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Last night, USGBC was honored as a winner of the United Nation’s top environmental accolade, the Champions of the Earth award.
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Greenbuild 2014 Delivers Strong Event in New Orleans
Published on:20 Nov 2014Feature image:
Education, LivingHome, Net Zero Zone, Opening Plenary & Celebration & Community Engagement Highlights of the Week
Washington, D.C. – (Nov. 20, 2014) – Hanley Wood and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) have announced the results of the 2014 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, held October 22-24, at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. Attendance at the event totaled 17,507, with 552 exhibiting companies participating in 142,000 sf of exhibit and display space on the trade show floor.
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Greenbuild 2014 Delivers Strong Event in New Orleans
Published on:20 Nov 2014Feature image:
Education, LivingHome, Net Zero Zone, Opening Plenary & Celebration & Community Engagement Highlights of the Week
Washington, D.C. – (Nov. 20, 2014) – Hanley Wood and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) have announced the results of the 2014 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, held October 22-24, at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. Attendance at the event totaled 17,507, with 552 exhibiting companies participating in 142,000 sf of exhibit and display space on the trade show floor.
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Greenbuild 2014 Delivers Strong Event in New Orleans
Published on:20 Nov 2014Feature image:
Education, LivingHome, Net Zero Zone, Opening Plenary & Celebration & Community Engagement Highlights of the Week
Washington, D.C. – (Nov. 20, 2014) – Hanley Wood and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) have announced the results of the 2014 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, held October 22-24, at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. Attendance at the event totaled 17,507, with 552 exhibiting companies participating in 142,000 sf of exhibit and display space on the trade show floor.
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How a hotel chain led green buildings in India
Published on:20 Nov 2014Feature image:
This article first appeared on Cisco’s Technology News Site, The Network.
When Hillary Clinton landed in New Delhi in 2009, she drove from the airport to ITC Green Center, a building in the satellite town of Gurgaon.
That building, which she called “a monument to the future,” is the headquarters of the hotels division of Kolkata-based conglomerate ITC.
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Leveraging letters to the editor to tell your LEED story
Published on:20 Nov 2014Feature image:
Taking stock of all of the strategies and outlets in your green marketing tool belt? Don’t forget about letters to the editor, a time-honored practice that has provided grassroots campaigns, issue leaders and projects access to an invaluable audience and platform of exposure.
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New guidelines and workbook to raise awareness of green in your workplace
Published on:19 Nov 2014Feature image:
Looking to introduce environmentally friendly policies into your workplace?
The USGBC Maine Chapter recently created a Green Office Guidelines and Workbook, which offers strategies related to sustainable practices in the areas of purchasing, electricity, water, heating, transportation/commuting, waste management, and social responsibility.
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LEED project spotlight: Ušće Shopping Mall
Published on:19 Nov 2014Feature image:
It’s an easy decision to pursue LEED when you’re the building owner and it’s your building. But what happens when your building is a shopping mall? Suddenly, it’s not just your decision, and you need to convince your tenants to pursue LEED.
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New offerings for LEED v4 projects
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Can’t decide between LEED v4 and LEED 2009?
USGBC recently announced that it was moving the registration deadline of LEED 2009, allowing users to register projects under the LEED 2009 rating system until Oct. 31, 2016. The original date for LEED 2009 registration to close was June 27, 2015.
Extending to October 2016 gives LEED users and members of the green building industry additional time to prepare for LEED v4, the latest version of LEED, which features increased rigor and multiple updates.
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The U.S. and China’s climate change agreement and LEED’s role in the collaboration
Published on:18 Nov 2014Feature image:
On Nov. 12, the U.S. and China announced the two nations had reached a historic agreement on climate change.
As the two largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the world (together the U.S. and China emit about 40% of global pollution), this agreement represents a critical turning point in the fight to end global warming.