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USGBC - United States Green Building Council
USGBC - United States Green Building Council
Phone: 202-742-3792
2101 L Street NW
Washington
District Of Columbia , 20037
United States
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Greenbuild International Conference & Expo, In Person and Online, September 21-23, San Diego, CA
The time has never been better; the need has never been greater. Greenbuild brings together leaders developing the next generation of standards, policies, and partnerships to build a better quality of life for all. Greenbuild hosts the largest annual event for green building professionals worldwide, including architects, designers, builders, sustainability professionals, consultants and governments, where attendees learn and source...
By USGBC - United States Green Building Council Event Date: 09/21/2021 + Show |
Greenbuild 2021: Virtual Green Business Summit, August 12
Greenbuild 2021's three virtual summits dive into critical topics within the green building space, offer continuing education credits, and are included with a Greenbuild All Access Pass. Sustainability professionals are being tasked with managing organizational initiatives from finding ways to decrease the carbon footprint of their real estate portfolio to implementing a new zero waste program. The Green Business Summit is a deep dive...
By USGBC - United States Green Building Council Event Date: 08/12/2021 + Show |
Online: USGBC Federal Advocacy in Action, July 14, 2-3 PM EDT
Join USGBC for an advocacy webinar on July 14 at 2 pm ET. It’s shaping up to be a big year for federal investment in green building. Perhaps more than any previous administration, the Biden White House is prioritizing investments in sustainable homes and buildings and has developed a broad outline for accomplishing its goals through the American Jobs Plan infrastructure package. The plan includes investment in federal buildings, as well as...
By USGBC - United States Green Building Council Event Date: 07/14/2021 + Show |
This session will discuss the concept of high-performance homes and buildings and the application of variable refrigerant flow (VRF) ducted heat pumps to meet their design and efficiency requirements. It will review different types of ducted indoor units, the special design considerations associated with them and how to effectively design for cold climate installations.
By USGBC - United States Green Building Council Event Date: 12/04/2020 |
In this one-hour video presentation, attendees will explore how HVLS fans can contribute to LEED v4, increase thermal comfort, and provide a silent and elegant design strategy. Then, there will be a discussion about how to save energy and improve indoor air quality for building occupants. The course reviews how computational fluid dynamics helps to measure airflow performance for energy savings. Finally, our team examines how HVLS fans...
By USGBC - United States Green Building Council Event Date: 11/06/2020 + Show |
This webinar is designed to help building design and construction professionals understand how to use environmental product declarations in the procurement process and credit achievement for LEED v4 buildings. It covers the LEED v4 BD+C, LEED v4 ID+C, and LEED v4 O+M rating systems. Objectives Use and collect EPDs to design and construct a sustainable building and achieve credit in the LEED v4 BD+C rating system Use and collect EPDs...
By USGBC - United States Green Building Council Event Date: 09/02/2020 + Show |
How do we lead in a way that truly drives innovation? As a green building industry we have big plans to push sustainability practices into the future. To be at the forefront of rethinking sustainable design, construction and operational practices. But do we know how to lead systemic, innovative change in this ever-changing world? Can we intentionally build cultures that foster and harness innovative thinking? Can we overcome our fear of failure...
By USGBC - United States Green Building Council Event Date: 08/26/2020 + Show |
USGBC Equity Summit, Online, May 28 - 29
Better buildings mean better lives for all. USGBC’s vision means putting people first. In this inaugural summit, we will convene and listen to USGBC members, sustainability advocates, key social and environmental justice leaders, and economic and community development experts. Participants will share how their work acts on equity by creating better lives for people and moves the needle for green buildings, cities, and communities....
By USGBC - United States Green Building Council Event Date: 05/28/2020 + Show |
Join us for the USGBC Virtual Town Hall Workshop: Philadelphia, PA Introduction to Arc (1 hour, 1 CE) Description: provides a high-level introduction to Arc as a global platform to analyze and score the operational performance of spaces and buildings. This session will answer the following questions: What is Arc? How does Arc work? Why does Arc score? What is Arc for All? What is a Performance Certificate? How does...
