College students across the nation are gearing up for another great year with USGBC Students to transform their campuses and build their careers. After an action-packed spring semester with building tours, job fairs and service projects, USGBC Students…
151 homes off the grid, 1,554,814 gallons of water saved, 2,642,287 lbs of CO2 diverted from the atmosphere, $157,925 saved.
This is what 250,000 students across the country can do when they take the environment and their energy usage into their own h…
Starting today, 160 campuses across the country are competing to reduce energy and water consumption at colleges and universities. Over a quarter million students have made commitments to use less water and electricity as they race to conserve a c…
Pat oversees USGBC Students, which recruits, connects and equips the next generation of green building leaders by empowering them to transform their campuses, communities and careers. In his role, Pat leads the effort and growth of the USGBC Students p…
In the first two months of the academic year, USGBC Students is off to a roaring start! The national network of volunteer national and regional chairs has tripled the size of the program, and students are putting together inspiring events and activitie…
*Knock Knock* That’s the sound of an RA stopping by to ensure you have committed to participating in Campus Conservation Nationals. CCN is the first nationwide electricity and water reduction competition on college and university campuses. Now in its second year, participating schools compete to achieve the greatest possible energy reductions in residence halls.
Last year, 120,000 students saved 500,000 kilowatt-hours in the first annual Campus Conservation Nationals.
We don’t need to convince college students there are problems with the built environment around them. This is a generation of sustainability natives born into a changing planet.
They grew up with Asthma, taking steroids for their lungs and with inhaler…