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USGBC Cuts Prices on Materials

Good news for those seeking authoritative green building information on a budget – the USGBC has discounted all educational publications by 20% through the end of the month!

If you’ve been thinking about taking the LEED Green Associate exam and want to purchase the USGBC study guide, or you’re embarking on a LEED for Homes project and need a Reference Guide – this is the chance to get one at a great discount!

You’ll receive 20% off any publication or education simply by entering a promotional code at checkout: FALL2010

Details at USGBC.org

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New Resource! 1-page LEED for Homes Snapshot Card

The graphic designers at USGBC have done it again and created a great, handy resource for anyone looking for a 1-page overview of their LEED for Homes project.

This one-page PDF file breaks down the main credit categories of LEED into color-coded areas, goes through each category credit-by-credit, and shows where each of the 136 points in LEED for Homes falls.

I can see this being an incredibly useful tool when a project team is doing an initial scoring of their project, as a guide during a LEED design charrette, and as a good takeaway for educational events.

Download our LEED for Homes Snapshot Card

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Free USGBC Education on Greening Affordable Housing

Join USGBC for an important, free educational program – bringing you the tools you need to understand the intersection between green building and affordable housing. And then leverage the local incentives supporting sustainable affordable housing.

The Keys to Green Affordable Housing: A Guide for Existing Multi-family Properties is an online training designed to address key issues in the affordable housing sector, including:

  1. Green multi-family retrofit projects,
  2. Sustainable operations and maintenance of affordable housing buildings, and
  3. Financial and incentive aspects of affordable projects.

Each sessions is a 90-minute webinars, and offered at no cost for attendees. REGISTER NOW.

Inquiries in affordable housing certified as LEED for Homes projects are growing, especially with the many incentives and benefits available for those building green including:

  • Home Depot Foundation – grants for LEED-registered projects help with certification costs.
  • Enterprise Green Community – design charrette grants and occupant education programs.
  • LEED for Homes provides third-party verified accountability for funding sources.
  • State grants like IL Energy Efficient Affordable Housing program
  • Other incentives for efficiency and renewables outlined at DSIRE

With all of this support, it’s no wonder there is a burgeoning market for green affordable housing. The USGBC webinars are a great start, and if you’re looking to make your next project in the Midwest a sustainable and affordable development, contact for a proposal as a LEED for Homes supporting provider to help you through the process.

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USGBC Affordable Housing Webinar

Join USGBC for an important, free educational program – bringing you the tools you need to understand the intersection between green building and affordable housing.

Introducing The Keys to Green Affordable Housing: A Guide for Existing Multifamily Properties, a new online training designed to address key issues in the affordable housing sector, including: green multifamily retrofit projects, sustainable operations and maintenance of affordable housing buildings, and financial and incentive aspects of affordable projects. Register today for the three-part online training series, The Keys to Green Affordable Housing.

What You Will Learn

Join us as leaders in the field provide you with the lessons tools to:

  • Identify cost effective strategies and key sustainable facility management measures – as well as incentives and financing opportunities – for green multi-family retrofits.
  • Define key strategies to create healthier housing while ensuring long term durability and keeping cost down for building owner.
  • Employ effective resident education and foster changes in resident behavior.
  • Evaluate the costs, benefits, and potential savings of building green affordable housing.
  • Discover the tools to aid in data collection and analysis.

Cost: Free!

Register Today

Note: Registering will give you access to the archive for this session, as well as the previous two sessions:

  • Affordable Green Multifamily Retrofits
  • Green Operations and Maintenance: Strategies for Affordable Multifamily