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New Research: In California’s Unyielding Drought, Green Buildings Can Help

By Jeremy Sigmon on 25 Mar 2015 • 4 minute read

Yesterday, the USGBC Northern California Chapter and its partners hosted the 12th annual Water Conservation Showcase in San Francisco. It was filled to the brim with exhibitors, green building professionals, students, water systems engineers, government representative …

The Water-Energy Nexus: World Water Week in Stockholm

By Adrienne Johnson on 15 Oct 2014 • 3 minute read

Over 3,000 water and energy experts, students, advocates, and enthusiasts gathered in Stockholm, Sweden last month as delegates to the annual World Water Week conference. Sponsored by the Stockholm International Water Institute in partnership with the International Unio …

EPA Launches Third Annual Campus RainWorks Challenge

By GBIG Staff on 24 Jul 2014 • 0 minute read

EPA has launched the third annual Campus RainWorks Challenge, a green infrastructure design challenge for college and university students. Student teams, working with a faculty advisor, will submit design boards, a project narrative, and a letter of support describing a …

Green Roofs in Washington, DC are Expanding

By Michael Lucy on 30 Jun 2014 • 3 minute read

The District of Columbia (District) is a national leader in the use of green roofs, with over 2 million square feet installed on more than 200 buildings. The exciting growth in the use of green roof technology has been led by the District Department of the Environment ( …

Building Resiliency for New York

By Sean McMahon on 31 Jul 2013 • 2 minute read

Earlier this month the NYC Building Resilience Task Force, led by Urban Green (USGBC's local chapter in New York), released its full report detailing more than 30 practical proposals to increase the resiliency of the city's buildings to extreme weather events. The task …