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  • Leveraging the Cultural Influence of Sports to Advance Green Building

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    American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL | LEED Certified | Credit: Wikipedia Commons
    Amway Center, Orlando, FL | LEED Gold | Credit: Wikipedia Commons
    AT&T Park, San Francisco, CA | LEED Silver | Credit: Wikipedia Commons
    Marlins Park, Miami, FL | LEED Gold | Credit: Wikipedia Commons
    Miller Park, Milwaukee, WI | LEED Certified | Credit: Wikipedia Commons
    Nationals Park, Washington D.C. | LEED Silver | Credit: Wikipedia Commons
    Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA | LEED Certified | Credit: Wikipedia Commons
    Rose Garden Arena, Portland, OR | LEED Gold | Credit: Wikipedia Commons
    Soldier Field, Chicago, IL | LEED Certified | Credit: Wikipedia Commons
    Target Field, Minneapolis, MN | LEED Silver | Credit: Wikipedia Commons
    Toyota Center, Houston, TX | LEED Silver | Credit: Wikipedia Commons

    Culture has been influenced by the sporting world for decades. Throughout the 20th century, fans mobilized around athletes to oppose war, support civil rights and promote disease awareness. The sports industry today is as influential as ever, with 58 percent of Americans self-identifying as sports fans, offering a robust platform for green building education and advocacy.

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  • Have questions about LEED v4? We have answers.

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    Are you an energy technical solution provider wondering how you can help LEED projects achieve the new Demand Response credit?  Are you a practitioner who wants to know why air testing is valued at two points when the flush-out is valued at 1 point for the EQ: Indoor Air Quality Assessment credit? Or perhaps you’re a building owner who wants to know overall how the changes in the water credit category of LEED v4 will effect your existing building’s pursuit of LEED.

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  • Infographic: LEED in the World

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    USGBC has created a new infographic, “LEED in the World,” which lists the current number of both registered and certified LEED projects across the globe by gross square meters in different regions, and ranks the top 10 countries for green building.

    The numbers show the explosive growth of the green building movement beyond North America, demonstrating the growing global consensus about the worldwide imperative to green the built environment.

    (Figures are as of April 2013.)

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  • Infographic: LEED in Motion

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    USGBC has released a new infographic to illustrate how the LEED green building rating system has contributed to the growth of an entire global industry devoted to creating a sustainable built environment.

    The infographic, “LEED in Motion: Driving the Green Building Industry,” is a visual depiction of the many facets of LEED, the voluntary, market-based program developed by USGBC that has changed the way our society thinks about buildings and their role in global environmental stewardship.

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  • Project Spotlight: ECOModern Flats

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    Photo by Adaptive Creative

    ECO Modern Flats is sustainable living made attainable. The project not only transformed a formerly dilapidated property, but also changed the way that people in the region think about multi-family property. “ECO Modern Flats raised the bar for what people expect of a multi-family development in Northwest Arkansas,” said Linda K. Smith, the Executive Director of the U.S. Green Building Council—Arkansas Chapter. “It has energy and water conservation, but also unique architecture and interior design. It is an outstanding project.”

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  • What would you re-do if you won the $25,000 Save Money, Save Energy Home Makeover Sweepstakes?

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    In celebration of green energy saving techniques and in support of green living,

    Would you makeover a kitchen or bathroom using low flow fixtures? What about more energy efficient replacement windows or lighting? Maybe even low maintenance fiber-cement siding or a Cool roof with a lifetime warranty?

    Whichever option you choose, one thing is for sure, as home renovations go, $25,000 makes a big difference!

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  • Top Three Tips: How to Renew Your LEED Credential Like a Pro

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    “We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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  • First LEED for Healthcare Certification in the Country Complete

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    The Group Health Puyallup Medical Center in Puyallup, Wash., LEED Gold. Credit:

    No buildings impact the health of their occupants more directly than healthcare facilities, but the existing LEED rating systems weren’t designed specifically to record and reward green medical buildings. With the first building now certified under the LEED for Healthcare (LEED-HC) rating system, the industry has its first case study in the Group Health Puyallup Medical Center.

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  • New and Improved Way to Certify Multiple Buildings

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    In 2005, USGBC developed the application guidance for multiple buildings and buildings on a campus. Since then, we’ve continued to refine and expand both the document and the supporting tools.

    The newest update includes two key features.

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  • Continuing Education Q&A with Thornton Tomasetti

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    Thornton Tomasetti provides engineering design, investigation and analysis services to clients worldwide on projects of every size and level of complexity. Founded in 1956, today Thornton Tomasetti is a 700-person organization of engineers, architects and other professionals collaborating from offices across the world.

    Thanks to Amy Seif Hattan and Rachel Michelin for participating in this Q&A.

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