At Greenbuild 2013 the green building community came together to participate in 200 educational sessions, build a city of 700 booths in the expo hall, and dance to the likes of Bon Jovi.
At Greenbuild 2013 the green building community came together to participate in 200 educational sessions, build a city of 700 booths in the expo hall, and dance to the likes of Bon Jovi.
At Greenbuild 2013 the green building community came together to participate in 200 educational sessions, build a city of 700 booths in the expo hall, and dance to the likes of Bon Jovi.
In 2010, I analyzed the uptake of “green” certification in the U.S. commercial property market, explaining the differences in diffusion across markets and over time. But during the past four years, much has happened. The economy started to recover (in most places), and construction has picked up again.
We visited New Orleans with Make It Right, an organization that builds healthy, high-efficient and safe homes for people and communities in need.
Forty percent of LEED for Homes units fall into the affordable housing sector, and you can see 100 of them, brought to fruition by Make It Right, on display in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, one of the areas hit hardest by Hurricane Katrina.
Hello from China.
I have spent the last couple of weeks traveling all across Asia with my USGBC colleagues, finding inspiration at every stop. Throughout the trip, I’ve had time to reflect on where green building is today and where it is headed in the future.
Are you interested in becoming a LEED professional but you’re not sure if you’re eligible?
Here’s the good news — you are eligible!
Wondering how that’s possible?
USGBC offers two categories of LEED professionals:
With roughly 38 million U.S. households eligible for weatherization, 19 million abandoned properties, rising energy costs and environmental impacts that disproportionately threaten poor communities, it is time to unleash the power of every communities’ most untapped resource—its youth.
We’re excited to introduce one of our most recent Above and Beyond Volunteers, Jeffrey Florey.
Above and Beyond Volunteers are volunteer leaders whose contributions have led to outstanding achievements in the green building movement.
LEED in Motion: Residential highlights the numbers, knowledge and resources you need to keep pace with the rapidly growing green homes market. In it, you’ll find key statistics on the size and growth of the green residential market, a deep dive in to LEED for Homes numbers, a close look at the human health aspects of homebuilding, and much more.