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Creating high-performance, environmentally responsible, healthy, yet cost-effective workplaces makes good business sense. In a volatile economic and environmental climate—domestically and globally—in which large-scale issues such as energy independence, global climate change, aging infrastructure and healthcare costs are affecting businesses, green building strategies offer tangible ways to counteract these issues as well as strengthen the bottom line.

By developing and implementing environmental strategies for their corporate real estate, tenants have the power to improve their work environment and minimize its environmental impact while more broadly accelerating the acceptance and implementation of green building design, construction and operations and maintenance practices.

New - Green Operations Guide


Green Office Guide: Integrating LEED Into Your Leasing Process
Green Operations Guide: Integrating LEED Into Commercial Property Management

This resource will assist multi-tenant office owners and managers as well as their service providers in reducing the environmental impact associated with commercial real estate operations, while also helping to facilitate LEED for Existing Buildings: O&M certification. Available for Sale October»

USGBC hosted a free one-hour webcast highlighting the main content of the Green Operations Guide featuring three of its authors. Click here to listen to the recording»

Featured - Green Office Guide


Green Office Guide: Integrating LEED Into Your Leasing Process
Green Office Guide: Integrating LEED Into Your Leasing Process

This resource will help office tenants integrate green decision-making throughout the leasing process- encompassing team selection, site selection, negotiations, lease language, build-out and the tenant's ongoing operations within the leased space. Buy Now »

USGBC hosted an informative one-hour webcast highlighting the main content of the Green Office Guide  featuring three of its authors. View the free webcast»

Practical Strategies in Green Building: Existing Offices
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Portfolio Program
Steamline the LEED certification process with USGBC's Portfolio Program.
LEED Policy Adoptions and Incentives
See what LEED policies are being implemented to transform the built environment.
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