Sentences with phrase «green building councils»

World Green Business Council, «Established Green Building Councils» and «Emerging Green Business Councils,» at www.worldgbc.org/green-building-councils, viewed 10 April 2009; LEED - certified floor space from Marie Coleman, USGBC, e-mail to Jignasha Rana, Earth Policy Institute, 1 June 2009.

As of spring 2009 it included Green Building Councils in 14 countries, including Brazil, India, and the United Arab Emirates.

Representatives from ten Green Building Councils (GBCs) worldwide — Canada, Germany, United States, China, India, South Africa, Australia, Brazil, The Netherlands and Sweden — together with the World Green Building Council (WGBC) and lead partner Architecture 2030, met in New York City last week for a 3 - day workshop to define a common approach towards creating net zero certification pathways.

Representatives from ten Green Building Councils (GBCs), together with the World Green Building Council (WGBC) and lead partner Architecture 2030, met in New York City last week for a 3 - day workshop to define a common approach towards creating net zero certification pathways.

9 Partners... Syracuse Center of Excellence Near West Side Green Jobs Community forum on job training Community job training in EES fields Internships in Green Workforce Video project on green / LEED building 2008: 30 + internships in EES fields completed by college / graduate students 2008: US Green Building Councils Green Build conference exhibition

A team from Construction21.eu and supporting European green building councils will organise a virtual trade fair occurring 18 & 19 February 2014 focused on highlighting exemplary green building projects in Europe and the latest green building technologies, materials, other products and services.

green building councils are member - based organizations dedicating to transformation of the local building industry toward sustainability.

Today, it is officially registered on the United States Green Building Council in an attempt to become the first LEED Gold - certified terminal in the United States.

According to the U.S. Green Building Council, total revenue across the industry should grow to $ 245 billion by 2016.

The U.K. Green Building Council estimates that 15 % of materials delivered to construction sites end up in landfills, the result of mismanaged scheduling and purchasing.

Cassy Aoyagi, a board member of the LA Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC - LA) and president of FormLA Landscaping, a high - end, sustainable landscaping firm, reminds homeowners that a weekend spent digging in the dirt can yield great returns.

The building is LEED Gold certified by the U.S. Green Building Council.

LEED, which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is a green building ranking established by the United States Green Building Council.

LEED is the U.S. Green Building Council's designation program for sustainable construction projects.

It has also been submitted to the Green Building Council of Australia for a green - star rating.

Berner is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), The Green Building Alliance (GBA), the Air Movement & Control Association (AMCA), the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating & Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and also a certified Women's Business Enterprise National Council member (WBENC).

The LEED rating system, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), is the foremost program for buildings, homes and communities that are designed, constructed, maintained and operated for improved environmental and human health performance.

Today, Dr. Jorge is the Executive Director of the United States Green Building Council - Los Angeles (USGBC - LA).

This Green Home Guide from the US Green Building Council is full of helpful information.

Among the roughly 20 people who spoke in favor of the tax breaks today were Walt Dixie and Twiggy Billue, of Jubilee Homes; Vito Sciscioli, former city economic development director; City Councilor Chad Ryan and County Legislator Chris Ryan; Jason Smorol, general manager of the Syracuse Chiefs; former City Councilor Mike Atkins; and Lauren Staniec, leader of the Syracuse chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council.

The building would be built to the gold standard of the U.S. Green Building Council, with technology to reduce energy and water use and carbon dioxide emissions.

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Based on Synapse's commitment to earn the highest rating from the U.S. Green Building Council, the project was entitled to the same tax break given other projects under the city's «green» payment in lieu of taxes program.

The U.S. Green Building Council is a nonprofit membership organization whose vision is a sustainable built environment within a generation.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science headquarters building has earned gold - level certification through the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED ®) program.

To date, some 433 D.C. buildings are registered with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), according to the group's communications coordinator, Marie Coleman.

Recognized by the U.S. Green Building Council in 2009 when it became the first redeveloped structure in Washington, D.C. to earn a gold LEED rating, the AAAS headquarters building achieved platinum status in December 2013.

A 2010 report from the U.S. Green Building Council and others found that the education sector is the fastest growing market for green buildings.

She supervises green design, construction, and maintenance for Whole Foods» 270 sites, and helped develop the US Green Building Council's coveted certification for supermarkets.

Developed by the United States Green Building Council, the LEED certification process gives commercial buildings a scorecard for meeting standards for location and transportation, materials and resources, and water efficiency, among others.

-- The Secretary may not guarantee any eligible mortgage under this section unless the mortgagor has demonstrated, in accordance with such requirements as the Secretary shall establish, the amount of savings attributable to incorporation of the sustainable building elements to be financed with the green portion of the mortgage, as measured by the National Green Building Standard for all residential construction developed by the National Association of Home Builders and the U.S. Green Building Council, and approved by the American National Standards Institute, as updated and in effect at the time of such demonstration.

John Alker of the Green Building Council takes a look at a new report on the green and social KPIs all businesses should consider

To put together the list, travel consultancy Reward Expert looked for things like U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) certified hotels, abundant farmers markets, and clean drinking water.

Unfortunately, indoor air quality is two to five times more polluted than outdoor air, according to UL Environment, GREENGUARD Gold by UL Environment, Parson Healthy Materials Lab, and the U.S. Green Building Council.

Resource Links: US Green Building Council — «Better Building Materials: Understanding Human Health and Environmental Attributes.»

Not long after its opening last autumn, the Academy earned the U.S. Green Building Council's highest platinum - level Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification.

Given this mission, one might assume that a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification (developed by the nonprofit U.S. Green Building Council, composed of 18,600 building - industry leaders and organizations, that is considered the standard - bearer of greenness) would be a given for Atrium.

«Green doesn't have to cost more and, in some cases, it can cost less,» says Rachel Gutter, director of the schools sector at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

The American Society of Interior Designers Foundation and the U.S. Green Building Council present their best practice guidelines for sustainable residential projects.

Green schools exponentially help in reaching the Green Building Council's ambitious goal that within a generation, nearly every American commercial or public building that's retrofitted or newly constructed will meet green standards.

«It's teaching lessons we've historically left out of curricula,» says Rachel Gutter, who oversees the Green Building Council's schools sector.

Such schools are still the vanguard, however, and most new schools still aren't green, notes Rachel Gutter of the Green Building Council.

That took us to the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED protocol.»

The Harvard Graduate School of Education's 2012 renovation of Gutman Library's first and second floor was recently recognized by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), receiving LEED Platinum certification.

The Harvard Graduate School of Education's new Larsen classrooms were recognized earlier this month by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) as the first LEED - CI Platinum classrooms in the world.

As such, the World Green Building Council has released a report which summarises global research over the past two decades on indoor environments.

Exhibition features The Green Learning Theatre, in partnership with the Carbon Trust and the UK Green Building Council, hosted best practice case studies and talks on how to create sustainable and affordable education environments.

The World Green Build Council believes that schools should be designed and operated for children's health, wellbeing and performance, as well as being energy efficient and with low greenhouse gas emissions.