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Join the U.S. Green Building Council - Northern California's Rising Leaders Committee for a fun and educational tour of 181 Fremont, the West Coast’s tallest and most resilient mixed-use building.
This full day workshop is based off of the LEED Project Management course that GreenStep developed and teaches through UC Berkeley Extension. It is designed for professionals who are somewhat familiar with the LEED Rating System, but who are looking to go beyond the basics to gain a deeper understanding of the unique processes involved with managing a LEED project, including documenting several of the most common credits from start to finish.
This training will provide an overview of Arc's purpose and structure. The platform collects data across five categories - energy, water, waste, transportation and human experience - and then provides users with an overall performance score for their building.
This workshop will equip attendees to prioritize population health within their approach to LEED certification by following an Integrative Process for Health Promotion.
Have you picked your Green Apple Day of Service project? USGBC Northern California is partnering with The Green Academy, a career technical education program focused on the energy, environment and utilities sectors, to place students in job shadow opportunities with our professionals on October 16.
Join USGBC NCC and connect with your fellow green building community members while cheering on the Oakland A's! This members-only will be held at the Oakland Coliseum in a private VIP box.
Join the U.S. Green Building Council Northern California for an interactive evening with Amanda von Almen, Head of Sustainable Built Environment for Salesforce, as she helps us develop narratives to build coalitions within our companies and communities towards a greener future.
USGBC invites you to a LEED GA Exam Prep workshop on Friday, August 9, 2019. Our full-day LEED Green Associate Exam Preparation Workshop is designed to prepare you to pass the test with confidence - the first time. The workshop will focus on the key information necessary to pass the LEED Green Associate exam.
To honor National Volunteer Week and celebrate the service of our USGBC Northern California volunteers, please join the Rising Leaders and Impact Committees on Wednesday, April 10th at Covo in San Francisco.
Since 2004, the Water Conservation Showcase has brought together experts, innovative products and services, and the sustainable development community to address one of the largest concerns of Californians: water.
Join the USGBC Northern California Rising Leaders Committee on January 23rd for our annual brainstorming and networking session.
Come connect with the USGBC Rising Leaders for an evening at Covo SF.
An Education Collaboration between The William J. Worthen Foundation, USGBC NCC, AIA SF, and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. Objective: To focus on the practical design and application of water reuse systems for architects, engineers, and building owners.
We cordially invite you to this Urban Land Institute affiliate event of the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco. This event, free for ULI members and nonmembers, is organized by ULI, with support from the U.S. Green Building Council, the World Green Building Council, and the Building Owners and Managers Association.
Hosted by USGBC Northern California, GreenerBuilder is a one-day conference and expo for green building professionals.
Please join USGBC Northern California as we recognize leadership in green building at our Green Hard Hat Awards!
Join USGBC Northern California and construction professionals from the Bay Area for an evening of drinks, brainstorming and networking at Covo.
Join USGBC Northern California from 2-4 p.m. Monday, June 25 for a tour of the Oracle Arena.
Get ready for the LEED Green Associate Exam by registering for this Jun. 21 workshop by Alex Spilger.
Join USGBC Northern California from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 28th at Covo in San Francisco's SOMA district.
Since 2004, the Water Conservation Showcase has brought together experts, innovative products and services, and the sustainable development community to address one of the largest concerns of Californians: water.
Join USGBC Northern California for a tour of the new Salesforce Tower on Friday, March 9, 2018, from 1-2 p.m.
A lot of work has been done to improve the energy efficiency of buildings, including the installation of advanced lighting, HVAC and airflow systems, as well as building envelope technologies and integrated building and energy management systems. Many companies have been reaping the benefits of these new technologies and approaches and are looking for ways to build on this success and take their energy efficiency and clean power efforts to the next levels.
Join the USGBC Northern California Rising Leaders Committee for our 2018 open house! Meet and mingle with other professionals in San Francisco's green building community and learn more about how you can get involved with USGBC's Rising Leaders in 2018.
