Staff leads: Sade Dennis, Director, and Leigh DeWitte, Senior Associate
USGBC Virginia is composed of a diverse group of stakeholders committed to making healthy, resilient, sustainable buildings and communities a reality for everyone in our state. Through programming, outreach, and market development activities, we support, promote, educate, and grow the green building industry.
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- Virginia has been in the Top 10 States for LEED since 2011.
- Virginia has over 718,500,000 gross square feet of LEED-certified space.
- Over 140 USGBC member organizations are headquartered in Virginia.
- Virginia is home to the first LEED Gold convention center in the U.S., the Virginia Beach Convention Center.
Led by volunteer Market Leadership Advisory Board, corporate and non-profit partners, and USGBC staff, USGBC Virginia is part of USGBC’s larger network dedicated to promoting sustainability worldwide. We advance USGBC’s mission locally by growing the influence of LEED and other sustainability-centered solutions offered through GBCI that improve the quality of life in our cities and neighborhoods. Our current priority topics include ecological conservation and restoration, green finance, and resilience.
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