Category: USGBC News
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Tokyo’s Urban Cap and Trade for Commercial Buildings Sees Huge Success in First Year of Operation
Maggie Comstock Policy Analyst U.S. Green Building Council Tens of thousands of delegates from diverse backgrounds and geographical regions convened in Rio to protect the future we want through sustainable development policy. While progress was made o…
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We’ve Got the Power – Bummmm…Bumpa…Bumm
Jason Hartke Vice President, National Policy U.S. Green Building Council Cities Arrive in Force at Rio+20 I don’t know if that 1992 pop song “We Got the Power” was meant for cities. But it should have been. It certainly would have been apropos du…
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Existing Buildings = The 99%
It’s hard to overstate the potential (and necessity) of greening our existing building stock. Buildings account for 73% of electricity consumption in the U.S. and 38% of CO2 emissions. Can you imagine the dent we can make with added efficiency in this …
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Citi Becomes World’s First Bank with 200 LEED-Certified Projects
Yesterday, Citi celebrated the LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum certification of its New York City flagship branch in Union Square, becoming the world’s first bank with 200 LEED-certified projects. LEED is the U.S Green B…
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Is a Sustainable City a Just City?
Maggie Comstock Policy Analyst U.S. Green Building Council In order to accommodate the expected increase in urban population of two billion people by 2030, we would need 200 new cities with populations of 10 million people—think 200 cities larger th…