USGBC invites you to a LEED GA Exam Prep workshop on Friday, January 19, 2018, hosted by the City of Novato. Our full-day LEED Green Associate Exam Preparation Workshop is designed to prepare you to pass the test with confidence - the first time. The workshop will focus on the key information necessary to pass the LEED Green Associate exam.
The William J. Worthen Foundation, the USGBC Northern California Community, and the American Institute of Architects San Francisco Chapter invite you to our joint Holiday Celebration on Thursday, December 14th from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.
Successfully managing the LEED documentation process requires specific knowledge, tools and skills that are not covered in the LEED Reference Manual. This full-day workshop is based off of the LEED Project Management course that GreenStep developed and teaches through UC Berkeley Extension. It is designed for professionals who are somewhat familiar with the LEED rating system, but who are looking to go beyond the basics to gain a deeper understanding of the unique processes involved with managing a LEED project, including documenting several of the most common credits from start to finish.
Join USGBC Northern California from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10 at Covo in San Francisco's SOMA district.
Join USGBC Northern California from 1:30-4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29 for a tour of the Transbay Transit Center "City Park."
USGBC Northern California's full-day WELL AP exam prep workshop is designed to prepare you to pass the WELL AP exam with confidence, earning the new WELL Accredited Professional credential.
Get ready for the LEED Green Associate Exam by registering for this Aug. 22 workshop by Alex Spilger.
Join USGBC Northern California from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 17 at the LEED-certified Hot Italian Pizza & Panini Bar in Midtown Sacramento.
Our full-day exam prep workshop is designed to prepare you to pass the LEED AP BD+C exam with confidence, earning the widely recognized LEED Accredited Professional credential.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) Headquarters is one of the first buildings in the nation with onsite treatment and reuse of gray and black water.
Join the USGBC Northern California for a sneak preview of the upcoming GreenerBuilder conference. Hear what's been going on at USGBC, and find out how you can get involved with our Impact and Rising Leaders committees.
Pass your LEED Green Associate Exam with flying colors by attending this May 12 exam prep workshop, led by Cushman & Wakefield's Senior Vice President of Project & Development Alex Spilger in Sacramento.
Join USGBC Northern California for a Tuesday, May 9 presentation at Perkins+Will’s San Francisco office. Learn about the WELL project management process and lessons learned from a practitioner's perspective.
Join USGBC Northern California and hear from Chris Pyke, Chief Strategy Officer at Aclima (and former COO of GRESB and VP of Research at USGBC), who will talk about the Science and Practice of Measuring Human Performance in Buildings.
Join USGBC Northern California from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, April 27 at the LEED-certified Hot Italian Pizza & Panini Bar in Midtown Sacramento.
Join USGBC Northern California and hear from Geoff Neumayr, SE, SFO's Chief Development Officer, who will present an overview of three of the airport's sustainability projects.
Get the 411 about onsite water reuse during this new installment of the Best in the West webinar series.
This full-day WELL AP exam prep workshop is designed to prepare you to pass the WELL AP exam with confidence, earning the new WELL Accredited Professional credential.
Register for this full-day workshop on Friday, April 7 to prepare for the WELL AP exam.
Join USGBC Northern California and hear from Emma Stewart, Ph.D., Chief Business Development Officer of Impact Infrastructure, who will talk about a new tool to inform design by calculating triple bottom line cost/benefit analysis for buildings and infrastructure.
Join USGBC Northern California and hear from Clark Brockman, LEED Fellow of SERA Architects, who will talk about his work on water reuse while embedded at Google.<
Join USGBC Northern California from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, March 2nd at Hot Italian Pizza & Panini Bar in Midtown Sacramento as we kick off 2017.
Take a deep dive into the state of materials in today's built environment as it relates to LEED v4 at this Feb. 28 seminar with speakers Kristen Magnuson and Anjanette Green of stok.
Join us for a presentation at one of the first WELL projects in San Francisco. BCCI Construction, a leader in sustainability, is running their San Francisco office through the WELL program.
