Tag: U.S. Green Building Council

  • LEED Case Study: Ashland Youth Center

    The building serves as an educational model for sustainable building, as it is expected to become the first Alameda County building to receive the coveted LEED Platinum designation from the U.S. Green Building Council. From top to bottom, the designers featured green elements including a vegetated green roof, integrated roof-top photo-voltaic panels, rain gardens, natural…

  • #EarthDay: What You Did

    Every day should be Earth Day. But having a holiday to serve as an important reminder and a rallying point for all makes celebrating that much sweeter…and significant. We asked you about your #EarthDay plans on Twitter: Read on for some of our favo…

  • LEED Commercial Certifications: 12,000 Served

    The U.S. Green Building Council is reporting that, 12 years after the LEED green building program launched, it has reached 12,000 commercial certifications.

  • College Students Race To Save A Gigawatt

    A quarter-million college students across North America are competing to be the greenest dorm in the 2012 Campus Conservation Nationals.