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  • USGBC 2014 congressional wrap-up and look ahead

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    photo credit: rc6750 via Flickr Creative Commons

    With only a few short weeks before the New Year, the House and Senate completed a series of important legislative milestones including the bipartisan budget deal. With this budget deal in place, the House and Senate Appropriations Committee will begin to formally negotiate over the holiday recess by dividing up some $498.1 billion in domestic discretionary spending. They will have until January 15th to negotiate a spending package to replace the expiring continuing resolution to fund the government for rest of the fiscal year.

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  • USGBC 2014 Congressional Wrap Up and Look Ahead

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    photo credit: rc6750 via Flickr Creative Commons

    With only a few short weeks before the New Year, the House and Senate completed a series of important legislative milestones including the bipartisan budget deal. With this budget deal in place, the House and Senate Appropriations Committee will begin to formally negotiate over the holiday recess by dividing up some $498.1 billion in domestic discretionary spending. They will have until January 15th to negotiate a spending package to replace the expiring continuing resolution to fund the government for rest of the fiscal year.

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  • AZURE wraps up Greenbuild

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    In case you missed the Greenbuild excitement, AZURE magazine has you covered. Here were their biggest takeaways from the show:

    The Speakers

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  • AZURE wraps up Greenbuild

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    In case you missed the Greenbuild excitement, AZURE magazine has you covered. Here were their biggest takeaways from the show:

    The Speakers

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  • AZURE wraps up Greenbuild

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    In case you missed the Greenbuild excitement, AZURE magazine has you covered. Here were their biggest takeaways from the show:

    The Speakers

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  • USGBC Georgia Chapter attracts new audiences with high performance healthy schools message

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    In regions where words like “sustainable” and “green” have difficulty gaining traction, supporters of green building look to alternative methods of getting the message out. The USGBC – Georgia Chapter’s 2013 High Performance Healthy Schools Summit looked to a broad audience of parents, students, and educators to address a growing need for healthier learning spaces for the state’s children.

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  • U.S. Green Building Council Certifies 20,000th LEED Commercial Project

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    Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. Plant in Knoxville, Tenn., Secures Distinction

    Washington, D.C. — (Dec. 20, 2013) — The movement for healthier, high-performing buildings has reached a new milestone, as the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) issued the 20,000th LEED certification for a commercial project.

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  • Announcing the fall 2013 Trailblazing Teachers

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    This fall, the Center for Green Schools received another wave of impressive applications from around the country for our Trailblazing Teacher Awards – a small grant that we give out to deserving teachers to use toward an environmental initiative in their classroom. The creativity and dedication that shows through each of the educators’ applications is humbling and inspiring (it’s no secret that our staff love to be picked as the review committee for these awards).

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  • 2013: It’s a wrap

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    I experienced my first Greenbuild this year and had no idea what to expect. As the manager of our international marketing and communication efforts, I found it to be an exhilarating experience. A whirlwind of passion, activity and commitment.

    At USGBC we often speak about how LEED is global language. A language that allows us to distribute intelligence throughout the world. A language that allows us to compare how a LEED-certified building in Beijing is performing with one in Dubai, or Chicago. 

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  • Coal Power Plants Could Support Cleaner Energy

    A new study shows that coal generation plants can be modified to fit within the new power sector and be a part of a cleaner energy system.

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