By USGBC - United States Green Building Council Event Date: 05/22/2020 + Show |
USGBC Virtual Town Hall Workshop: Measuring Resilience with RELi, May 21, 1-2:45pm
Join us for the USGBC Virtual Town Hall Workshop: Newark, NJ Measuring Resilience with RELi GBCI Credit: 1.0 CE hours (LEED-specific BD+C and ND) Basic level (Note: This workshop is for those already familiar and experienced with LEED. Focus is on resilience in the built environment.) Description: Around the world, governments, businesses, private developers and city planners and officials are spearheading a growing movement...
By USGBC - United States Green Building Council Event Date: 05/21/2020 + Show |
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Major Green Building Organizations Rally Around the Common Materials Framework (CMF)
At Greenbuild 2023, leading green building organizations, including the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the International Living Future Institute (ILFI), the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), and mindful MATERIALS (mM) joined forces to align around the Common Materials Framework (CMF), which establishes a common language for holistic material sustainability in the building...
By Rate It Green Team Last updated: 11/29/2023 + Show |
USGBC Green Building Policy Outlook Panel, A Moment for Optimism and Broad-based Support
On December 10, The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) gathered a panel of policymakers and business leaders to consider the current green building policy outlook in the context of pandemic and the incoming Biden Administration. Panelists included USGBC’s Senior Policy Counsel, Elizabeth Beardsley, Representative Kathy Castor (D-Florida; Chair, House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis), Representative Peter Welch...
By Rate It Green Team Last updated: 12/10/2020 + Show |
Announced at the annual Greenbuild Conference and Expo this past week, the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) plans to provide funding for 500 people in underserved communities to earn the LEED professional credential. A key goal is to help build capacity and expertise for green building, as a part of the USGBC's "All In; Building Equity Together" initiative, also announced at the start of...
By Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin Last updated: 11/13/2020 + Show |
USGBC Introduces Net Zero Certification Program
Net Zero Energy Certification In September 2018, USGBC launched the Net Zero certification program. Net zero buildings, as we know, are projects which achieve efficient energy use by developing their own renewable energy onsite or offsite by reaching or exceeding the annual energy consumption. Therefore, the program seeks to motivate green building designers to implement on LEED projects one of the important aspects...
By Suelen Ribeiro // Architect/ LEED GA Last updated: 10/12/2018 + Show |
Energypath 2017 For Our Future: Carbon Reduction on July 27 in Center Valley
Energypath 2017 For Our Future: Carbon Reduction, the Mid-Atlantic region's largest sustainable energy conference is an annual event held by Sustainable Energy Fund and attracts industry professionals, policymakers, and academia throughout the region and across the United States. This year’s event will explore how what we buy, what we eat, and the energy we consume effects our greenhouse gas emissions, and will include lectures from industry...
By AbbieKnight Event Date: 07/27/2017 + Show |
Energize Denver: Energy Benchmarking Ordinance Training, July 27
Denver's recently passed a new ordinance requiring that owners of commercial and multifamily buildings over 25,000 square feet to benchmark and report their energy performance using EPA's ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager Tool. To support property managers and building owners who need to comply with the ordinance several trainings will be offered. These trainings will provide an opportunity to: learn more about the ordinance and why it was...
By AbbieKnight Event Date: 07/27/2017 + Show |
Introduction to Living Building Challenge in Boston on July 27
Join us for an introductory session on the newest and most rigorous standard in high performance buildings today. If you are new to the standard or have a few unanswered questions come visit this session. We will be breifly covering projects in the Commonwealth and will have mediated discussion after the comprehensive presentation. The Living Building Challenge is the built environment's most rigorous performance standard. It calls for the...
