The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has announced the recipients of its 2012 Leadership Awards, recognizing outstanding individuals who embody the vision, leadership and commitment to the evolution of green buildings and communities as a vehicle to enhance our quality of life.

Leading consumer organization the American Consumer Institute (ACI) Center for Citizen Research, today filed official comments with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). ACI cites key findings of its new report that show marketplace confusion over certification standards.

The U.S. Green Building Council opened a comment period for proposed LEED green building comments. The fifth comment period, closing Dec. 10, provides a copy of the latest standards with notes where any substantive changes have been made.

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) today announced the opening of the fifth public comment period for the proposed update to its LEED green building program. The comment period, which will close on Dec. 10, enables the building community to view the most recent draft of the rating systems and provide comments where any substantive changes have been made.

The U.S. Green Building Council's LEED rating system unfairly awards its wood certification credit only to Forest Stewardship Council certified standard, says an executive order by Georgia's governor. SFI says it agrees.

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) today announced that the total footprint of commercial projects certified under its LEED green building program surpassed two billion square feet.

The Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association joined the U.S. Green Building Council as a signatory on a letter to the U.S. General Services Administration encouraging inclusion of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Rating Systems as an option for public building design and assessment.

The U.S. Green Building Council announced it will delay the ballot on LEED 2012 until June 1, 2013, in order to enable the marketplace to fully view the program changes.

The wood-focused group cites a focus on investing in the built environment.

COSTA MESA, CA -- Cabinets and flooring retrofits are part of a proposed pilot program aimed at creating a "blueprint for schools to take the challenge for today’s generations of children toward healthier, greener practices and programs."