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The Little LEED Building That Could: South Sudan’s First LEED Certified Building

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16 Apr 2014

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External facade of new World Bank Country Office in Juba, South Sudan

Courtyard of new World Bank Country Office in Juba, South Sudan

Covered walkway within the World Bank Country Office compound in Juba, South Sud

The World Bank building in South Sudan had its challenges. The site was located in an area with no electricity supply, access to local building materials were few and far between, not to mention that during the design and entire construction period the client for the building was based in Washington D.C., the architect in Kenya, the sustainability consultant in India, and the water consultant in Ethiopia.

April 16, 2014

GRESB: Bringing sustainability to the capital market

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16 Apr 2014

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Last week the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), launched its 2014 Survey. The release marks the fifth consecutive year that GRESB has been working to provide institutional investors with timely and actionable information about property companies and private equity funds.

April 16, 2014

Our 21st year

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14 Apr 2014

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Turning 21 years old marks an important right of passage, at least here in the U.S. You’re now officially old enough to do a few things you were probably already doing anyway. Hopefully, now that you can do them legally, you’ve also figured out how to do them more responsibly. That’s the idea, anyway.

April 14, 2014

Know we’re back!

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14 Apr 2014

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We know. “In The Know” took a several week long — unannounced — hiatus. Maggie and I apologize, but we have been working on a number of international efforts that have kept us occupied!

In short, we’re back, so is Mad Men, and we have a tremendous amount to share in the coming weeks.

April 14, 2014

IPCC report: Building sector emissions growing, green buildings can be solution

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Chris Pyke, vice president of research at the U.S. Green Building Council, is a lead author for Chapter 9: Residential and Commercial Buildings in the third installment of a new report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

April 14, 2014

Friday Roundup: Building a greener New Orleans, first Platinum airport terminal

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Here’s our weekly collection of green building clips:

New Orleans’ entrepreneurs see niches, fill them, USA Today. Check out this profile of the BioInnovation Center, a LEED Gold space at the forefront of a city that is rebuilding itself stronger, greener and more resilient. See for yourself at Greenbuild this October.

April 11, 2014

U.S. Green Building Council Announces 2013 LEED for Homes Award Winners

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Washington, D.C. — (April 10, 2014) — The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has named the recipients of the 2013 LEED for Homes Awards, recognizing projects, developers and homebuilders that have demonstrated outstanding leadership in residential green building. The award categories recognize innovative multi- and single-family projects, production builders, affordable housing projects and developers, an overall commitment to LEED for Homes and Project of the Year.

Winners for this year include:

April 10, 2014

Green neighborhoods for all in Milwaukee’s Westlawn Gardens

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9 Apr 2014

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The Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee has proven that sustainable, supportive and healthy communities aren’t limited to the nation’s top zip codes or tony neighborhoods. The Westlawn Gardens redevelopment project in Milwaukee, Wisconsin has earned the highest level of certification for any LEED 2009 for Neighborhood Development (LEED ND) built project for redeveloping a severely distressed public housing project into an award winning, mixed-income community. The Housing Authority&r

April 9, 2014

Senior Materials Research Fellows share their Insights

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8 Apr 2014

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As part of the LEED, Materials and Health Initiative, six Senior Materials Research Fellows have joined the team to help deepen the understanding around the effect of materials ingredients on the health of those who interact with the built environment.

April 8, 2014

3 billion square feet — but who’s counting?

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At USGBC, we’ve had no shortage of notable milestones of late. Beyond the launch of LEED v4 in November, an extraordinary accomplishment that’s poised to push the green building industry to new heights, we also certified our 20,000th commercial project in December and crossed the 50,000 LEED-certified homes mark in January.

April 8, 2014