Doha – home to more than 70 percent of Qatar’s population, the 2022 World Cup games, and the 5th most LEED registered and certified projects outside the U.S. – is a fitting host city for the UN climate negotiations, also known as COP18.
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We want to share the news that on Monday, December 3rd, The Rudin Family was honored at Global Green USA’s 13th Annual Sustainable Design Awards with the Green Building Design award for the redevelopment of One Thirty West 12th Street. For more information on the event you can visit Global Green’s page.
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For me, one of the highlights of Greenbuild 2012 in San Francisco was the faux show hosted by Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough at the opening plenary. I was particularly struck by Biz Stone, the founder of Twitter, who came on stage and announced that “philanthropy is the new marketing.” He described a world in which a company would spend more money on philanthropy then they would on actually promoting the work that they did to further elevate their brand.
San Francisco, CA. I had the pleasure of participating in an important press conference today highlighting San Francisco’s continuing leadership in green building public policy.
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The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 18th Conference of Parties (COP18) is underway in Doha, Qatar. Much is at stake this year yet to a g…
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USGBC is full of troublemakers, and that is a great thing.
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Governor Jerry Brown, Jane McGonigal and William McDonough deliver a galvanizing closing plenary to packed house in San Francisco
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In the United States, we celebrate Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of each November. While the holiday originates in early American history/folklore, the tradition of remembering things for which you are grateful lives on. Despite my strong urges against writing something ‘cheesy’ on this ubiquitous theme, I feel it is imperative to reflect upon an observation from last week, something for which I am truly thankful.
One of LEED’s greatest strengths is its ability to evolve and improve along with the industry, continuously raising the bar on green building practice.