In the 2012 James Bond film Skyfall, a cunning cyber-terrorist accesses information obtained from a stolen hard drive to hack into a computer at the headquarters of MI6, the British Secret Intelligence Service. With the virtual gateway to the structure compromised, the …
By Michael Lucy on
30 Jun 2014 •
openbook 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 ( …
Are we all insane? Of course, not. This quotation is surely referring to somebody else. Not us in the green building world.
What is true, however, is that many of us, including me, expect and seek different outcomes to some of our biggest challenges in the built envi …
Through the LEED, Materials, and Health Initiative, USGBC has been advancing dialogue around the challenges and opportunities associated with material ingredient disclosure and elimination of chemical hazards in the building sector.
Last week USGBC held a workshop on …
By Maija Krizmane on
10 Mar 2014 •
openbook 1 minute read
As a visiting fellow through the Council on International Educational Exchange, one of my roles at USGBC is to help expand upon GBIG's representation of international green building activity – especially within Eastern Europe. For that reason, I am excited by the rece …
By Sean McMahon on
26 Feb 2014 •
openbook 1 minute read
Earlier this month USGBC released its ranking of the Top 10 States for LEED in 2013, along with a beautiful infographic highlighting the achievements within each state. The list ranks U.S. States based on the amount of LEED certified sq. ft. per person over the past yea …
By Dan Winters on
30 Jan 2014 •
openbook 4 minute read
The final day of Greenbuild 2013 closed with a talk from Nate Silver, an American statistician and #1 best selling author of “The Signal and the Noise”. One take-away message was how ‘signals’ have economic value and can serve as a window into goals, values an …
By Dan Winters on
22 Jan 2014 •
openbook 4 minute read
Imagine this scenario: As an accomplished real estate professional who oversaw the LEED and ENERGY STAR certifications of several assets in your portfolio, you size up the market and make the decision to sell a concentrated group of assets. You are confident in the …
By Mira Panek on
19 Nov 2013 •
openbook 2 minute read
This year, exhibitors at the Greenbuild Expo have a new way to promote their products and services beyond the booth. We’ve introduced LEED Highlight Collections in GBIG, a self-service feature that allows companies to associate their brand with high-performing buildin …
“In the last 30 years, mankind has produced more information than in the previous 5,000."
This is a statistic from a 1997 Reuters Magazine article entitled, Information Overload Causes Stress. Here we are 16 years later, and it seems that this trend of information …
