Partnerships will help communities prepare for electrical disruptions.
Category: Policy and Advocacy
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Planners seek to update policy guide for sustainability
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Because planning decisions reverberate across decades the planning profession plays a major role in enabling sustainable solutions in communities across the country. When planners give consideration to sustainability and integrate it into the planning process they magnify a community’s ability to protect the environment, save money, foster healthy lifestyles and strengthen local economies for all residents.
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Minding the gender gap in green building
Published on:17 Dec 2014Feature image:
On stage at Greenbuild 2013 in Philadelphia, our CEO Rick Fedrizzi sat across from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and said that there weren’t enough women coming into our movement. He continued by asking what we could do to bring more gender equity to green building.
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USGBC acknowledges World Green Building Council at UNEP Champions of the Earth event
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Last night, USGBC was honored as a winner of the United Nation’s top environmental accolade, the Champions of the Earth award.
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The U.S. and China’s climate change agreement and LEED’s role in the collaboration
Published on:18 Nov 2014Feature image:
On Nov. 12, the U.S. and China announced the two nations had reached a historic agreement on climate change.
As the two largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the world (together the U.S. and China emit about 40% of global pollution), this agreement represents a critical turning point in the fight to end global warming.
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ASBC and USGBC: Catalyzing green buildings and a sustainable economy together
Published on:11 Nov 2014Feature image:
This is a guest post by the American Sustainable Business Council
Over the past year, the American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC) and USGBC have worked together to advance the understanding and value of green buildings as well as the opportunity to build a more sustainable economy.
Here are some of the highlights:
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USGBC Announces the Addition of Six New Members to the LEED International Roundtable
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Washington, D.C. – (Nov. 6, 2014) – USGBC announced today the addition of six new member organizations to its LEED International Roundtable, a team of practitioners, green building experts and organizations from around the world working toward increasing the global application and adoption of LEED.
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Standardizing Microgrid Design
ORNL scientists look to the future of renewable energy integration.