Mexico Office Wins LEED Earth Campaign
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in Washington announced that Bioconstruccion y Energia Alternativea (BEA) is the most recent winner of the USGBC’s LEED Earth campaign.
July 24, 2015
CSU Tops List of Most Sustainable Colleges
PHILADELPHIA — BestColleges.com, using data from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) based in Philadelphia, revealed the 50 “greenest” U.S. colleges and universities. Colorado State University (CSU) in Fort Collins, Colo., was ranked No. 1.
USGBC Announces International LEED Rankings
WASHINGTON —The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced on July 22 its international rankings of the Top 10 Countries for LEED.
The Top 10 list highlights countries outside of the U.S. that are making significant strides in sustainable building design, construction and transformation. The announcement comes at a time of increased international focus on climate change mitigation in the lead up to the United Nations’ COP21 climate negotiations this December.
Green Buildings Are Healthy Buildings, Report Finds
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Green buildings are healthy buildings, according to Dr. Joseph Allen and fellow researchers of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University in Cambridge. The group conducted the first comprehensive review of studies that focused on green buildings and summarized the health benefits for the people who work and live in them.
The review is published in Springer’s journal, Current Environmental Health Reports.
Jane Henley
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced that Jane Henley, former chief executive officer of the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC), has come on board as a senior advisor to provide strategic guidance on global market development efforts in Asian markets. Head of the WorldGBC for more than five years, Henley made significant strides in the ongoing international market transformation of the green building industry.