Each year, the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (SPLC) gathers for a summit where hundreds of purchasing and sustainability professionals, suppliers and NGO experts from diverse sectors and regions share best practices...
Beyond the prerequisite standard performance needed to achieve LEED certification, the Optimize Energy Performance credit affords one of the most significant opportunities to earn points. LEED is guiding design teams to work early in the...
Cities and states are always looking for ways to more efficiently and effectively deliver public services, such as flood management, resource conservation, pollution prevention and actions that foster equity and enhance human health. Traditional approaches to infrastructure have helped manage...
With more daylight and warming temperatures, spring is a great time to implement content from Captain Planet Foundation’s Project Learning Garden, a new program on...
Earth that gives us all this food,
Sun that makes it ripe and good.
Dearest Earth and dearest Sun,
we will not forget what you have done.
—Anonymous
As spring brings blossoms and ever-present bird song to...
Feature image: The LEED-certified Bow Creek Recreation Center.
The USGBC Virginia community is committed to transforming the way buildings are designed, constructed and operated in the Commonwealth...
The third Sustainable Development Goal, "Good Health and Well-being," aims to ensure healthy lives for people of all ages.
Healthy populations around the world rely upon sustainable development, and although this goal has...
Thanks to the pioneering work of the green building community in incorporating fundamental green building practices into every building project, cities and counties across the U.S. are placing green building criteria into building codes. In California, fundamental green strategies are required...
New projects built to California’s robust energy and green building codes (CALGreen) are pre-approved for significant streamlining of fundamental LEED requirements
USGBC, creators of...
Award recipients represent diverse expertise from across the green building industry
Washington, D.C.—(April 18, 2018)—Today, USGBC announced the recipients of its first-ever Greenbuild Europe Leadership...
IMPACT 2018 shows us “The New Way Forward,” as USGBC communities in the West North Central region recognize the way to move toward a sustainable and equitable future is by challenging the status quo.
This year’s...
Green building industry professionals contribute thousands of volunteer hours every year to make possible the continued development and evolution of LEED. As we celebrate National Volunteer Appreciation Week, USGBC wanted to share some of...
Seventhwave, as a nonprofit focused on advancing energy efficiency, lives its mission through research, consulting, program...
With a mission statement about "learners of today...leaders of tomorrow," Pālolo Elementary School is committed to instilling a visionary mindset and attitude in its students. For a recent Green Apple Day of Service project, the school boldly...
