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  • Greenbuild 2014 registration now open

    Published on: 
    18 Jun 2014

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    Registration for the 2014 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo is now open.

    When: Expo: Oct. 22-23, Conference: Oct. 22-24
    Where: Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA

    Register today

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  • Greenbuild 2014 registration now open

    Published on: 
    18 Jun 2014

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    Registration for the 2014 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo is now open.

    When: Expo: Oct. 22-23, Conference: Oct. 22-24
    Where: Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA

    Register today

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  • Greenbuild 2014 registration now open

    Published on: 
    18 Jun 2014

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    Registration for the 2014 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo is now open.

    When: Expo: Oct. 22-23, Conference: Oct. 22-24
    Where: Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA

    Register today

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  • Green Building 101: What is LEED?

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    18 Jun 2014

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    Need a quick refresher on green building basics? This is our “Green Building 101” series that we’ll publish throughout the month. We’ll visit topics that form the foundation of our understanding of green building today.

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  • Video: Get started with Education @USGBC

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    12 Jun 2014

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    Education @USGBC is the one-stop shop for managing your staff’s professional development and continuing education needs.

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  • Women, Sports and the Environment Symposium in July

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    12 Jun 2014
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    At the heart of the Green Sports Alliance is the goal to leverage the power of the sports industry to create broad cultural change as it pertains to environmental stewardship, community health and sustainability. A key part of this vision is to ensure all members of the sports community are actively engaged and using their unique skills to advance the green sports movement, and the Women, Sports and the Environment (WSE) Symposium provides an opportunity to convene and support women from all sectors of the industry in this effort.

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  • New tools for LEED v4 O+M projects

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    12 Jun 2014

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    LEED is more than a set of requirements, it’s a comprehensive program supported by a suite of tools and resources. With LEED v4, in addition to working on the rating systems, USGBC also focused a great deal of attention on the customer experience. And the development process did not end with LEED v4 being launched. We are still looking for new ways to add support for project teams.

    Plan and policy templates 

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  • EMSI: 100 LEED Certified Projects and Counting

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    11 Jun 2014

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    The other day I had the honor of presenting EMSI—a long-time partner of USGBC’s—with a LEED plaque for their 100th LEED-certified building in mainland China and Singapore. 

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  • Green Building 101: What is indoor environmental quality?

    Published on: 
    11 Jun 2014

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    Need a quick refresher on green building basics? This is our “Green Building 101” series that we’ll publish throughout the month. We’ll visit topics that form the foundation of our understanding of green building today.

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  • Thank you, Holland sisters!

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    Announcement
    Published on: 
    10 Jun 2014
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    Big thanks to the Holland sisters, who met their goal and raised $25,000 for Project Haiti. Over the last six months, Kylie (14), Devon (13) and Piper (11) Holland worked tirelessly to promote Invitation to Dream–a collection of cool bedtime ballads sung by sister Devon100% of the profits from CD sales went directly towards Project Haiti, and have helped us get closer to our goal of breaking ground on what will be the first LEED-certified

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