With March Madness kicking off tomorrow, I thought it would be fitting to recognize one of the top seeds in green building, among states that is. Yes, the usual suspects like California and Maryland and Illinois are up there. But this year’s top seed is Virginia.
Earlier this week, we had...
With nearly 30 years of commercial real estate facility management experience, Al Skodowski, Senior Vice President of Sustainability at Transwestern, became chair of USGBC's Board of Directors this year. Read on to get his take on...
What's your name, title at USGBC?
Judith Webb, APR, SVP, Marketing & Strategy
Where are you from?
I’m a Georgia girl – grew up in Atlanta, lived in Chicago for about five years in the 70s, and San Antonio, for about five years in the 80s. Then went home to the ATL in...
I find myself in one of the most amazing cities in the world as I write this. And I’m here, ironically, to talk to the people of this city about, of all things, cities.
Delhi, India is undergoing one of the most stunning physical and social transformations in the history of civilized man...
Pittsburgh has long worked to overcome its reputation as a steel town. The city has made great progress over the years; it now ranks #14 nationally for the number of LEED-certified buildings, places at the top of many “Most Livable Cities” lists, and boasts an impressive collection of...
Detroit Public Schools (DPS) is developing a comprehensive Sustainability Management Plan (SMP) to reduce costs, benefit communities, boost student achievement and prepare students for jobs. The SMP has six...
The USGBC Maryland Chapter, under the leadership of Mary Pulcinella, Executive Director, and Nate Robb, Chair, Board of Directors, recently hosted a group of 25 green building enthusiasts for a tour of the...
This month, Raymond Higa was recognized as one of USGBC’s Above and Beyond Volunteers, volunteer leaders whose contributions have lead to outstanding achievements.
When USGBC Hawaii sought to design and plant a new garden at Queen...
By popular demand (and given the data-heavy requirements of EBie submissions) the entry deadline is now Tuesday, March 12 at 11:59 p.m. ET. So there's still time to submit your project—and potentially walk the green carpet as an EBie Finalist on June 19 at the Hard Rock Café...
A few weeks before the USGBC Charlotte Region Chapter’s annual holiday event last December, the Emerging Professionals Committee had a grand idea: In the giving spirit of the season, why not take leverage the event’s popularity to gather donations for a local school?
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USGBC Emerging Professionals from the Georgia Chapter galvanized around the idea of “Green Gives Back” this year with a fundraiser to support the Project Haiti Orphanage and Children’s Center. Using the theme of “Green Gives Back: Flavors of Haiti,” Emerging Professionals and volunteers from the...
