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Featured Award: 2015 BREEAM Awards

By Rebekah Nowak on 04 Aug 2015 • 2 minute read

Created in 1990, the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) has come to be identified as one of the world’s most comprehensive and recognized means for measuring building environmental performance. With a reported 425,000+ buildings u …

Featured Activity: ED Green Ribbon Schools

By Emma Arnold on 01 Aug 2014 • 1 minute read

Last Tuesday July 22, over 300 individuals gathered on Capitol Hill in celebration. Among the crowd were school, district, and state leaders, as well as many of their members of congress. It is no small feat to bring such a notable and diverse group together, but this w …

Featured Activity: Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges

By Emma Arnold on 21 Jul 2014 • 1 minute read

For today’s students, researching colleges can be daunting. Fortunately, The Princeton Review’s Guide to 332 Green Colleges makes one part of the search a little easier. The Princeton Review and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) again partnered to produce t …

Featured Activity: ENERGY STAR National Building Competition

By Sean McMahon on 14 May 2014 • 1 minute read

Last month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released the 2013 Wrap-Up Report on Trends & Best Practices, detailing results from the 2013 ENERGY STAR National Building Competition. The annual competition pits thousands of buildings of all shapes and sizes ag …

Featured Activity: NWF Certified Wildlife Habitat

By GBIG Staff on 18 Jun 2013 • 1 minute read

As cities and towns have grown, we have replaced green spaces with concrete and other hard or artificial surfaces, thereby dramatically decreasing not only the amount of natural spaces for humans, but also the amount of habitat available for wildlife. In fact, roughly …