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This is a very important time for the U.S. Green Building Council, LEED and the thousands of volunteers around the world who have contributed to the LEED green buildin…
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Public Health Gets a Place at the Design Table
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Imagine a world in which buildings and communities clearly and definitively help to prevent some of our most widespread illnesses, improve our mental health, and strengthen our overall wellbeing. We are now one step closer to this place after this week’s Summit on Green Buildings & Human Health, hosted by the US Green Building Council. If there’s one thing that I took away, it’s the enormous potential of public health professionals joining forces with the green building community to significantly improve human health and wellbeing.
Become a LEED Committee Member: Call Open through Dec 7
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Are you interested in contributing to the future of LEED?
Your time is now.
The U.S. Green Building Council call is now open for self-nominations of qualified applican…
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Event: Building the Green Economy through Sustainable Design and Construction
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In conjunction with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (…
A Closer Look at Materials & Resources in LEED v4
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11 Oct 2012
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“LEED has the power to connect people and pull them in, no matter where they are starting from.”
Scot Horst, Senior Vice President, LEED, U.S. Green Building Council
About LEED v4
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We use LEED as our instrument of collective expression in the world for people who are doing something to improve the planet through the built environment. LEED is an instrument of common expression; that’s a beautiful thing.”
Scot Horst, Senior Vice President, LEED, U.S. Green Building Council
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World Green Building Week 2012: USGBC Focuses on Resilient Buildings as Key to Protecting our Future
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This past Monday, Sept. 17, a chorus of voices from around the world spoke out in support of “Green Buildings for Great Communities,” the theme of this year’s World Green Building Week, hosted by World Green Building Council. Green building councils from 90 nations organized hundreds of events to educate the public about the health, environmental and economic benefits of sustainable design and construction.
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An Intern’s Perspective: My First Month with USGBC
Smiles, speed and skill pretty much sums up the beginning of my internship at the U.S. Green Building Council.
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The Road to Rio+20 Reminds Us to Think Globally and Act Locally
On Monday, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) convened the fourth installment of the Road to Rio+20 series. The series was born out of the need for stakeholder awareness and input in the rapidly approaching Rio+20 conference in June. The main goal of the Summit—the growth of the green economy in the context of poverty alleviation and sustainable development—have implications for each of us.
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USGBC Orange County Looks To Refine the Green Classroom Concept
Note: This blog is reposted from THE Journal and was written by Bridget McCrea
USGBC Looks To Refine the Green Classroom Concept
One chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council is taking a first step in a wide-scale classroom “greening” project for publ…