Ohio, with 77 LEED-certified schools, has the most green schools per capita in the country…Virginia had the most per-capita green building activity in 2012…Colorado’s state capitol was the first to go green, achieving LEED Gold in 2008…Each of our states has an amazing story about green building market transformation. This summer, we’ll share 50 of them. I’m pleased to announce the release of state-by-state market reports that will highlight green building...

Target’s first round of stores in Canada receives LEED certification, Chain Store Age. Congratulations to Target, which certified its first 24 stores in Ontario through the LEED Volume Program. Target is aiming for certification for all 124 stores it will open in Canada this year.How Green Building Standards Can Actually Change People's Behavior, The Atlantic Cities. New research shows that LEED for Neighborhood Development projects have significantly lower rates of driving than average...

In May 2011, I graduated from Farmingdale State College with a bachelor’s degree in engineering. Prior to graduation, I was an intern at a consulting engineering firm. I was confident that through my internship I would be offered a fulltime position upon graduating, but unfortunately I was not. That’s when I realized I needed to differentiate myself from other recent graduates. As an intern, I learned about LEED and I decided there was no better time to take the LEED Green Associate...

Dear friends of USGBC,  What were you doing 20 years ago? I was standing in front of 60 organizations, along side green building pioneers David Gottfried and Mike Italiano, at the first-ever meeting of the U.S. Green Building Council. As the three co-founders of USGBC, we were idealistic. We were nervous. And we had one very important quality in common with everyone sitting in that room: we knew, without any hesitation, that the journey we were about to embark upon was the right thing...

What are the goals, mission, and vision for the rebooted USGBC Orange Countys Emerging Professionals (EP-OC)? On May 16th, attendees of EP-OCs 2013 kick-off event, a Visioning Charrette, collaborated at DPR Constructions LEED-CI Gold space. The event began with networking amongst both emerging & established professionals of varied industries over wine & hors d'oeuvres. Our brand new Core Group (Diana, Carolyn, Sara, Thomas, and Tasso) went into action setting up, pandering raffle...

On June 3-4, nearly 30 state legislators traveled to Washington, D.C. for the 2013 Green Schools State Legislative Summit. Hosted by the Center for Green Schools at USGBC, the workshop brought together lawmakers and critical stakeholders from the education sector for two days of idea generation, best-practice sharing and communications training to advance the benefits of healthy, high-performing schools in communities across the country. The attending legislators are among the network that have...

What's your name and title at USGBC?Doug Gatlin, VP, LEED & Product Management How long have you been at USGBC?  I joined the staff at USGBC in early 2006, back when there were only a few hundred LEED-certified projects, LEED was just a toddler then, and the staff organization was about 40 people.Where's your hometown? I'm a local kid. I grew up in the Washington, DC suburbs before heading off to college in North Carolina. I lived in NC for some time after graduating, but the job...

This article originally appeared on GreenBiz in May 2013 and is authored by Ashka Naik, director of ACUPCC Initiatives at Second Nature. In spite of its growth, green building often has to defend its right to exist. In today's business case-driven industry, questions such as how the investment is justified and the length of ROI are posed with preconceived notions of green building costing more than projected and offering less than promised. Therefore, it's worth listening to what the U.S....

LEED Manufacturing User Group Charter Document Behind every achievement or milestone, there’s a leader. In this case, it’s a group of them. USGBC is excited to announce that we’ve been working with a dedicated group of industry...

Operating for many years as a dedicated group of volunteers with a small staff, the USGBC Massachusetts Chapter was growing quickly and looking to expand their reach to all corners of the state. In 2012 they embarked on a search for an Executive Director, supported by a USGBC Chapters Capacity Building Grant. The Chapters first Executive Director, Grey Lee, was hired in November. In the few months since Grey's hire, the Chapter has continued to increase its influence and impact. With...

Washington, D.C. – (June 12, 2013) – Today, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced it will once again join Enterprise Community Partners (Enterprise) and the Institute for Professional and Executive Development (IPED), an affiliate of Nixon Peabody LLP, to co-host the Affordable Housing Summit at Greenbuild. The summit will take place Nov. 19-20, 2013, in Philadelphia at the Greenbuild International Conference & Expo, the world's largest conference and expo...

Quick - what’s the first thing that comes to mind when you want to understand a credit? The reference guide. It's like the rating system content is your trusty automobile and the reference guide is your owner's manual that helps you figure out how to use everything. In our last article in this series, we took a look at the different online tools that support the LEED v4 reference guides.  In this article, we’ll take a deeper look at the guides themselves. Reference Guides Just...