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Background President Bill Clinton recently partnered with the USGBC and the USGBC-Northern California Chapter, along with initial partners Adobe, Genentech, Google, Prudential, SAP, and Zynga, to unveil the cutting-edge California Best Buildings Challenge. Inspired by the White House’s Better Buildings Challenge (BBC), the California Best Buildings Challenge sets more stringent performance goals than the BBC in a landmark, short time-frame. While the President’s Better Buildings Challenge seeks 20 percent energy reductions by 2020, the California Best Buildings Challenge calls for 20 percent energy, water, and waste reductions in just two years.
and excitement in the region for , the largest industry conference worldwide that will occur in San Francisco in November 2012 and is expected to draw over 40,000 attendees.
The Challenge will leverage the unprecedented exposure brought by to: Highlight the cutting-edge, innovative sustainability leadership of California companies. Propel the green building movement forward through demonstrating the feasibility of greening existing buildings in a short time period.
Watch the launch. Watch USGBC’s CEO’s pre-launch announcement. The Challenge is part of a larger initiative, the Road to Greenbuild, which builds momentum
For more information contact Ashleigh Talberth, Director, Special Projects, at [email protected].
Background President Bill Clinton recently partnered with the USGBC and the USGBC-Northern California Chapter, along with initial partners Adobe, Genentech, Google, Prudential, SAP, and Zynga, to unveil the cutting-edge California Best Buildings Challenge. Inspired by the White House’s Better Buildings Challenge (BBC), the California Best Buildings Challenge sets more stringent performance goals than the BBC in a landmark, short time-frame. While the President’s Better Buildings Challenge seeks 20 percent energy reductions by 2020, the California Best Buildings Challenge calls for 20 percent energy, water, and waste reductions in just two years.
and excitement in the region for , the largest industry conference worldwide that will occur in San Francisco in November 2012 and is expected to draw over 40,000 attendees.
The Challenge will leverage the unprecedented exposure brought by to: Highlight the cutting-edge, innovative sustainability leadership of California companies. Propel the green building movement forward through demonstrating the feasibility of greening existing buildings in a short time period.
Watch the launch. Watch USGBC’s CEO’s pre-launch announcement. The Challenge is part of a larger initiative, the Road to Greenbuild, which builds momentum
For more information contact Ashleigh Talberth, Director, Special Projects, at [email protected].
