You’ve made the big decision—you’re going to pursue LEED certification using the Building Design and Construction (BD+C) rating system. Now it’s time to get your ducks in a row.
We offer many resources for LEED project teams to get you started on the right foot. Here are the tools and resources that can help you succeed with your project.
With only a few short weeks before the New Year, the House and Senate completed a series of important legislative milestones including the bipartisan budget deal. With this budget deal in place, the House and Senate Appropriations Committee will begin to formally negotiate over the holiday recess by dividing up some $498.1 billion in domestic discretionary spending. They will have until January 15th to negotiate a spending package to replace the expiring continuing resolution to fund the government for rest of the fiscal year.
With only a few short weeks before the New Year, the House and Senate completed a series of important legislative milestones including the bipartisan budget deal. With this budget deal in place, the House and Senate Appropriations Committee will begin to formally negotiate over the holiday recess by dividing up some $498.1 billion in domestic discretionary spending. They will have until January 15th to negotiate a spending package to replace the expiring continuing resolution to fund the government for rest of the fiscal year.
In case you missed the Greenbuild excitement, AZURE magazine has you covered. Here were their biggest takeaways from the show:
The Speakers
In case you missed the Greenbuild excitement, AZURE magazine has you covered. Here were their biggest takeaways from the show:
The Speakers
In case you missed the Greenbuild excitement, AZURE magazine has you covered. Here were their biggest takeaways from the show:
The Speakers
In regions where words like “sustainable” and “green” have difficulty gaining traction, supporters of green building look to alternative methods of getting the message out. The USGBC – Georgia Chapter’s 2013 High Performance Healthy Schools Summit looked to a broad audience of parents, students, and educators to address a growing need for healthier learning spaces for the state’s children.
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. Plant in Knoxville, Tenn., Secures Distinction
Washington, D.C. — (Dec. 20, 2013) — The movement for healthier, high-performing buildings has reached a new milestone, as the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) issued the 20,000th LEED certification for a commercial project.
This fall, the Center for Green Schools received another wave of impressive applications from around the country for our Trailblazing Teacher Awards – a small grant that we give out to deserving teachers to use toward an environmental initiative in their classroom. The creativity and dedication that shows through each of the educators’ applications is humbling and inspiring (it’s no secret that our staff love to be picked as the review committee for these awards).