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  • Coming soon: Translation aids for LEED credential exams

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    7 Mar 2014
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    LEED’s impact resonates on a global stage, and its adopters, advocates and practitioners are growing more diverse every day.

    There are LEED projects and LEED professionals in nearly 200 countries. To serve this demand, GBCI has translated several study resources and exams for the LEED professional credentials into Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic and French.

    Exam translation aid availability

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  • GBIG Fundamentals: Project Transparency, Market Context, and Timelines

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    7 Mar 2014
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    This is the first in a series of blog posts detailing features of the Green Building Information Gateway. Subsequent blog posts will dive deeper into specific applications to help users get the most out of their experience with GBIG.org.

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  • A new mantra: LEED ON

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    6 Mar 2014

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    Beginning this month, you’ll notice leaders from across the building industry peering out from magazine pages, newspapers, usgbc.org and around the web in our new ad series. Their message?

    LEED ON.

    What does it mean? Well, pardon our redundancy, but it’s about leadership!

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  • Part 3: Challenges and opportunities (2010-present)

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    To celebrate the release of our list of the Top 10 States For LEED, we’re posting our narrative of the history of LEED’s development, originally released at the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in November 2013, in three parts on USGBC.org.

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  • Become a LEED Fellow in 2014

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    5 Mar 2014
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    Are you interested in becoming a LEED Fellow? Your time is now.

    The U.S. Green Building Council call for nominations of qualified applicants is now open for the 2014 class of LEED Fellows.

    What does it take to be a LEED Fellow? 

    Nominees must have:

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  • Meet USGBC’s Senior Materials Research Fellows

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    3 Mar 2014
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    As part of the LEED, Materials, and Health Initiative, the U.S. Green Building Council has engaged a team of scientific experts to conduct synthetic research and advise USGBC staff on the health-related aspects of building materials. These six Senior Materials Research Fellows are advancing the technical dialog on issues related to materials science, toxicology, green chemistry, risk assessment, and information technology through publishing and convening events. 

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  • 5 things to know about Education @USGBC

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    3 Mar 2014
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    If you’re looking to grow your green building knowledge Education @USGBC is how to do it.

    Want to know more? Here are our top five FAQs. 

     

    What is Education @USGBC?

    ANSWER:

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  • Part 2: A green building explosion (2003-2009)

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    To celebrate the release of our list of the Top 10 States For LEED, we’re posting our narrative of the history of LEED’s development, originally released at the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in November 2013, in three parts on USGBC.org.

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  • Top Research: High performance building benefits and investment costs

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    25 Feb 2014

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    One of the most common questions posed by real estate professionals is, “What are the benefits of pursuing a LEED rating, and what are the marginal investment requirements necessary to attain these benefits?”

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  • A new economy, a new LEED building

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    21 Feb 2014

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    Editor’s Note: From Burundi to Honduras, South Sudan to Ukraine—LEED certified buildings are quickly propagating in all corners of the globe. Since June 2013, USGBC’s LEED Earth campaign has facilitated the uptake of green buildings in 15 countries in which LEED was previously absent—Bahamas, Bahrain, Burundi, Croatia, Ecuador, Haiti, Honduras, Kuwait, Latvia, Luxembourg, Serbia, South Sudan, Tunisia, Ukraine and Venezuela. The interesting stories of these pioneer projects will be shared on the USGBC blog as well as through profiles on GBIG. 

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