If you’re heading to Greenbuild 2013 Conference and Expo in November, don’t miss the chance to attend the Center for Green School’s education session: “Green Schools Investment Guide.” Led by the Center’s director Rachel Gutter and colleagues from
If you’re heading to Greenbuild 2013 Conference and Expo in November, don’t miss the chance to attend the Center for Green School’s education session: “Green Schools Investment Guide.” Led by the Center’s director Rachel Gutter and colleagues from
Building green is one of the most important tenets in creating a sustainable future. In less than fifteen years, LEED has grown from a vision among a small group of committed environmentalist to a global force that certifies thousands of green buildings per year. Perhaps one reason for LEED’s rapid growth is that green building is embraced by individuals of all walks of life, and across the political spectrum.
Why “Big Data” will transform the design, construction, and operation of the built environment.
So, an engineer, scientist, designer, and an entrepreneur walk into a bar… It could be the beginning of a bad joke, but in San Francisco last week these professionals all agreed on at least one thing: Big Data will transform the design, construction, and operation of the built environment.
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 use by an astonishing 20 to 37 percent through behavior-based strategies alone. The paper, which was written with lead author Kate Crosby, looks to these schools as models for others and examines common strategies for every school to reduce its energy usage.
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.
Are you looking for your project certification to be awarded in 2013? As the end of the year approaches, we’ve outlined the deadlines for application submissions for both Standard and Expedited reviews.
The following tables apply to all commercial rating systems (not including LEED Volume). These timelines also assume that no Appeal review is necessary. Appeal reviews typically take 20 business days, and Expedited Appeal reviews are on a 10-business day timeline.
Gail Vittori co-authored this article with Robin Guenther, FAIA, LEED AP, Perkins+Will, and Breeze Glazer, LEED AP, Perkins+Will.
Article updated Nov. 4
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This is your last chance to earn a specialty credential for free without taking the exam.
LEED APs without a specialty can upgrade to a BD+C, ID+C or O+M specialty, with USGBC’s Principles of LEED webinar series (only available through Oct. 27, 2013).
This free six-hour webinar series satisfies the upgrade requirements for your LEED AP with specialty credential.