Articles from Green Building Initiative

PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Green Building Initiative (GBI) and The American Institute of Architects (AIA) have announced an alignment to accelerate sustainability, health and wellness, and resilience in the built environment to achieve global objectives. This collaboration extends the resources of each organization to allow for increased cross-collaboration between the memberships of GBI and AIA.

PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Green Building Initiative (GBI) has announced that the Global Electronics Council’s (GEC) EPEAT® ecolabel will serve as an additional pathway for evaluating the sustainability and efficiency of products within GBI Ascent™ and Green Globes® certifications. This alignment strengthens the connection between product-level sustainability and building-level performance, enabling more holistic evaluation of energy efficiency across the built environment.

PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Green Building Initiative (GBI) announces the release of ANSI/GBI 02-2025: Assessment Protocol for Existing Buildings, which was approved as an American National Standard (ANS) by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) on September 2, 2025. Following ANSI’s approval, GBI’s Board of Directors voted on September 25, 2025 to approve and publish ANSI-GBI 02-2025, also known as Green Globes for Existing Buildings 2025 or Green Globes EB 25. Building and portfolio teams seeking certification using the latest version of Green Globes EB 25 can register and access the newest module here.

PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Green Building Initiative (GBI) is proud to announce its 2025 Members of the Year: Jane Rohde, Principal and Founder of JSR Associates, Inc., as Individual Member of the Year, and Workplace Elemental Technologies (W.E.T.) as Organizational Member of the Year. These awards, presented annually during GBI’s Member Appreciation Week, honor individuals and organizations that exemplify leadership, innovation, and commitment to advancing sustainable, healthy, and resilient buildings.

PORTLAND, Ore., June 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Green Building Initiative (GBI) announces the release of the Green Globes Data Center Campus Certification, tailored to the unique operational and infrastructure demands of data center campuses. The innovative offering provides data center owners and operators with a streamlined, efficient, and cost-effective way to assess and certify the sustainability of multiple buildings on a site. GBI partnered with Compass Datacenters to develop the program and maximize its industry impact.

PORTLAND, Ore., April 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Green Building Initiative (GBI) is pleased to share its third annual Impact Report and recognize the Green Globes® Project of the Year award winners during the fifty-fifth anniversary of Earth Week. The 2024 Impact Report highlights organizational and community achievements in 2024 - GBI’s twentieth and most transformative year. GBI announced the 2024 Green Globes Project of the Year winners in a virtual awards ceremony to recognize excellence in sustainable, healthy, and resilient building.

PORTLAND, Ore., April 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Green Building Initiative (GBI) announces the inclusion of both Green Globes® and Green Globes Journey to Net Zero™ certification systems in PACE Equity’s CIRRUS C-PACE program. Projects achieving Green Globes for New Construction certification or Green Globes Journey to Net Zero Recognized or Certified status for new, major renovations, or addition projects are automatically eligible for reduced cost financing capital that rewards building efficiency and carbon impact.

Membership elects Hoagland and new Directors to GBI’s Board.

GBI adds Green Globes Journey to Net Zero™ to its assessment and third-party certification suite as a scalable solution to decarbonize the built environment

Portland, Ore., Jan. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Green Building Initiative (GBI) congratulates Michigan leaders on the finalization of Senate Bill 237 as a Public Act on December 30, 2024. The new law continues Michigan’s commitment to supporting critical data center growth, while holding data center projects accountable to community sustainability priorities. As part of its requirements, the law requires sustainable and resilient design, construction, and operation of these facilities through GBI’s Green Globes certification, among others, within three years of operation.

PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Green Building Initiative (GBI) celebrates the recognition of ten individuals with distinctions of Green Globes Fellow (GGF) and Guiding Principles Compliance Fellow (GPCF). GBI’s Fellow program, introduced in 2021, recognizes those who have demonstrated outstanding success in the improvement of the built environment through GBI’s Green Globes certification and/or Guiding Principles Compliance verification systems and promote sustainable, resilient buildings that promote health and wellness for users.

PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Green Building Initiative (GBI) announces the release of updated certification programs, Green Globes for Core & Shell 2024 and Green Globes for Sustainable Interiors 2024. Both programs were informed by GBI’s ANSI standard (ANSI/GBI 01-2024: Green Globes Assessment Protocol for Design, New Construction, and Major Renovations). Project teams seeking Green Globes for CS 2024 and SI 2024 certification may now register and access the newest modules.