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Northern Colorado Branch

Southern Colorado Branch

Who We Are

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is the nation's leading nonprofit coalition for advancing buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work. The Colorado Chapter promotes green building in Colorado through educational programs and workshops, community outreach, collaboration with other organizations and the promotion of environmentally responsible practices within the Colorado building community.

Our members include building owners and users, real estate developers, building managers, architects, designers, engineers, general contractors, subcontractors, product and building system manufacturers, government agencies, educational institutions, environmental groups and nonprofits, students, and anybody else, since we are all affected by buildings!

What We Do

The Colorado Chapter supports the USGBC's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Green Building Rating System in order to transform the built environment. The Chapter is made up of six volunteer committees which are responsible for monthly educational programs and tours, initiating a new regional green building magazine ("Green"), collaborating on local green building resources such as "Using LEED-NC® in Colorado" and a "Cost Effectiveness of LEED-NC® Certified Buildings in Colorado" report, gathering resources and information for a new and improved website, and offering free LEED AP exam study sessions.

About Building Green in Colorado

The Colorado green building movement has hit the tipping point! Colorado boasts 28 LEED® certified projects-75% more than 2005, 131 LEED® registered projects-220% more than 2005, 1,100 LEED APs-25% more than 2005, and 369 members-75% more than 2005.

In November, 2006 the USGBC and Colorado Chapter hosted over 13,000 green building leaders for the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo. Greenbuild served as an educational and networking forum and also left a legacy of environmentally-responsible conference practices.

Mission

Advance and promote sustainable planning, design, construction and operation of the built environment through education, improving industry guidelines, policy, advocacy, and information and resource sharing.