Pass your LEED Green Associate exam with flying colors by participating in a full-day workshop on Wednesday, Feb. 8 in San Francisco.
Join USGBC Northern California as we kick off the new year. Learn about our strategic priorities, projects and ways to get involved in 2017. Enjoy drinks and light bites over networking.
Hear from leaders in district and neighborhood-scale urban regeneration and resilience during a Thursday, Jan. 26 panel session hosted by USGBC Northern California partner Urban Land Institute-San Francisco at Mithun in San Francisco.
USGBC Northern California members are invited to gather with the AEC community and sustainability professionals at the Florin Perkins Public Disposal Site in Sacramento, California, on Monday, Jan. 23, 2017 from 1-2:30 p.m. We will tour the facility then present a panel discussion with experts from the materials recovery sector.
Get hands on in supporting social equity and access to health in the Bay Area!
Gain a better grasp of LEED v4 in this Tuesday, Nov. 1 evening seminar at DPR Construction. We'll review changes to LEED under v4, focusing on the structural changes, implications for LEED practitioners and the new rating systems.
Join USGBC Northern California at Integral Group’s Oakland offices as we gather to learn about the SunShares program and how to use the Green-e Lens for choosing renewable energy in California.
Learn more about Bay Area SunShares during a Sept. 28 informational workshop co-hosted by Arup, USGBC Northern California, and Webcor Builders.
Our full-day WELL AP exam prep workshop is designed to prepare you to pass the WELL AP exam with confidence, earning the new WELL Accredited Professional credential.
Members of USGBC Northern California, Redwood Empire and Orange County are invited to participate in this Friday, Sept. 16 webinar to learn more about community questions.
Attend USGBC Northern California's day-long workshop on Thursday, Sept. 8 in San Francisco to prepare for the LEED Green Associate Exam.
Hear from Building Green President Nadav Malin during his Wednesday, Sept. 7 master lecture, "Blinded by Transparency: The Materials Reporting Mess and How We Can Declutter Our Way Out of It."
Join USGBC Northern California for a tour of the new 350 Mission Street building, which has achieved LEED Platinum for Core & Shell certification. The 30-story, 450,000-square-foot building incorporates sustainable elements into all aspects of the building design.
The indoor built environment plays a critical role in our overall well-being. We spend about 90 percent of our time indoors, and buildings have a unique ability to positively or negatively influence our health. Researchers from Harvard University recently published the results of a study that was designed to simulate indoor environmental quality conditions in green and conventional buildings and evaluate the impacts on an objective measure of human performance—cognitive function.
Our full-day WELL AP exam prep workshop is designed to prepare you to pass the WELL AP exam with confidence, earning the new WELL Accredited Professional credential.
Our full-day exam prep workshop is designed to prepare you to pass the LEED AP BD+C exam with confidence, earning the widely recognized LEED Accredited Professional credential. The workshop will focus on the key information necessary to pass the LEED AP BD+C exam, including:
This course will provide an introduction to the WELL rating system and the connection between building design and construction and human health and wellness. Attendees will also be taken on a tour of Genentech's Building 35, a LEED Gold facility that has also employed many strategies to support health and wellness.
You are cordially invited to attend a Green Health Partnership breakfast hosted by USGBC Northern California, CodeGreen Solutions, the Build Healthy Places Network and GRESB introducing the topic of health promotion through real estate development.
Since 2004, the Water Conservation Showcase has brought together experts, innovative products and services, and the sustainable development community to address one of the largest concerns of Californians: water. USGBC-NCC partners with Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) and East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) to bring together local and national experts to address water conservation topics including policies, rebates, business case studies, treatment innovations, storm-water management, low impact development, water supply history and future, and water reuse solutions.
The sound around us affects our wellbeing, effectiveness and happiness. World renowned sound expert and multiple TED speaker Julian Treasure reveals exactly how sound affects people and shows how we can design offices, schools and hospitals where sound has positive rather than negative consequences.