World and US Green Building Council (USGBC)

A Green Building Council is a non-profit, member-based organization that promotes sustainable buildings and green design practices. Their aim is to promote the change of the construction industry into one that is sustainable by working with the government and private industry in promoting the use of environmentally friendly design strategies. As of February, 2012, there are 24 countries with...
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Green Building Design and Construction

Today’s building professionals are creating healthy and environmentally friendly buildings using sustainable design methods in the construction industry. In order to verify that a building has been designed and built using strategies targeted at reaching high standards of human and environmental health, the US Green Building Council (USGBC) created a rating system called LEED (Leadership...
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