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Featured Special Sections
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 | Chapters Make USGBC’s National Green Schools Campaign Their Own
Volunteers have always been the heart of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). USGBC’s exponential membership growth is mirrored in the more than 75 local groups that make up USGBC’s chapter network. Through this chapter network, tens of thousands of volunteers work at the state and local levels to educate and engage both the building industry and the general public in promoting green building.
by Gwyn Jones
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.jpg) | LEED and Higher Education
As America begins a fundamental culture shift toward a truly sustainable economy and way of life, universities will be one of the greatest sources of ideas and innovation. These institutions have the capacity to generate fundamental solutions to critical issues such as climate change and energy dependence while also preparing a skilled workforce for the anticipated demand for green-industry jobs. Campuses themselves are already becoming living laboratories for innovation, learning and sustainability.
by Taryn Holowka
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 | Revolutionary Green: A Look Ahead to Greenbuild 2008
Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride, the Boston Tea Party, and the extraordinary blossoming of ideas that laid the foundation of the American Revolution were inspiration for the 2008 Greenbuild International Conference & Expo, Revolutionary Green: Innovations in Global Sustainability, held Nov. 19–21, 2008, in Boston. That spirit will be reflected not only in Greenbuild’s educational programming, but also in vastly expanded and improved attendee services and logistics.
by Doug Smeath
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 | Green Building Returns Outweigh Costs
Not a penny more. The evidence that green buildings don’t have to cost a penny more than their conventional counterparts continues to pile up, as do the studies that validate significant ongoing operational cost savings for both new and existing green buildings.
by Ashley Katz
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 | The Next Generation of LEED
With its introduction in 2000, the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System helped to spark a revolution, articulating a new set of integrated, measurable goals that changed how the building industry approaches the design, construction and operation of our offices, schools, hospitals and homes.
by Ashley Katz
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