Wood and other construction materials contribute to the USGBC program’s success.

The wood and sustainable building organization recognizes visionaries.

Wood and other construction materials contribute to the USGBC program’s success.

The wood and green building conference will be kicked off by an address by Gen. Colin Powell, USA (Ret.)

The U.S. Green Building Council will be voting on a proposal to change the requirements for certified wood under the LEED program and remove the exclusivity of certification by the Forest Stewardship Council.

A $100 million class action suit has been filed in U.S. District Court against the U.S. Green Building Council, LEED and its founders on charges that USGBC is “fraudulently misleading the consumer” and misrepresenting the energy performance of buildings certified under the LEED rating system.

Office furniture giant Haworth’s global headquarters and the San Francisco and New York City showrooms recently achieved LEED Gold certification from the USGBC. The Holland, MI-based headquarters also earned the U.S. EPA’s ENERGY STAR rating.

WASHINGTON -- Seventy-nine members of the U.S. House of Representatives have signed a letter requesting the U.S. Green Building Council to end Forest Stewardship Council's monopoly on LEED credits for certified wood.

WASHINGTON – In a letter steered by Congressmen Kurt Schrader (D-OR) and Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) to the U.S. Green Building Council, 79 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing 35 different states, have urged the organization to “accept all credible forest certification systems for qualification under the LEED rating system” including the Sustainable Forestry Initiative.

MCKINNEY, TX -- The U.S. Green Building Council has awarded Gold Certification to IESI Corp's Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in McKinney.