Category: USGBC News
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Congressional Members Introduce Building Efficiency Measure
Bryan Howard Legislative Director U.S. Green Building Council Yesterday, Representative Charles Bass (NH) and Representative Jim Matheson (UT) introduced bipartisan legislation that deploy energy efficiency programs across many sectors of the built e…
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Senate Efficiency Champions Advance Elements of Recent USGBC Report
Bryan Howard Legislative Director U.S. Green Building Council As members of the House and Senate tax writing committees continue to negotiate over the extension payroll tax cut and other tax incentives, six senators of the Senate Finance Committee, s…
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Who’s Benefitting from Project Haiti?
Marisa Long External Relations Manager U.S. Green Building Council As part of the USGBC community, you’ve been introduced to Project Haiti over the past year. You’ve heard us talk about rebuilding this orphanage and children’s center in P…
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House Bill Puts Transportation Programs in Reverse
Bryan Howard Legislative Director U.S. Green Building Council Next week, the House is expected to debate H.R. 7 “American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act.” The bill is the long awaited legislative product to reauthorize a number of federal hig…
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Obama Budget Charts Bold Course for Green Building Priorities
Bryan Howard Legislative Director U.S. Green Building Council On Monday, President Obama released an ambitious $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal year 2013 that seeks to pump billions of dollars into the economy through clean energy and infrastructure im…