Category: USGBC News
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Two Billion or Bust: LEED Square Footage Tips the Scales
Brendan Owens, LEED AP, P.E.Vice President, LEED Technical DevelopmentU.S. Green Building CouncilEver been to New York, NY? Picture the island of Manhattan in your mind (or Google’s). Now multiply that by three. Or, picture the entire District of Columbia. Both are roughly equivalent to two billion square feet – the amount of LEED-certified space that…
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Green Apple Day of Service (But Were Afraid to Ask)
Mallory Shelter Communications AssociateU.S. Green Building Council Hello San Antonio! The Center for Green Schools team arrived this week in the great state of Texas for USGBC’s annual mid-year meeting, chatting with our most engaged stakeholders about Green Apple and the Day of Service. It’s been inspiring to hear how engaged so many of our leaders…
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Green Apple Day of Service (But Were Afraid to Ask)
Mallory Shelter Communications Associate U.S. Green Building Council Hello San Antonio! The Center for Green Schools team arrived this week in the great state of Texas for USGBC’s annual mid-year meeting, chatting with our most engaged stakeh…
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Green Buildings: A Bridge to a More Resilient Future
Jeremy Sigmon, LEED® AP BD+C Director, Technical Policy U.S. Green Building Council I overheard a lot of scary things in the workshops and in the halls during last week’s 37th Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop. The sessions…
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Green Buildings: A Bridge to a More Resilient Future
Jeremy Sigmon, LEED® AP BD+CDirector, Technical PolicyU.S. Green Building CouncilI overheard a lot of scary things in the workshops and in the halls during last week’s 37th Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop. The sessions I attended were worrisome, and the mere titles of some of the sessions I missed were downright frightening –…