Getting to LEED Zero Energy and LEED Zero Carbon with USGBC

January 31, 2020 / Admin

This blog was originally posted by USGBC on January 27, 2020 and written by Melanie Colburn. New Buildings Institute is a Local Partner for the Pacific Region workshops.

Join the Pacific region in moving the market for LEED Zero Energy and LEED Zero Carbon, Feb. 24–28.

USGBC’s Pacific region communities will host a USGBC Town Hall meeting on LEED Zero, featuring an address from USGBC’s President and CEO, Mahesh Ramanujam. He will share his vision for the future of USGBC and LEED Zero, a complement to LEED that verifies the achievement of net zero goals. LEED Zero Energy and LEED Zero Carbon certification address a critical need for action on global climate change and carbon emissions.

The five Town Hall meetings will be held Feb. 24–28, across Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon; and San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Los Angeles, California. In each city, the Town Hall will feature an Executive Breakfast, as well as a LEED technical workshop, LEED plaque presentations and market development activities.

Executive Breakfast

The invite-only breakfasts feature an address from Ramanujam, who will share his vision for the future of USGBC and LEED Zero. The Executive Breakfast will bring together leaders moving the market, including developers, leading firms and local partners from across the USGBC local communities. Kimberly Lewis, USGBC’s Senior Vice President, Market Transformation and Development, North America, will address the organization’s commitment to equity and share how we are advancing our vision for “green buildings for all within a generation.” We’ll also hear a few words from our sponsors and partners.

Technical workshops

In the afternoon, USGBC will offer a 2.5-hour technical workshop, “Getting to LEED Zero Energy and LEED Zero Carbon,” designed for practitioners. Learn how to take your high-performing LEED building to the next level and how to implement LEED Zero.

The workshop provides GBCI continuing education credit of 3 hours (LEED-specific for Building Design and Construction and Operations and Management), intermediate level.

Workshop locations and dates:

Sponsor support

Thank you to our Platinum Sponsors, Glumac and Arc Skoru; our Gold Sponsors, Portland General Electric, RWDI and The Smith Group; and our Silver Sponsor, VCA Green, for making this possible through their generous support. We also give a special thank you to our Local Partners: the Nature Conservancy, the New Buildings Institute, the Smart Buildings Center, Arup and USGBC Los Angeles, for helping us bring together the local USGBC communities in each city.

Get involved

If you would like to support the USGBC Town Hall or recommend an invitee for the Executive Breakfast, please email us. For sponsorship opportunities, contact Director Melanie Colburn.