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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 …

Report: Green Building Water Efficiency Strategies

By GBIG Staff on 02 Oct 2013 • 1 minute read

This report, from researchers at Virginia Tech, describes some aspects of project compliance paths for projects earning water efficiency credits under LEED for New Construction v2.2. A stratified random sample was taken of all non-confidential certified projects earning …

U.S Air Force Calls for Leadership in Facility Operations

By Dan Kandy on 18 May 2013 • 2 minute read

The U.S. Air Force uses 64 billion BTUs annually - generating approximately 35 million metric tons of CO2 - and consumes 27 billion gallons of water. This energy and water usage costs the Air Force over $9 billion annually. Although the majority of that resource and …