The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has announced the recipients of its annual LEED for Homes Awards, recognizing projects, developers and homebuilders that have demonstrated outstanding leadership and innovation in residential green ...
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and the American Chemistry Council (ACC) have formed a new initiative designed to ensure the use of sustainable and environmentally protective products in buildings by applying technical and ...
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) launched USGBC+, a new magazine for its community of nearly 13,000 member organizations that are committed to USGBC’s mission to create sustainable buildings and communities for all within this ...
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The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) released its ranking of the top 10 countries for LEED® outside of the United States, demonstrating the global reach of the movement that is transforming the built environment into healthy, ...
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The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) launched its new online data visualization resource that highlights real-time green building data for each state in the U.S. and Washington, D.C. The enhanced state market briefs — highlighting ...
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The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has named the recipients of the 2013 LEED for Homes Awards, recognizing projects, developers and homebuilders that have demonstrated outstanding leadership in residential green building. The award ...
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The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has announced the 50,000th LEED-certified green housing unit. “As one of the most rigorous green residential rating systems in the world, LEED for Homes is the standard against which all other ...
The movement for healthier, high-performing buildings has reached a new milestone, as the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) issued the 20,000th LEED certification for a commercial project. This month, USGBC’s Green Building ...
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a tool for evaluating of green building. The objective is to effectively reduce the negative impact of the environment and occupants in the design. The objectives are to specify a ...
Despite the current economic crisis that plunges the construction business ever downward, the "green building" trend is taking off. Even when new construction projects are in a decline, there is increasing interest in green building methods ...
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