Category: USGBC News
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Green Building to be a Priority at Rio+20
Maggie ComstockAssociate, PolicyU.S. Green Building Council Climate policy wonks are used to reading leaked draft text in advance of international negotiations. However, the 19 page draft text for the upcoming United Nations Convention on Sustainabl…
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Where Were You? Haiti After the Earthquake
Sean FishAssociate, LEEDLEED Project Administrator – Project HaitiI’ll always remember where I was when I found out about the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010. That evening, I was attending an event at the Newseum in Washin…
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Two Years Later: Rebuilding a Resilient Future for Haiti
Rick FedrizziPresident, CEO & Founding ChairmanU.S. Green Building CouncilThis article is cross-posted from the Huffington Post.Two years ago this week, Haiti was hit by the catastrophic earthquake that killed more than 315,000 people. Today, the w…
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The Promise of the Green Economy: Strengthening the Economy While Protecting the Environment
Maggie ComstockAssociate, PolicyU.S. Green Building Council The author of an article posted yesterday on CNN couldn’t be further embedded in the spin zone he arguably says he’s trying to debunk. In his opening line, the author, Steve Hargreaves, wr…
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The Best Way to Celebrate a Wedding
Nathan GauthierEnergy ManagerJones Lang LaSalleI am incredibly blessed. Among other things, I met my soul mate and I’m about to get married. My mom says it is about time. My fiancée Bethany also feels very lucky… she gets to marry me, after all.B…