Stemming from his trip to Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum, U.S. Green Building Council CEO, Rick Fedrizzi, wrote an op-ed outlining immediate solutions for our economic recovery including how to reduce U.S. energy consumption by 23 percent by 2020, save the U.S. economy $1.2 trillion, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1.1 gigatons annually.
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In a meeting with President Bill Clinton last week, even as the basic necessities of human life slowly began to flow, we began putting our hands around the rebuilding work before us. The redevelopment work we started before the earthquake takes on new urgency, but it also has begun to take on a practical scope. Beyond funds for food and water, simply clearing away the rubble is a huge undertaking that must begin immediately. President Clinton has asked that we put out a call to our community for donations of machinery to help clear a path and building materials that can be used to make the most basic of structures for food distribution, hospitals and sanitary facilities.
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USGBC President and CEO Rick Fedrizzi will travel to Davos, Switzerland this week to participate in the 40th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, joining some 2500 global leaders from 90 countries as they meet under the theme "Improve the State of the World: Rethink, Redesign, Rebuild.” The situation in Haiti will figure significantly in the week’s discussion.
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Design a LEED Platinum home and change a life. USGBC’s Natural Talent Design Competition, presented by Salvation Army’s EnviRenew Initiative, challenges students and emerging professionals to design a small, affordable, green home for elderly occupants in New Orleans. Two teams of students and two teams of emerging professionals will be selected as national finalists, and will travel to New Orleans and Greenbuild 2010 in Chicago.
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USGBC can help you develop high-quality green building education and credential maintenance opportunities for the 140,000 LEED Professionals in the marketplace, your employees and others. Build your capacity to deliver quality courses with USGBC’s Education Development Services. The first training will be Jan. 28.
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in accordance with the G.I. Bill, has agreed to reimburse Veterans, eligible dependents and reservists for the cost of any of the LEED Professional Exams administered by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI).
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An e-copy version of the new reference guide for LEED for Neighborhood Development is now available. You may also pre-order a hard copy, which includes immediate access to download a non-printable PDF of the reference guide.
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USGBC recognized seven chapters that excel in providing local green building outreach and education and in fostering best practices among the green building community.
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Watch video of the Greenbuild 2009 master speakers, including Josh Bernstein, Paul King and Nancy Sutely, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, as the closing plenary keynote.
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