The U.S. Green Building Council is pleased to announce our move into a new green office space at:
1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036Our rapid increase in both membership and staff has allowed us to expand into a new office environment that is a showcase for USGBC’s forward thinking and green building innovation.
Plans for the Freedom Tower and other facilities at the World Trade Center site will feature state-of-the-art energy technologies to better protect environmental resources, utilize renewable energy sources, and maximize energy efficiency.
Two press releases of note come on the same day from Autodesk.
First, they are predicting a lot of growth in sustainable design, after conducting a survey of architects in the United States:
“This year’s study reveals a growing commitment by architects and owners for supporting sustainable design principles,” said Jay Bhatt, vice president, Autodesk building solutions. “By enabling our customers to collaborate more effectively and estimate more accurately, Autodesk solutions help architects predict the overall lifecycle costs of their designs.”
Of the architects who responded to the survey, […] seventy-two percent have received training or continuing education on the subject of green buildings.
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Second, Autodesk is joining forces with the USGBC:
Autodesk, Inc. today announced it has entered into a strategic relationship with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) aimed at expanding the use of technology and to facilitate further adoption of sustainable design and green building. Autodesk and the USGBC plan to work on several initiatives to make sustainable design easier and more efficient through the use of technology such as the Autodesk Revit platform for building information modeling (BIM), ultimately reducing the causes of climate change by increasing the number of green buildings that emit less carbon dioxide. As the first step, Autodesk and the USGBC plan to develop an educational curriculum for architecture and engineering students.