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Event
Published on:
1 Nov 2013
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People like to talk about the environment in terms of protecting nature — making sure we don’t pollute or ensuring conservation of natural resource…
Posts in the Policy and Advocacy category:
Once again, GSA recognizes that LEED works
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Current News
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30 Oct 2013
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“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
That’s what General Services Administration (GSA) concluded again on October 25. After…
How much could your school save?
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Last week, the Center for Green Schools at USGBC released “Powering Down: Behavior-Based Energy Conservation in K-12 Schools,” a toolkit that follows the experiences of five public schools that have reduced electricity …
Meet USGBC: Fleming Roberts
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What’s your name and title at USGBC?
Fleming Roberts, Policy and Advocacy Associate.
How long have you worked here?
Since the summer of 2012.
How do you get to work?
I walk, ruining many pairs of flats in the process….
Green Building Law Update’s “A Week in the Life of LEED Certification”
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Story
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16 Oct 2013
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This October it’s pumpkins, shutdown, and green building codes
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October is not even 10 days through and it’s already been a great month for greener building codes. Here are four of this month’s highlights (in reverse chronological order). Thank goodness none of these re…
Second annual Green Apple Day of Service a global success
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This year’s Green Apple Day of Service is behind us, and volunteers at more than 2,000 schools and campuses joined us to make an impact. Projects took place in all 50 U.S. states and 40 countries, with participants sho…
Malcolm Lewis IMPACT! Award – Planting a SEED
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Thanks in part to its dedicated volunteers who contributed 500,000 hours to the green building movement in 2012 alone, the USGBC community continues to advan…
Food Waste to Power Grocery Store
Biogas released from food scraps will supply 20% of energy demands each year.More…
Florida Installs First Integrated Solar Roof
New system installs PV without roof penetrations.More…