USGBC Virginia Leadership Awards and LEED Workshop

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Join your fellow sustainability advocates at the USGBC Virginia Leadership Awards to celebrate Virginia building owners, designers and construction professionals who achieved LEED certification!

Date and Time: Thursday, May 2, 2019

      LEED Workshop – 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm
      Awards Ceremony – 5:30 pm-8:00 pm

Event Venue: Institute for Contemporary Art, Virginia Commonwealth University, 601 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA

Event Cost:

  • Workshop: Member Rate-$25.00
  • Workshop: General-$35.00
  • Workshop: Student-$10.00
  • Reception: Member Rate-$35.00
  • Reception: General-$45.00
  • Reception: Student-$10.00
  • Full Day: Member-$45.00
  • Full Day: General-$65.00
  • Full Day: Student-$20.00
  • Early Bird: Reception (Members Only)-$25.00
  • Early Bird: Full Day (Members Only)-$40.00

LEED-certified spaces use less energy and water, save money for families, businesses and taxpayers, reduce carbon emissions and create a healthier environment for occupants and the community at large. Virginia is proud to be one of the largest users per capita of LEED in the U.S.

LEED v4.1 workshop

Join us for a 2 hour workshop immediately preceding the Awards Ceremony for an in-depth review of updates to LEED under version 4.1. This workshop will be facilitated by Corey Enck, VP, LEED Technical Development with USGBC and will be worth 2 LEED specific professional credits. Discounted tickets are available for those who wish to attend both the workshop and the Awards Ceremony.

Schedule of Events:

3:30-5:30pm: LEED v4.1 Workshop (see below for more information)

5:30-6:00pm: Networking Reception and People’s Choice Award voting

6:00pm: Awards Ceremony

  • USGBC Virginia Leadership Awards: Innovative Design, New Construction; Innovative Design, Interiors; Building Performance; Virginia Environments; Community Champion; and Green Building Legacy Award
  • USGBC Virginia Green Leader Awards: Organization and Volunteer
  • Connect the Dots Green Schools Challenge Awards
  • People’s Choice Award – selected by attendees at the ceremony!

7:00-8:00 pm: Networking Reception resumes

Check it out and register at  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/usgbc-virginia-2019-leadership-awards-tickets-58101026735

LEED Earth Offers Free Certification to Projects in New Markets

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In an effort to accelerate sustainable development around the world, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced a new campaign offering free LEED certification to the first projects to certify in the over 100 countries where LEED has yet to take root.

Coined “LEED Earth,” the campaign aims to bring LEED certification into new markets. All building types are welcome to participate across the suite of LEED rating systems, including: new construction, commercial interiors, existing buildings, core & shell structures, new homes and neighborhood developments.

“LEED is a global language and can become a catalyst for incremental change toward a sustainable future. USGBC is committed to bringing LEED to every country in the world while continuing to foster innovation and achievement in existing global markets,” said Rick Fedrizzi, President, CEO and Founding Chair, USGBC. “Buildings are the single greatest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions of any sector, and the least costly way to alleviate the environmental stresses of our changing planet. LEED is the tool to get the job done.”

With LEED projects in 140 countries and territories, 1.5 million square feet of construction space earn LEED certification each day, the equivalent of nearly four Empire State Buildings a week. LEED v4, the next iteration of the LEED green building rating system, is set to launch at the end of 2013. The newest version of LEED will have a strong emphasis on building performance.

To participate in the program and register a project, email LEEDEarth@usgbc.org. For the campaign’s rules and regulations, click here.

USGBC Postpones LEED 2012; Changes Name to LEED v4

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In response to overwhelming feedback from various stakeholders, the United State Green Building Council (USGBC) has announced that it is postponing the release of LEED 2013 until June 2013.

The USGBC will now refer to this version as LEED v4 and will use the additional time to address concerns from the marketplace and deliver on the infrastructural improvements to the LEED program already underway, including the development of forms, documentation, education and LEED Online.  The organization will also open a fifth public comment period which will run Oct. 2–Dec. 10, 2012. Read more>>

LEED Comment Period Open Until March 20

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The LEED 2012 third public comment period is now open from March 1-20, 2012 which marks the start of the LEED 2012 program delivery process. This third draft of the rating system is focused on providing a globally applicable, simple-to-use, technically advanced system. Members of the public can comment on any substantive changes made since the second public comment period, which ran from August 1 through September 14, 2011. Once the comment period process concludes, LEED 2012 will be balloted in June and launch in November.

Important Dates

  • March 1-20: Third Public Comment period is open
  • April 2-May 1: LEED 2012 Ballot Opt-In Period for members in good standing
  • June 1-30: LEED 2012 Ballot Voting Period

Find out more or to submit your comments here>>