The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is the nation’s foremost coalition of leaders from every sector of the building industry working to promote buildings that are environmentally  responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work. Our more than 7,500 member organizations and our network of 75 regional chapters are united to advance our mission of transforming the building industry to sustainability.
 

Core Purpose
The U.S. Green Building Council's core purpose is to transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life.

Why Build Green?

Did you know?

The built environment has a profound impact on our natural environment, economy, health and productivity.

In the United States, buildings account for:

What is LEED^®?

The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED^®) Green Building Rating System™ is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings. LEED^® gives building owners and operators the tools they need to have an immediate and measurable impact on their buildings’ performance. LEED^® promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in five key areas of human and environmental health: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection, and indoor environmental quality.

LEED^® provides a roadmap for measuring and documenting success for every building type and phase of a building lifecycle.

The LEED^® Rating System was created to transform the built environment to sustainability by providing the building industry with consistent, credible standards for what constitutes a green building. The rating system is developed and continuously refined via an open, consensus-based process that has made LEED^® the green building standard of choice