Membership
In 2012, USGBC introduced a simpler and more inclusive membership structure that helps organizations interact with us in a manner that best accommodates their priorities, needs and budget. This change will help broaden the base of green building supporters and open the door to new members by removing barriers to entry. Our Membership Liaison will be: Lenora Isom
Green Building
Information Gateway (GBIG)
GBIG is a global innovation platform for exploring and comparing the green dimensions of the built environment. It is the premier search engine for green building data, providing insights that enable better buildings and communities.
http://www.gbig.org/
Our GBIG Liaison will be: Dr. Kevin Miller (Wayne State
College)
LEED v4
LEED must continuously improve to drive change and transform the market, and the chapter community plays a critical role in this process. As more educational resources become available, our chapter will distribute to our market.
Our LEED v4 Liaison will be: Amanda Bogner (The Energy
Studio)
LEED Project Based
Learning
USGBC’s LEED Project Directory (
http://new.usgbc.org/projects) engages the green building community in contributing to and learning from LEED projects to advance green building knowledge. The directory offers a powerful opportunity to highlight projects in your community, engage new audiences and volunteers, and earn LEED project experience and LEED-specific CMP hours.
Our LEED Project Based Learning Liaison will be: Tim Rogers
(Clark Enersen Partners)
LEED for Existing
Homes
There are over 120 million existing housing units in the United States, many of which are in dire need of energy efficient and other green upgrades. This collection of existing homes is an enormous opportunity for chapters to engage in one of the most ambitious and rewarding campaigns USGBC has ever undertaken. An existing homes program is currently in development and will be ready for beta testing at the end of Q2 2013. Our chapter will help recruit members to participate in the
existing homes platform beta beginning in Q2.
State and Local
Advocacy
More information at:
www.usgbc.org/campaigns.
We are currently on the look-out for members who want to get more engaged with
the Advocacy effort on a local level and take these initiatives on with us!
Our chapter will engage in the following advocacy campaigns
in 2013:
- Highlight Green Homes
- Improve Energy Data Access
- Mainstream Building Benchmarking
- Value Healthy and Efficient Affordable Housing
- Establish Common Ground and Green Schools
Green Apple Day of
Service
September 28, 2013 will mark the second annual Green Apple Day of Service. In 2012, 100% of chapters engaged in this initiative and we hope to see even more activity from chapters in 2013. USGBC will be ramping up efforts to support organizers early in the year, including new resources on mygreenapple.org to address communications, recruitment, fundraising and more.
Our pathway for engagement will include:
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Planning at least one event
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Spreading the word about the Day of Service
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Partnering with local institutes or members to
co-lead on more events
Diversity and
Engagement
For USGBC to meet its vision of green buildings for everyone within this generation, a more diverse group of stakeholders must be engaged on both the national and local levels for our movement to gain true scale.
Our Faith-Based Community Action Team Liaisons will be: Rev. Kim Morrow
(First Plymouth Church) and Al Grosskurth (Trane)
Our Community Service Action Team Liaison will be: Danny Mclaughlin (US
Army Corps of Engineers)
Emerging
Professionals
Our chapter plans on engaging in the Emerging Professionals
priority by committing to partner with a higher education institution for an
on-campus chapter introduction hour in Spring 2013.
Volunteer Development
USGBC’s volunteer network is a key reason market transformation related to green building has been so significant over the past decade.
Our Volunteer Manager will be: Shervin Ansari (Kiewit)
