USGBC Local Chapters

To find out more about your local chapter , visit USGBC's Web site at http://www.usgbc.org/ and click on the chapter tab at the top

USGBC's Emerging Green Builders ( EGB) and USGBC Student Groups : TO see what other young professionals are doinmg in the field of green building and how you can get involved , visit the national EGB Web site . From the  USGBC homepagte at http://www.usgbc.org/ , click on "chapters'/ There you'll find  a link to the Emerging Green Builders homepage , as well as instructions on how to start a USGBC Student group , Local group activities differ depending on their local population  . Many locak EGB chapters host great events and design competitions and offer a variety of other ways , depending on your particular interests , for you to get involved .


  The Advocacy and Public Policy department bridges the gap between initiatives for specific populations , such as local chapters and membership , and other more general educational elemtns in the form of industry outreach . This group includes marketing , communications , public policy , international affilations , and various levels of advocacy ( local , state , and federal ) .
   The Education and Research department handles all of USGBC's educational programming , including conferences and events such as the annual Greenbuild International Congerence and Expo , LEED educational programs ( both online and instructor led ) , and the K-12 and Higher Education green .

Greenbuild : USGBC's annual Greenbuild International Conference and Expo has become the place to see and be seen in the gree building industry . Held regularly each November in rotating cities , this conference officially started in 2003 in Pittsburgh , PA . By 2008 , just five years later , the number of conference attendees had grown to 30000+. You can keep up-to-date with the conference at http://www.greenbuildexpo.org/.


Building curriculum , research  and education partnership with member organizations .
   The LEED department is USGBC's largest and most extensive - and with good reason . The leed department and LEED committees are where all the rating system magic happens . The trations and certifications that are being sybitted for review , as well as the support  technical development , and  evolution of different versions of the rating systems . Under the LEED department's umbrella are Operations , national Accounts , and Technical Deveopment .

  LEED workshops may be one of the most familiar methods of education and outreach to the construction industy and the public . These workshops are typically hosted by local chapters and vary depending on what the hot topic is at the moment in that locale . A residential boom , calling for a review of LEED for that locale . A residential boom , calling for a review of LEED for Homes , or a number of companies relocating to downtown , might call for a LEED for Commercial Interiors overview . The workshop offerings can cover all of the LEED rating systems , carbon reduction methods , or even be professions specific , such as LEED for Contractors .
    Another offering likely to rival the popularity of the LEED workshops is Greenbuild 265 , launched at Greenbuild 2007 .Greenbuild 365 is an onliune service that provides easy acess to courses on green building right froim your desktp . In addition , Greenbuild 365 showcases keynote speakers and sessions from the previous Greenbuild conferences , as well as other courses pertaining to green building available from other organizations . Much of the content is free .