Category: USGBC News
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Demand for Green Buildings Exceeds Workforce Supply
Maggie Comstock Policy Analyst U.S. Green Building Council This morning, McGraw-Hill Construction (MHC) released its latest SmartMarket Report, “Construction Industry Workforce Shortages: Role of Certification, Training and Green Jobs in Filling the…
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If Betty White Were a Green Building…
Christopher Davis Certification Team Lead, Existing Buildings Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) Perhaps you’ve heard the idea that “the greenest building is the one already built.” Our friends in the historic preservation movement use this…
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Common Ground on Green Schools
Matt Pearce Campaign Specialist U.S. Green Building Council Earlier this year, USGBC launched seven new advocacy campaigns designed to highlight our organization’s public policy priorities. And local advocates sure have responded. Most recently, USG…
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A Toast to LEED: Volume Program Brings Industry Leaders Together
Emily Kirk Willson LEED Volume Program Manager U.S. Green Building Council What happens when Kohl’s Department Stores, Wells Fargo, and Subway Restaurants walk in to a room? At the USGBC offices, it means a great conversation on green building i…
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"Inexhaustible" Inspiration: Thomas Knittel Talks Biomimicry
Amy King Director, USGBC Leadership Institute U.S. Green Building Council A building shaped like a butterfly. A skyscraper modeled after self-cooling termite mounds. A structure in arid climate inspired by a desert snail. Biomimicry, the application o…