Built to Scale: Join us for the Greenbuild International Conference & Expo in Philidelphia this November as the green building community comes together to drive transformation. Learn more and register today. https://bit.ly/3x5mLfj
U.S. Green Building Council
Non-profit Organizations
Washington, DC 122,779 followers
Transforming buildings and communities to advance human and environmental wellbeing.
About us
The U.S. Green Building Council is committed to transforming buildings and communities to advance human and environmental well-being. Our vision is that buildings and communities will regenerate and sustain the health and vitality of all life within a generation. Our mission is to transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life. We are a diverse group of builders and environmentalists, corporations and nonprofits, teachers and students, lawmakers and citizens. Today we are represented by thousands of member organizations and more than 200,000 LEED professionals that share the vision of a sustainable built environment for all within the next generation.
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http://www.usgbc.org
External link for U.S. Green Building Council
- Industry
- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- Washington, DC
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1993
- Specialties
- green building, energy efficiency, sustainability, and LEED
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Primary
2101 L St NW
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Washington, DC 20037, US
Employees at U.S. Green Building Council
Updates
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Housing shortages across the US present an opportunity for New construction homes to help mitigate climate change through energy-efficient heating and cooling tools such as geothermal heat pumps. https://bit.ly/3WBTdyX
Housing Shortage Presents an Opportunity to Create Climate-Resilient Housing at Scale - BuiltWorlds
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Are you attending the Greenbuild International Conference & Expo in November? This year, more than 100 education sessions will be available. Explore the education agenda on today's most critical green building topics. https://bit.ly/45qjxjr
Explore the 2024 Greenbuild education agenda | U.S. Green Building Council
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During #NationalWellnessMonth, take advantage of USGBC's free course to learn how #LEED v5 promotes human health and wellness through biophilic and universal design. https://bit.ly/3WNd9Af
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Building materials account for 13% of all greenhouse gas emissions. Through #LEED, we can address this impact by encouraging projects to use materials with low embodied carbon. Discover how the rating system fosters environmental and human health with material health requirements. #NationalWellnessMonth https://bit.ly/3Zicp5x
Opportunities in LEED for promoting health through materials | U.S. Green Building Council
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Improving indoor air quality is essential as we continue to advance green buildings that better serve occupants and communities. In the latest from USGBC+, #LEED Fellow Hafsa Burt details the important steps needed to enhance indoor air quality and the future of air quality design. "The multitude of factors that must be considered in a building project makes optimizing IAQ a complex challenge, but it is one that all architects, designers and builders must embrace to grow the health of the people who occupy our buildings and, ultimately, the health of our planet." - Hafsa Burt AIA, LEED Fellow, NCARB, ENV SP, HB+A Architects. https://lnkd.in/e9tbFunh
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📣Vote for us!!📣 "City Climate Planning When the Climate Is Already Changing" with City of Portland, City of Baltimore and U.S. Green Building Council, is up for #SXSW2025 and we need you! Vote for this panel (first covered by Science Friday) at https://lnkd.in/g7dh_WH9 and help bring Vivian Satterfield, Hilari Varnadore, CC-P, Ava R., and Susan Scott Peterson to #SXSW!!
City Climate Planning When the Climate Is Already Changing
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Meeting net zero goals in the built environment is critical to mitigating climate change. This year, during the Greenbuild International Conference & Expo, join us for a lineup of opportunities to discuss and learn more about #decarbonization. View the sessions and register today. https://bit.ly/46Cc7dB
Net zero at Greenbuild 2024 | U.S. Green Building Council
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Professors combining classroom instruction with climate change efforts give college campuses the opportunity to apply real-world context and educate entire communities. https://bit.ly/3AnEe3W
How colleges can become ‘living labs' for combating climate change - The Hechinger Report
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With the increase of extreme weather events, FEMA's newly issued floodplain rule will address the impacts of climate change by implementing the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard to increase resilience and mitigate flood risks. #USGBCAdvocacy https://bit.ly/3yrMOhC
Federal agencies address increasing flood risks with new rules | U.S. Green Building Council
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Affiliated pages
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Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI)
Environmental Services
Washington, DC
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U.S. Green Building Council - U.S. Market Insights
Environmental Services
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Detroit 2030 District
Renewables & Environment
Detroit, MI
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Center for Green Schools
Non-profit Organizations
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia