USGBC

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United States Green Building Council

The USGBC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit community of leaders working to make green buildings available to everyone within a generation. The organization certifies sustainable businesses, homes, hospitals, schools, and neighborhoods. USGBC is dedicated to expanding green building practices and education, and its LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System™. USGBC offers a wide array of resources / tools, educational programming, green building news and research.

Additional USGBC related green building sites and their links are itemized below.

Green Building Certification Institute

The Green Building Certification Institute provides third-party project certification and professional credentials recognizing excellence in green building performance and practice. GBCI administers project certification for commercial and institutional buildings and tenant spaces under the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Green Building Rating Systems™ addressing new construction and ongoing operations. GBCI also manages the professional credentialing programs based upon the LEED Rating Systems including the LEED Green Associate, LEED AP and LEED Fellow credentials.



Greenbuild Expo 2010 - November 16 -19 in Chicago



Registration is open now ! 

New this year: Job Fair being held on Tuesday, November 16th! 

New this year: Generation Green – How are you redefining our future? Upload your own video.

Greenbuild is the world's largest conference and expo dedicated to green building. Tens of thousands of building professionals from all over the world come together at Greenbuild for a week of outstanding educational sessions, renowned speakers, green building tours, special seminars, and networking events.

Greenbuild is heading to the American Southwest, a region with unique environmental and social challenges and opportunities, and the imperative is clear: Green building can and must come home to all people, boosting the quality of life on main streets across the country and around the world. Attend Greenbuild 2010  in Chicago, November 17-19, 2010 and engage in the conversation we must have to bring green to everyone, and bring everyone to green.



Greening the Heartland Conference - May 19 - 21 in Minneapolis



This year’s theme, BRIDGING, seeks to draw valuable connections between people, places, and ideas to help create a sustainable heartland region and beyond. Specifically, the conference seeks to link such ideas as:

•Sustainable development and environmental protection
•Green building and social justice
•Community planning and individual health
•Commercial and residential projects (market-rate and affordable housing)
•LEED and the Green Communities criteria

Presenting organizations, the Minnesota chapter of USGBC and Minnesota Green Communities, are excited this unique partnership and opportunity to “bridge” our two conferences and bring people together around green building and design from all across the region.

All 40 conference sessions are approved for GBCI CE hours towards the LEED Credential Maintenance Program

Greenbuild 365

The fundamental building block of market transformation is education. Greenbuild365, USGBC's interactive green building learning portal, is a tool to engage professionals from a broad range of disciplines-design, construction, real estate, education and more - in the growing sustainability movement, connecting them to the knowledge they need to be active contributors to the changing dynamics of the industry. Get bytes on building green, access education session recordings from the annual Greenbuild Expo, webinars and much more.

Green Schools

To protect and enhance the 20% of Americans who go to school, green schools create a healthy environment that is conducive to learning while saving energy, resources and money. School districts large and small are realizing the benefits of building with LEED for Schools. Students, parents, teachers and community members are making the difference, by letting elected officials know they want their schools built green. Start making a change in your community today.


Green Homes

A green home incorporates smart design, technology, construction and maintenance elements to significantly lessen the negative impact of the home on the environment and improve the health of the people who live inside. No matter your location or living situation, the opportunities for living a greener life at home are limited only by your imagination. Having a home that contributes to a healthy environment is important, but a home is only as green as the people who live in it. In and out of the home, there is a lot you can do to help protect the world’s air, water, land, wildlife and climate.