Category: LEED

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Located on a former industrial site in Caracas, VEPICA Sede — the new headquarters of VEPICA — began as a simple renovation project, and ended up becoming an amazing example of sustainable development for the country, as the first LEED-certified project in Venezuela and the most recent winner of USGBC’s LEED Earth campaign.

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The July 1st quarterly addenda to the LEED rating systems and reference guides are now available. This release includes addenda for both LEED v4 and LEED 2009.

View the changes:

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With the launch of LEED v4, USGBC also introduced a new format for the LEED reference guides — web-based.

Integrated into the LEED credit library, the web-based reference guide combines all of the information in the PDF versions of the guides with additional videos, tutorials and templates. It was built so that we could continuously add to it, which makes it a resource that continues to grow. 

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The Urban Green Council’s EBie Awards recognize improved environmental performance in existing buildings among building operators, facilities managers, owners, engineers, retro-commissioning agents and other professionals who conceived and implemented the work. 

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If you ask my friends to describe who I “am” for you, I’m willing to bet their answer will mention that I have a thing for elephants. Not surprisingly, it’s almost impossible these days to read anything about elephants that doesn’t mention their current plight in the face of increasingly widespread poaching, which always makes for rather heavy reading. 

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The final results of the LEED v2008 Homes Energy Update ballot are in with a final tally of 88% in favor of the rating system update — exceeding our goal of 66.7%. 

Here’s the category breakdown for the results:

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Hungry for more green building knowledge?

Check out this month’s top three courses.

1. Speech Privacy & Sound Masking in Modern Architecture
Identify interior design factors that will signal the need for sound masking and approaches to address the issues.

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A new study of job postings from across the country indicates that demand for LEED Green Associates and LEED APs has grown 46% in the last 12 months. And a 12-month scan of U.S. job listings found 9,033 available jobs that specifically require a LEED credential (Burning Glass Technologies, Labor/Insight, 2014).

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Hello from China.

I have spent the last couple of weeks traveling all across Asia with my USGBC colleagues, finding inspiration at every stop. Throughout the trip, I’ve had time to reflect on where green building is today and where it is headed in the future.  

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Are you interested in becoming a LEED professional but you’re not sure if you’re eligible?

Here’s the good news — you are eligible!

Wondering how that’s possible? 

USGBC offers two categories of LEED professionals: 

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