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  • New on USGBC.org: LEED Credit Library

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    You know the problem – you want to know about a LEED credit, so you search through the USGBC website and dig up a PDF of the rating system. After scrolling through you find the credit you’re looking for and go to work. But wait – does this credit have addenda changes? What version is this? Where’s the LEED Online form? Isn’t there a guidance document? What do the reviewer tips say? And where’s that reference guide I bought? More digging, more searching, and who knows if you got it all?

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  • Community Support Leads to Green Apple Week in India

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    CHF International, a humanitarian relief and development organization, has been working with slum communities in India since 2003. With support from the Caterpillar Foundation and in partnership with the Centre for Social Action (CSA) of Christ University, CHF is improving waste collection and management in the slums of Bangalore and raising the dignity of the waste recyclers, who had been working informally and were often targeted by police as thieves.

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  • White House Energy Datapalooza Inspiring, Successful

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    On Monday, Oct. 1, the Obama Administration convened a successful data “nerd-fest” they described as an Energy Datapalooza.

    Entrepreneurs, thought leaders, policy makers, and other stakeholders gathered in the Old Executive Office Building to talk about building energy information and opportunities to create value and drive market transformation at scale.

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  • Translating Ideas in to Action: Fifth Public Comment for LEED v4 Launches

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    Scot Horst
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    Friends,

    A colleague recently remarked, “In the last ten years, who has changed the most? Look at textiles, automobiles – none has changed as much as the building industry! You can see the influence of LEED in every major market in the world.” I couldn’t agree with her more.

    Documents that reflect a shared vision have sometimes changed the course of history. Usually the document with the greatest impact was influenced by many individuals, from drafters of initial texts to translators and interpreters of national constitutions.

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  • Fifth Public Comment Period Now Open for Update to USGBC’s LEED Green Building Program

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    LEED v4 draft raises the bar, drives innovation; balances increased technical rigor with market readiness

    Washington, DC – (Oct. 2, 2012) – The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) today announced the opening of the fifth public comment period for the proposed update to its LEED green building program. The comment period, which will close on Dec. 10, enables the building community to view the most recent draft of the rating systems and provide comments where any substantive changes have been made.

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  • USGBC contributes to White House Energy Datapalooza

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    The data behind our buildings tells an important story. Today, USGBC will be joining 150 entrepreneurs, software developers, energy experts, and policy makers for the Obama Administration’s first annual Energy Datapalooza. Distinguished speakers are scheduled to include Steven Chu, U.S. Secretary of Energy; Todd Park, Assistant to the President, U.S.

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  • LEED Addenda and Interpretations Update

    The Oct. 1 quarterly addenda to the LEED 2009 rating systems and reference guides and latest LEED Interpretations are now available: Search for entries. The fastest way to see all changes is to search by 10/1/2012 in the database.

    This quarter, we published 34 new Interpretations (#10225-10258). Highlights include:

    • Melamine! (#10251)
    • Process loads in manufacturing facilities! (#10237)
    • Parking Garages! (update to #10079)

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  • USGBC and ICLEI Bring Together Leading Mayors in Addressing Solutions to Support Resilient Communities

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    Mayor Ralph Becker from Salt Lake City; Mayor George Heartwell from Grand Rapids, Mich.; and Vice Mayor Kristin Jacobs from Broward County, Fla. share local leadership on resiliency in the built environment.

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  • Green Apple Day of Service: We Did It!

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    The first annual Green Apple Day of Service has come and gone, and what a weekend it was. More than 1,200 communities around the world took a moment to think differently about where they learn, and participated in meaningful steps towards change. Events and school improvement projects happened in all 50 states, on every continent, and in more than 40 countries. We elevated the discussion around healthy, high-performing schools with positive press, seeing more than 34 million impressions in print, online, television and radio, and over 1,000 social media posts about events.

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  • Green Apples For Everyone

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    This week, I had the extraordinary opportunity to attend the Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative, a gathering that brings together leaders from around the world and encourages them to make a commitment to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing the global community.

    USGBC’s mission is nothing short of building a better world, so we spend a lot of time thinking up game-changing ideas. And we had one ready to share with CGI this week, a new initiative that I’m so proud of: Green Apple.

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