By AbbieKnight Event Date: 07/27/2017 + Show |
Webinar: Designing a LEED Campus in the Desert- Part 1 (Upstate Branch) on July 27
This one-hour video documentary examines the design challenges for the Health Sciences Education Building in Arizona. Project team members discuss sustainable sites, integrated design process, energy models, copper cladding, and the LEED campus approach. The desert is a hot and dry climate, and water can be scarce. Modern designers have learned from the indigenous desert people, who often built into cliffs using thermal mass—to moderate...
By AbbieKnight Event Date: 07/27/2017 + Show |
Gulf Coast: Green Building & Mobility on July 26 in Houston
Getting to and from green buildings: People generally have to get themselves to and from buildings, green or otherwise. Most people are tired of traffic, and part of the population wants to bicycle, another part wants to take transit, and another part wants to share rides. What are the current best practices and what are people looking forward to? What is Mobility As A Service? What are we doing about reducing parking demand other than charging...
By AbbieKnight Event Date: 07/26/2017 + Show |
Webinar: Best in the West Webinar Series: Risk Management in the Age of Climate Change, July 25
Learn how the built environment can help mitigate climate change during this fourth installment of the Best in the West webinar series. LEED Fellow Scott Bowman and environmental change scientist Jeffrey Hicke will explore projected impacts of climate change in the West as it relates to the built environment. Attendees will learn how LEED v4 and the LEED v4 Climate Resilience screening tool can be leveraged to design buildings to meet the...
By AbbieKnight Event Date: 07/25/2017 + Show |
A Midsummer Night's Green & Community Leader Awards, July 20, Washington, DC
Toast the best of the best in local green building at the 16th annual Midsummer Night's Green, hosted by USGBC National Capital Region. This event is the premier, summer social event for the D.C. metro area's green building community, offering networking, delicious hors d'oeuvres and an open bar. Celebrate with us as we recognize innovative projects and inspiring volunteers with our Community Leader Awards. Proceeds from this event will support...
By AbbieKnight Event Date: 07/20/2017 + Show |
Delaware Center for Horticulture - Initiatives for a Greener Building, July 20, Wilmington
Join DVGBC in Delaware for an exciting tour and presentation of recent building renovations at The Delaware Center for Horticulture (DCH). Attendees will learn about solar and energy efficiency improvements and current inititatives for stormwater management including constructions and planting of new rain gardens and two green roof projects that are underway. Attendees will also learn about DCH's various urban greening initiatives and community...
By AbbieKnight Event Date: 07/20/2017 + Show |
Building Resilience Los Angeles Workshop, July 18
Building resilience means planning for change in ways that make you better off now. By leveraging and linking the work organizations are already doing on sustainability, risk management, emergency preparedness and business continuity, you can create new opportunities that improve the public good and the bottom line. USGBC-LA’s Building Resilience-LA program has developed a methodology for busting silos and unleashing potential of buildings,...
By AbbieKnight Event Date: 07/18/2017 + Show |
LA's Existing Building Energy and Water Efficiency Ordinance Free Workshop, July 14
USGBC-LA and LABBC are facilitating a series of monthly workshops to help building owners comply with the city's new Existing Building Energy & Water Efficiency (EBEWE) Ordinance. This ordinance requires multifamily, commercial, and government property owners served by LADWP to benchmark, report, and improve energy and water performance. Building owners will learn: What is the city's policy context for the ordinance When specific properties...
By AbbieKnight Event Date: 07/14/2017 + Show |
LEED for Cities Local Government Leadership Program - Applications are Due by March 15
USGBC is currently accepting applications for the LEED for Cities Local Government Leadership Program: 2021 National Cohort. The leadership program convenes U.S. local governments (cities, towns and counties) committed to certifying in LEED for Cities and accelerating progress on climate change, social equity and resilience. Through this competitive program, local governments participate as a cohort, collaborating and ...
Posted on 02/26/2021 + Show |