On Monday, Oct. 31, Center for Green Schools Director Rachel Gutter will be a guest on Visionary Leader, Extraordinary Life on VoiceAmerica Business, the number one Internet radio show. Rachel will be featured as a trailblazing leader with her mission …
Energy efficiency financing has potential to soar from $20 to $150 billion annually, creating over one million American jobs, according to new report
Mobilizing large-scale financing by public sector is key to reducing emissions and saving businesses, households money
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Q&A with Congressional Green Schools Caucus Co-Chair Robert J. Dold: Adlai E. Stevenson High School’s Energy Reduction Efforts
Last week, Congressman Robert J. Dold (IL-10) visited Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, IL to recognize the school’s LEED Gold for Existing Buildings certification and energy-reduction efforts. The 833,000 square foot campus was able to a…
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Senators Urge Deficit Commission to Increase Federal Building Efficiency
As the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (JSCDR) continues deliberation on how to provide long term reduction to the national debt, nine Senators, led by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (RI), urged the select committee to adopt a litany of cost sa…
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Good News Coming from Charlotte with Declaration of Sustainability Week
In a continued demonstration of leadership by the City of Charlotte, Mayor Anthony Foxx has signed a proclamation declaring this week as Environmental Sustainability Week in Charlotte. This recent act joins the extensive list of accomplishments by the …
Green Jobs Summit at Greenbuild 2011 Calls for Mobilization around this Common Sense Economic Solution
The hustle and bustle of Greenbuild 2011 is now behind us, and we’ve all returned to our respective homes and jobs to continue “troublemaking.”
And one area where we need to continue to stir the pot is green jobs. On the Tuesday of Greenbuild, we con…
USGBC President Rick Fedrizzi Elected Chair of World Green Building Council
Fedrizzi steps up in organization’s tenth year, with plans to strengthen and grow local councils, raise voice and visibility of global coalition
Washington, DC – (Oct. 24, 2011) – Rick Fedrizzi, president, CEO and founding chair of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has been elected chair of the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC). The WorldGBC is a coalition of green building councils from 89 countries around the world.
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Greening the Sacramento City Unified School District
What will it take to turn Sacramento City Unified School District into a green school district? That was the question department leaders tried to answer last week.
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Race to a Gigawatt!
*Knock Knock* That’s the sound of an RA stopping by to ensure you have committed to participating in Campus Conservation Nationals. CCN is the first nationwide electricity and water reduction competition on college and university campuses. Now in its second year, participating schools compete to achieve the greatest possible energy reductions in residence halls.
Last year, 120,000 students saved 500,000 kilowatt-hours in the first annual Campus Conservation Nationals.
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Accounting for Energy Efficiency: SAVE Act Would Improve Mortage Underwriting, Create Jobs, Save Household Money
On Wednesday, surrounded by leaders from business, construction, and real estate, USGBC joined Senator Michael Bennet (CO) and Senator Johnny Isakson (GA) to announce the introduction of bipartisan legislation to enhance the current mortgage underwriti…