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From Resilience Commitment to Project-Level Action
The new AIA Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Pledge challenges architecture firms to make resilience a more consistent part of their practice. LEED v5 helps translate that commitment into project-level requirements, including the required Climate…
Meet Site Signal and Water Signal: Two Free Tools to Make LEED v5 Planning Easier
LEED v5, the newest version of the LEED rating system, introduces new requirements for green building projects, which can mean more data to find, more calculations to perform, and more information for project teams to…
Stop Chasing Submittals: Turnkey LEED Construction Consulting for General Contractors
By Kristin BrubakerHead of Sustainable Construction Services LEED construction consulting is outside expert support that owns the credits earned during the construction phase of certification, so your project team doesn’t have to. A turnkey scope…
Know Your LEED Points Before You Break Ground
Most LEED issues do not appear during construction; they emerge at the end, when a missing CDPH certificate, an unverified composite wood letter, or a paper inspection log is found during the GBCI review. At…
The Next Era of Green Badger: A Redesigned Platform for Faster, Smarter Sustainability Workflows
After a decade of empowering project teams with industry-leading sustainability software, Green Badger is rolling out a major platform update. Launching in October, the redesigned interface offers a modern look, faster workflows, and an upgraded…
Takeaways from BE+Tech: Waste Data, Material Reuse, and Embodied Carbon in Construction
By Kristin BrubakerHead of Sustainable Construction Services Most green building events are built around long panels and slow build-ups. The BE+ Tech Forum is not. Built Environment Plus held its Tech Forum in Boston on…
Advancing Construction Decarbonization 2026: Data Is the New Jobsite Material
by Lauren Breckenridge, LEED AP Sustainability Associate at Green Badger This year’s Advancing Construction Decarbonization conference had one theme running underneath nearly every session, whether the topic was Scope 3 reporting, LEED v5, or waste diversion:…
From EPDs to Action: What LEED v5 Embodied Carbon Rules Mean for Your Projects
By Kristin Brubaker Head of Sustainable Construction Services At 6:04 a.m. on a Tuesday, the first concrete truck of the day rolls through a jobsite gate. That one truck carries about 10 cubic yards of…
LEED v5 Credits Explained: What Changed, What Stayed, and What It Means in Practice
by Lauren Richardson Sustainability Manager at Green Badger A lot of what you already know about LEED v4 and v4.1 still applies. But LEED v5 is the most significant update to the rating system in…
Embodied Carbon on Real Projects: What Teams Are Actually Tracking
by Wiley Gross Sustainability Associate at Green Badger Nobody got into project management because they love chasing paperwork. Yet here you are, opening an RFP that asks you to report embodied carbon, a line item…
50,000 SF Is the New 100,000 SF: CALGreen’s Embodied Carbon Threshold Just Caught Up With Your Projects
by Lauren Breckenridge, LEED AP Sustainability Associate at Green Badger Somewhere in California right now, a project engineer on a 55,000-square-foot tilt-up is Googling “what is a GWP limit” three weeks before a submittal deadline. Here’s…
Now Is the Best Time to Prepare for Next Year’s AIA Materials Pledge Report
Every year, many architecture firms approach the AIA Materials Pledge the same way they approach taxes. They know the reporting deadline is coming, but the work doesn’t really begin until reporting season arrives. By then,…
