LEED Blogger – Page 167 – Blogging for Green Building

The Association for Preservation Technology DC Chapter is proud to support the USGBC Center for Green School’s International Green Apple Day of Service Campaign. As advocates for historic properties in the DC area, APT DC’s membership cares deeply for those greenest of green buildings – the ones that are already built! The majority of school structures in our nation’s capital are historic properties in historically significant neighborhoods, but like many school districts around the US, the buildings suffer from chronically low school system budgets.

Friday Roundup: Calling All Sports Fans, Scholars, Animal Lovers, and Speed-Walkers

Written by LEaD Blogger on September 14th, 2012. Leave a comment

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We’ve got your weekly dose of green goodness below, and this week’s lineup shows that pro athletes, scholars – even sea otters – are going green! Sit back, relax, and enjoy the roundup.

An Intern’s Perspective: My First Month with USGBC

Written by Brittany Ireland on September 13th, 2012.

Smiles, speed and skill pretty much sums up the beginning of my internship at the U.S. Green Building Council.
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Session Spotlight: Connecting the Cloud, Data Centers and Your Footprint

Written by LEaD Blogger on September 12th, 2012. Leave a comment

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How green are clouds?
The answer to that question has been as difficult to pin down as the origin of cyberspace itself. That is, until now! As reliance on cloud comput…

Federal Buildings Leading By Example

Written by LEaD Blogger on September 11th, 2012. Leave a comment

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I’m thinking of a Federal building. It is the third oldest federal building in our Nation’s capital. It houses the Federal department in charge of promoting economic growth. And, thanks to a green retrofit, it saves American taxpayers $3.5 million every year.