Category: USGBC News
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The Road to Rio+20 Reminds Us to Think Globally and Act Locally
Maggie Comstock Associate, Policy U.S. Green Building Council On Monday, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) convened the fourth installment of…
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President Obama Underscores Building Efficiency as Part of the Energy Solution
Nathan Robb Chairman USGBC Maryland “If we don’t develop other sources of energy, if we don’t develop the technology to use less energy to make our economy more energy-efficient, then we will always be dependent on foreign countries for our …
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Introducing 12,000: A Milestone for LEED
Twelve years after the first LEED certifications in 2000, today we announced the 12,000th commercial project has earned LEED certification (!). Without a doubt, this calls for celebration: If you’ve worked on one of these 12,000 LEED-certified projects…
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The True Story of the EBies
Laurie Kerr Senior Policy Advisor NYC Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability Several years ago, a group of us Urban Greeners were chatting about how to scale up energy efficiency in existing buildings – as we so often do for fun…
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Campaigning for Better Building Codes
Matt Pearce Campaign Specialist U.S. Green Building Council Earlier this month, USGBC launched our seventh and final campaign of the 2012 Advocacy Campaign Agenda: Build Better Codes. In this campaign, USGBC is calling on its community to actively en…