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U.S. Green Building Council wrote a new blog post: The Brilliance of Green Building is Shining at Rio+20 11 months ago · View
By Jason Hartke , U.S. Green Building Council Cross-posted from U.S. Green Building Council’s Blog It is time that we steered by the stars, not the lights of each passing ship.” — General Omar Bradley The green building world knows the following statistic all too well. On average, we spend 90 percent of our time indoors. That’s 21.6 hours out [...] -
U.S. Green Building Council wrote a new blog post: One Small Button for Man, One Giant Leap for Data Access 1 year, 1 month ago · View
By Jason Hartke on U.S. Green Building Council’s Blog Today the White House launched the Green Button Initiative , which connects more than 15 million Americans with their utility providers for streamlined access to their energy data. Nine utilities and electricity suppliers initially signed up for this landmark program designed to enable consumers to put their energy consumption into [...]
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U.S. Green Building Council wrote a new blog post: Top 10 States for LEED Green Buildings 1 year, 3 months ago · View
Ashley Katz Media Manager U.S. Green Building Council Today, USGBC released its top 10 list of states with the most LEED-certified building square footage per capita. The District of Columbia leads the nation, with more than 31 square feet of LEED-certified space per person in 2011, and Colorado is the leading state, with 2.74 square feet per [...]
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U.S. Green Building Council wrote a new blog post: Leaked Policy Draft Makes Green Building a Priority at Rio+20 1 year, 4 months ago · View
By Maggie Comstock Associate, Policy U.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 Sustainable Development Rio+20 Conference is unique for being leaked so far in advance of the June meeting. Climate policy [...]
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U.S. Green Building Council wrote a new blog post: Every Penny Counts: Tracking Building Performance to Save Money and Resources 1 year, 4 months ago · View
Lauren Riggs , LEED AP Manager, LEED Performance U.S. Green Building Council This post originally appeared on FacilitesNet. In today’s economy, every penny counts. And as building owners and facility managers know all too well, every penny adds up. When the lights in your 30-story office building are left on an extra hour each day, or the brutal [...]
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U.S. Green Building Council wrote a new blog post: Center for Green Schools and UTC Announce New Findings on Green Schools 1 year, 6 months ago · View
At the annual Greenbuild Conference Expo in Toronto, the Center for Green Schools and United Technologies Corp. held a press conference to announce findings from a new independent study conducted on green schools, as well as initiatives the Center will be taking in 2012. The results of the survey brought light to the fact that Americans are concerned about [...]
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U.S. Green Building Council wrote a new blog post: “Green Jobs” versus “Jobs”? – It’s Not a Competition; They’re One in the Same 1 year, 6 months ago · View
by Maggie Comstock, Associate, Policy, U.S. Green Building Council On Oct. 26, USGBC participated in a salon on green jobs and economic growth, sponsored by Planet Forward. The high-level discussion included U.S. government representatives from several agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, Department of Defense, Department of Labor, and more. Private sector [...]
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