Every building professional knows that green building is a process, not an event. As a tool for encouraging green building, LEED reflects that reality, providing recognition of leadership in each part of that process, from design and construction to o…
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An American in Istanbul….
Or: How The Turks are Poised to Help Win the Future of Green Building in Europe, Asia and the Middle East
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Congressman Quigley Visits LEED-Certified, Net-Zero Home in Chicago
Last Monday, Congressman Mike Quigley of Illinois 5th Congressional District paid a visit to the home of Jacek Helenowski to get a firsthand look at one of the highest scoring residential LEED for Homes projects to date – and one of the first net-zero …
What’s a Green Building? California’s 2011 Building Codes & LEED
Dan Geiger
Executive Director
USGBC-Northern California Chapter
Source: USGBC-NCC.org
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You Can’t Manage What You Can’t Measure: Building-Level Metering
As the Manager of USGBC’s Building Performance Partnership and Recertification programs here at USGBC, I spend my time thinking over and over again about which aspects of building operations should be regularly monitored and which make the maximum contribution to the continuous high-performance of each building. We have to figure out how to encourage building operators to look at the holistic performance of their buildings and act based on the full story – So, how do we do that? What do we ask them to monitor?
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Real Progress: Solving the Green Building Policy Puzzle
Welcome to another extremely busy season for state legislative activity. If you haven’t started paying attention, the action in most states is in high gear, as most state legislatures meet in the first quarter of the year. Some states are even finishi…
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USGBC and the Better Buildings Initiative: How Do We Get Started Sooner?
Pretend you are the President of the United States for a minute. The economy has pulled out of the recession, but everyone is cautious about the fragility of the recovery. To get the energy we need, we’re razing mountains in Appalachia and sending bil…
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Inviting your Organization to Join the Coalition for Green Schools
Charles J. Saylors
President
National PTA
I’m asking you to join the Coalition for Green Schools not just as the President of the National PTA, but also as a parent, school board trustee and construction professional. In each of these roles I continue …
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Gridlock on Government Spending as the House and Senate Duel Over Funding Cuts
On Wednesday, the United States Senate failed to break a stalemate on dueling proposals to fund operations of the federal government through the rest of the fiscal year.
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DOE and NREL: Zero Energy Building with Zero Added Costs?
DOE and NREL: Zero Energy Building with Zero Added Costs? That’s what I call Global Leadership. Now Let’s Keep it Up.
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