Category: USGBC News
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Hungry for Data: LEED Targets Data Centers
Corey Enck Director of Rating System Development, LEED U.S. Green Building Council Quick: How did you get to our blog? Did you click on a link via Twitter, or see the article pop up in your RSS reader? However you arrived here, you probably used aro…
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Campaign Advocacy Offers a Menu of Policy Options for Chapters and Legislatures
Matt Pearce Campaign Specialist U.S. Green Building Council USGBC’s 2012 advocacy campaign agenda is designed to empower local advocates to advance USGBC public policy priorities in their state capitols and city halls. Each campaign was launched wit…
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Creating Healthier Classrooms Through Practical Solutions
Rachel Gutter Director, Center for Green Schools Today, the Center for Green Schools at USGBC launched the Green Classroom Professional Certificate, an online course and evaluation designed to educate teachers, principals, administrators and other sch…
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May I Borrow Your Jumper Cables?
Lauren Riggs, LEED AP Manager, LEED Performance U.S. Green Building Council “May I borrow some jumper cables?” The brick building asked the building next door. The brick building’s energy use was out of control; It needed to kick-start its effi…
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Bringing Green Building Outcomes to Affordable Homes
Matt Pearce Campaign Specialist U.S. Green Building Council The benefits of green building – quality, healthy and safe environments that are cost effective – should be available to all. These outcomes are especially critical in affordable housing …