In my last blog post, I reported on a recent study that explores the amazing “spillover” effects of green public building policies in California. A prominent global economy in and of itself, California continues to provide a fertile test bed to see how a history of leadership on issues like green building policy lays the foundations for a transforming market.
Dec. 7, 2012 (Washington, D.C. & White Plains, N.Y.) – The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and the Land Use Law Center at Pace Law School today announced two new free resources — the Technical Guidance Manual for Sustainable Neighborhoods and the Neighborhood Development Floating Zone — to help local governments leverage the LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system as a sustainability tool.
Doha – home to more than 70 percent of Qatar’s population, the 2022 World Cup games, and the 5th most LEED registered and certified projects outside the U.S. – is a fitting host city for the UN climate negotiations, also known as COP18.
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While consensus in the COP18 negotiations has yet to be reached, most can agree that national governments cannot be solely responsible for addressing climate change. L…
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We want to share the news that on Monday, December 3rd, The Rudin Family was honored at Global Green USA’s 13th Annual Sustainable Design Awards with the Green Building Design award for the redevelopment of One Thirty West 12th Street. For more information on the event you can visit Global Green’s page.
Happy December, everyone! As a member of USGBC’s Technical Customer Service team, my goal is to help project teams understand LEED programs. In this installment of our “Ask Jeremy” series, I’ll be discussing how Regional Priority (RP) credits work and how to look up which RP credits are available. I’ll also be answering other common questions we receive regarding the RP credit program.
USGBC developed RP credits to incentivize the achievement of credits that address geographically specific environmental priorities.
(Doha, Qatar – Dec. 4, 2012) – In conjunction with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Eighteenth Conference of Parties (COP18), the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and Qatar Green Building Council (QGBC) hosted a joint event at Msheireb Enrichment Centre,highlighting the growth of green building construction throughout the world, with a focus on Doha and the greater Middle East region.
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What came first, the chicken or the egg? Is it the availability of charging stations that has slowed the growth of the electric car, or has it been the sluggish growth of the electric car market that has stifled investment in charging stations? In 1986, two researchers coined the term “excess inertia” to describe this market coordination challenge where inaction spurs inaction and waits patiently for a spark.
For me, one of the highlights of Greenbuild 2012 in San Francisco was the faux show hosted by Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough at the opening plenary. I was particularly struck by Biz Stone, the founder of Twitter, who came on stage and announced that “philanthropy is the new marketing.” He described a world in which a company would spend more money on philanthropy then they would on actually promoting the work that they did to further elevate their brand.