly dilapidated property, but also changed the way that people in the region think about multi-family property. “ECO Modern Flats raised the bar for what people expect of a multi-family development in Northwest Arkansas,” said Linda K. Smith, the Executive Director of the U.S. Green Building Council—Arkansas Chapter. “It has energy and water conservation, but also unique architecture and interior design. It is an outstanding project.”
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Volunteer With the Green Apple Team in Your Own Backyard!
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Apply today to join the Green Apple team!
Are you a leader in every sense of the word? Were you the captain of the cheerleading squad or debate team, or president of your student council? Head of the local PTA? Always being described as going “above and beyond” for your family, neighborhood, school or community?
Was the Green Apple Day of Service the highlight of your 2012?
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Get your LEED publications up to 50% off
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Working on a LEED project? Or preparing for the LEED Green Associate or LEED AP with specialty exam? As the developer of LEED, USGBC is your source for LEED and green building education.
Get your hard copy LEED Reference Guides and other publications up to 50% off! Shop the sale
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What would you re-do if you won the $25,000 Save Money, Save Energy Home Makeover Sweepstakes?
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Would you makeover a kitchen or bathroom using low flow fixtures? What about more energy efficient replacement windows or lighting? Maybe even low maintenance fiber-cement siding or a Cool roof with a lifetime warranty?
Whichever option you choose, one thing is for sure, as home renovations go, $25,000 makes a big difference!
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U.S. Department of Education Announces Green Ribbon Schools Honorees
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On Monday, April 22, 2013, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Acting EPA Administrator Bob Perciasepe and White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley celebrated the 43rd Earth Day at Mundo Verde Charter School in Washington, D.C., to announce the second year of honorees of the U.S. Department of Education’s Green Ribbon Schools (ED-GRS) award program.
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Green Apple Living Walls on the Today Show
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The Center for Green Schools team was up bright and early this morning for the Earth Day segment on the TODAY Show, where we worked with the Green Bronx Machine to build living walls on the plaza and teach the crowd about the importance of sustainability in schools.