📝🔋 The Los Angeles County Chief Sustainability Office recently released its 2024 annual report reflecting on the County's sustainability accomplishments over the past five years.The County is a founding member of our Transportation Electrification Partnership (TEP) and Clean Energy Partnership (CEP), which are accelerating zero emission goals by the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. We are excited to continue to work with LA County on the road to 2028.
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Sustainability Policy Advisor | County of Los Angeles Chief Sustainability Office
LA County just released its OurCounty Annual Report reflecting on all of the sustainability accomplishments over the past five years. The results show the tremendous impact local government can have even in the face of changes at the Federal level, a global pandemic, and much more. Check it out and take heart that we can accomplish big things in the communities where we live. https://lnkd.in/gB_-SjCK
USGBC's Impact Report is a snapshot of USGBC's global impact, centering on communities and people. It highlights the impact the green building community has had on our movement.
"The impact of our community extends beyond buildings. Our global community has shaped policy, shifted markets toward sustainable and healthy materials, inspired generations of professionals, and proven that the built environment can be a leading contributor to a better future for all. - Peter Templeton, president and CEO, USGBC
View the report to learn more about the impact of #LEED and the global green building community. https://bit.ly/48WZJpF
Looking to the Future
USGBC’s 2024 Strategic Plan builds on the progress of the past 30 years, with a focus on expanding the green building community, accelerating the role of buildings in decarbonizing economies, and fostering equitable, healthy, and resilient communities. In 2025, USGBC will launch LEED v5, aligning building decarbonization actions with the urgency of the 2030 and 2050 Paris Agreement targets and addressing critical imperatives related to human health, resilience, biodiversity, and equity.
USGBC also recently launched PERFORM, a program designed to help organizations advance sustainability across their real estate portfolios, ensuring every building—regardless of type or starting point—contributes to achieving organizational performance goals. PERFORM provides a needed solution for companies with climate goals, helping them track and benchmark progress effectively.
“Collectively, we have so much to be proud of as a green building community, but the challenges before us are more evident than ever before,” said Sarah Zaleski, chief products officer, USGBC. “Bringing evolving solutions like PERFORM and LEED v5 to projects and organizations of all sizes around the world, will enable us to accelerate the next phase of progress as a community.”
The USGBC Impact Report, released during the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, provides a comprehensive look at these findings.
USGBC's Impact Report is a snapshot of USGBC's global impact, centering on communities and people. It highlights the impact the green building community has had on our movement.
"The impact of our community extends beyond buildings. Our global community has shaped policy, shifted markets toward sustainable and healthy materials, inspired generations of professionals, and proven that the built environment can be a leading contributor to a better future for all. - Peter Templeton, president and CEO, USGBC
View the report to learn more about the impact of #LEED and the global green building community. https://bit.ly/48WZJpF
Oxfordshire’s green economy contributes over £1 billion to local GDP!
Read our CEO, Barbara Hammond's blog post to learn how we can continue to lead the way in the zero-carbon transition as she introduces our 10-year strategy.
Barbara examines the role of community energy, balancing growth with environmental protection, and how we can make Oxfordshire a green economy exemplar.
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DEPLOYING RESILIENCE HUBS, Lavonya Jones of Partnership for Southern Equity details how they employ the youth to address environmental justice issues, energy burden and energy equity isssues by partnering with HBCUs across America to help manage and save our planet.
💙💚 Happy World Water Day! As we celebrate this important day, we reflect on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6: ensuring access to clean water and sanitation for all by 2030 and SDG 11: making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. Late last year we released our Blue x Green + Thriving Paper which highlights the importance of water in creating thriving communities through blue and green infrastructure. 💧🌿. The Paper aims to reset our path forward, advancing our understanding of water as a key enabler for thriving communities. It explores in greater detail how we can leverage our water resources in innovative ways to enhance both urban and regional liveability, stimulate economic productivity, and protect our precious ecosystems. It also showcases some of the innovative solutions and actions already being undertaken. Let's continue working together to ensure a sustainable and water-secure future for all. See more here: https://lnkd.in/gJ_uDhRyAdam LovellGreg RyanErin CiniJason MingoSandi KolbeEvelyn RodriguesDiane NolderDanielle FrancisMeg HumphrysHadis ZareDr Dale WatsonJames GardnerPeter Gee#WorldWaterDay#WSAA#Liveability#water#acceleratingchange#bethechange
After 12 years, Empower Lexington: A Plan for a Resilient Community has undergone a significant update. The plan is a community-wide effort, addressing the ways individuals, businesses and organizations, alongside government, can support a resilient community. Sustainability is not just about the environment but also the economy, quality of life and equity.
Next steps for the plan include setting timelines for specific actions and milestones. Public input will continue to be a key part of the process.
🤔Policy-making for sustainability? UN Sustainable Development Goals? Breaking the siloes for systems to talk to each other?
🚨New interview (192I) with Alison Scotland, Executive Director at Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC). We talk about her vision for the future of cities, advising policy-making, optimism as a choice, getting rid of policies, the time being right to change, and many more.
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#policymaking#sustainabledevelopmentgoalsAlison Scotland is the Executive Director of the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC), a body of peak organisations committed to a vision of more sustainable, productive and resilient buildings, communities and cities. Her passion and expertise ley in collaborating with industry, government and third sector leaders to develop national policy and technical solutions that enhance the built environment. Alison’s experience encompasses public, private and non-profit organisations including Standards Australia, Sydney Water and NSW Health. Her work has seen her serve on several national policy and technical committees for the built environment. She is a Board member for Partner Housing Australasia and currently sits on a number of committees including the Residential Energy Efficiency Disclosure Initiative Governance Forum, NSW Government Clean Technology Technical Review Committee and National Urban Policy Forum. Alison has a Bachelor of Science (Enviro) and Communications, and a Master of Business Administration.
Wicklow County Council and The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications are delighted to announce the allocation of €675,574.33 to 20 community groups across the county. This funding will support projects aimed at addressing the negative impacts of climate change as part of the Community Climate Action Programme.
The main objective of this programme is to empower communities to take climate action and to foster the development of low-carbon, sustainable communities, contributing to national climate and energy targets. The funded projects include initiatives such as the installation of renewable energy systems, the development of community gardens, the installation of EV chargers, bike racks, water refill stations, composting facilities, lighting upgrades and rainwater harvesting systems.
The fund opened for applications on December 6, 2023, and closed on March 6, 2024. Community groups throughout the county were invited to apply under one or more of the following themes:
- Travel
- Food & Waste
- Shopping & Recycling
- Community & Energy
- Local Climate & Environmental Action
A total of 40 applications were received from interested groups. Following a competitive selection process, 20 community groups were successful in this first round of funding, and they have now entered the delivery stage of their projects. Details of the funded projects can be found at https://lnkd.in/e3ch9Ryd
Another round of funding for the Community Climate Action Programme will be announced in the near future.
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