Last week, Oregon became the 23rd U.S. state to formally recognize Green Globes when it signed into law two bills that specifically name the GBI's environmental assessment and rating system - while the City of Portland, Maine has written Green Globes into its revised green building code. More

GBI president Ward Hubbell recently testified before Congress in support of an open playing field for green building certification in the federal sector, particularly within the General Services Administration (GSA). Hubbell urged the GSA to reconsider its LEED-only policy, arguing that competition will lead to innovation in the green building sector and citing examples from other government agencies that have used the Green Globes rating system to assess and certify buildings. More

Contract positions available - Do you have what it takes to become a Green Globes Assessor (GGA)? With increasing use of Green Globes, GBI is once again seeking experts to earn the GGA designation and perform third-party building certifications. To encourage applications, GBI is sponsoring a fee deferral program until the end of July that allows program fees to be deducted from the GGA's second building assignment. More

Full-time position available: Technical Consultant, Commercial Green Building and Sustainable Operations - If you have 10+ years of commercial building design, engineering and/or operations experience with an emphasis on sustainability enhancement projects, we'd like to hear from you. More

As the science and technology of green building and operations / management evolves, so too must the standards and software that embody it. Accordingly, GBI recognizes that the future of existing building assessment and certification likely includes additional specific / tailored variants of Green Globes for different building occupancy types. More

Green building just got bigger in Minnesota with the Green Globes certification of the state's tallest building, the IDS Center, and the corporate headquarters of Medtronic, the world's largest medical technology company. Both buildings were assessed and certified using Green Globes for Continual Improvement of Existing Buildings and achieved a certified rating of three Green Globes. More

For Frank Gonzalez, a forensic and preservation architect at ENVIRON International, achieving the Green Globes Professional (GGP) designation inspired a program to educate clients about green building. As a result, he is both raising his profile as an expert in green building rating systems and shining a spotlight on his firm. More

GBI and gas utilities consortium Energy Solutions Center (ESC) have entered into a marketing affiliation agreement to introduce ESC members and their clients to the Green Globes system. The two organizations will collaborate to offer commercial building clients of the gas utilities a program that guides them toward greater energy efficiency. More

GBI offers a variety of live hosted webinars to facilitate the awareness and adoption of Green Globes. More

GGP/GGA Green Globes Personnel Certification Programs
Learn how to expand your green building credentials with GBI’s new Green Globes Professional or Green Globes Assessor designation.

Green Globes for New Construction (NC) and Green Globes for Continual Improvement of Existing Buildings (CIEB)
Familiarize yourself with both Green Globes modules and learn why more design and building professionals are using Green Globes as a cost-effective way to assess their building designs and operational performance.

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