Thank You for Another Successful Federal Summit
USGBC is now seeking nominations and applications for the working group that will guide next year's summit. Learn more »
Federal Summit 2010, May 18-19 in Washington, D.C., saw record attendance: At USGBC’s 2010 Federal Summit, more than 750 professionals from the green building industry who joined us for two days of education, networking and critical discussions on greening federal, state and local governments. These attendees, including public-sector employees at the local, state and federal level as well as private-sector employees from throughout the industry, engaged in conversations and made connections that will shape green building in the government sector in the year to come.
Read all about it, including U.S. General Services Administrator Martha Johnson's announcement of a zero-environmental-footprint target for GSA, in the press release (PDF) »
Session Slides and Conference Proceedings
There are two ways to view presentations from the Federal Summit:
Continuing Education Credits
GBCI's LEED Professional Credential Maintenance
To report GBCI Continuing Education (CE) hours earned, log into your My Credentials account and select Review/Report CMP Activity.
Download detailed CMP information, including categories and CE hours available for each session (PDF) »
AIA Continuing Education Units
USGBC is reporting your session attendance at the Federal Summit to the AIA record-keeping office.
Contribute to Next Year's Program
Federal Summit sessions are selected from the submittals to USGBC's Call for Session Proposals. The Call for Session Proposals for the 2011 Federal Summit will open in November 2010 and will close on Jan. 15, 2011. Check back to this page – www.usgbc.org/FederalSummit – in November to submit a session proposal.
The Federal Summit Working Group develops the program for the Federal Summit. USGBC will be taking applications for this Working Group this summer.
More Education Opportunities
As you await next year's Federal Summit, be sure to check out other opportunities for green building professional development and education:
- Greenbuild International Conference & Expo, the world's largest green building exposition and conference. This year, it will be held in Chicago, Nov. 17-19. Learn more at greenbuildexpo.org »
- USGBC's LEED curriculum is your source for the core LEED and green building knowledge you need to understand the LEED rating systems and excel in your field. Visit www.usgbc.org/LEEDcurriculum for a complete listing of LEED courses and online trainings available from USGBC, or visit www.usgbc.org/credentials to see how these offerings and support your LEED Professional Exam preparation and credential maintenance.
- USGBC's Education Providers are third-party organizations who deliver green building courses that have been reviewed and approved by USGBC for quality and content. These courses will help you round out your green building and LEED knowledge on a wide range of topics for all sectors of the industry, and because they have been approved by USGBC, they qualify for GBCI's LEED Professional Credential maintenance requirements. Find Education Provider courses at www.usgbc.org/courses »
Green Building and the Government
Use this information to spread the word among your colleagues and elected officials about the importance of greening the public-sector building stock:
- Much of the $787 billion in federal stimulus money supports green retrofits of publicly owned buildings at the local, state and federal levels.
- The federal government alone owns and operates some 500,000 buildings.
- The federal government has a 28 percent greenhouse gas reduction target for federal operations by 2020.
- 30 percent of all LEED projects are government-owned.
Federal Green Building Leadership Award
At Federal Summit 2010, the U.S. Green Building Council presented the 2010 Federal Green Building Leadership Award to Bob Thompson of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Mr. Thompson leads EPA’s Indoor Environments Branch, the agency’s primary research and development group focused on green building-related research. In his more than 20 years with EPA, he has chaired EPA’s Green Building Research Plan, developed EPA’s Tools for Schools program to provide a healthier and better learning environment in our K-12 schools, chaired the LEED Environmental Quality Technical Advisory Group, and worked on several cross-agency green technical teams. He remains committed to developing and sharing information across government and with external partners to provide building occupants with healthy, high-performance environments that are ready to adapt to the impacts of climate change.