By Celis Brisbin, Programs Manager
The Annual Report came out for the National USGBC office. Nationally speaking, we are 12,200 member organizations and 200,500 LEED professionals strong. Their aquisitions of the PEER, WELL and GRESB, GBCI hasextended the USGBC to new sectors like health, wellness, electricity, microgrids, sustainable land design and development. USGBC's solutions for healthy and resilient communities work at different scales—from a single shop at the town center to an entire neighborhood, which provides many entry points, tools, and resources for communities wherever they are along their journey to sustainability and resiliency. And there is a great focus on Green Schools: If children are our future and conservation starts with them, then it follows that green schools are the future and conservation begins there. Read the full report here.
The Annual Report is confirming of what we know: Green Buildings are way of the future and on the rise. Here are some stats from a recent publication of the University of Guelph which are just as compelling as the Annual Report. .
Green Building vs. Traditional Buildings
- Rents on average are 3.7 per cent higher;
- Occupancy rates were 18.7 per cent higher in Canada and 9.5 per cent higher in the U.S.;
- Tenant renewal rates were 5.6 per cent higher in Canada;
- Tenant satisfaction scores were 7 per cent higher in Canada; and
- Energy consumption per square foot was 14 per cent lower in the U.S.
To read more on this study, click here.
PE | Associate, LeMessurier
Vice President, AEW’s Architecture & Engineering group
Interior Designer, Jacobs, Boston
Senior Vice President, Market Transformation and Development U.S. Green Building Council
AIA LEED AP BD+C | Senior Associate, Gensler Boston 
LEED Fellow, WELL AP | Founder and Principal, Ecoworks Studio
LEED AP BD+C | Environmental Sustainability Manager, Armstrong World Industries
Sustainability Director, Steven Winter Associates
Assistant Professor of Exposure Science | Director of the Healthy Buildings program
Managing Director, Harvard University Office for Sustainability
Principal & Director of Certifications and Consulting, Epsten Group, Inc.
Vice President of Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility, Jamestown
Founder and Principal, Linnean Solutions | LEED AP, O+M; EcoDistrict AP
Associate Principal, BuroHappold Engineering
Senior Vice President, Sustainability at Kilroy Realty Corporation
Co-Founder, Facilitator at The Laurentia Project | LEED AP BD+C, LFA
Founder and President, Board of the Healthy Building Network
Building Technology Director, Kingspan North America
LEED® AP ID+C, BD+C, USGBC Faculty, WELL® AP, WELL Faculty and Fitwel Ambassador
Workplace Strategy Expert and Researcher, EYP
Principal, Integrated Ecostrategy
Senior Vice President, International WELL Building Institute
AIA, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP
Principal, Bruner/Cott
Architect, Associate, and Sustainability Design Leader, Stantec Architecture and Engineering
FAIA, LEED Fellow, Long Green Specs
Products & Materials Specialist, BuildingGreen
Director of Acquisitions and Development
Director of Restorative Enterprise, Interface
Vice President of Sustainable Development, Shaw
Sustainability Manager, Consigli Construction Company
Global Head of Sustainability, Superior Essex