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GBI has announced a second letter ballot and public comment period for its proposed American National Standard. Interested parties have 45 days—from October 24 to December 8, 2008—to review changes made to the proposed standard for commercial green buildings, which is based on the Green Globes environmental assessment and rating system. More
Barack Obama's environmental platform includes Green Globes. In the section on building efficiency, the Democratic presidential candidate has indicated that he will expand federal grant programs to help states and localities build more efficient public buildings that adopt aggressive green building provisions like those provided by the Green Globes system. More
Colorado's Mesa State College has been awarded the first ever GBI "greening colleges" grant, which (among other things) provides use of the Green Globes tool and allows students to learn about green building in a real-world environment. More
The GBI is seeking educational partnerships with home builder associations (HBAs) that want to utilize our new virtual green training program. New partners to date include the Texas Association of Builders, the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of New Hampshire and the Home Builders Association of Chicago. More
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The fact that economic times are tough is not a reason to slow the trend toward a more sustainable built environment. It's the opposite. More
Illustrating a growing awareness that the benefits of green schools far exceed their upfront costs, Bethke Elementary School and Victory Square Center (a Umatilla Morrow Head Start pre-school facility) recently achieved certified ratings using the Green Globes system.
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According to the Vinyl Institute, vinyl has become one of the most widely used building materials largely due to its efficiencies, which encompass factors such as energy, durability, recycling and resource use. More
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Green Globes users who become members of the GBI now receive a host of new benefits, such as free Green Globes licenses for use on their own buildings or as marketing incentives for their customers and suppliers. For a complete list of benefits, click here.
Dec 8: ANSI Comments due – Comments on the GBI Proposed American National Standard 01-200XP: Green Building Assessment Protocol for Commercial Buildings are being accepted from October 24 through December 8, 2008. (Please monitor the GBI Web site for any change to these dates.)
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