May 12, 2008—The US Green Building Council (USGBC) has awarded twelve programs its inaugural Excellence in Green Building Curriculum Recognition Awards and Incentive Grants. The intent of the awards and grants program is to identify and disseminate innovative, interdisciplinary green build curricula to educators across the country.
The awards and grants recognize pre-K through college-level curricula that advance the green building ideals of transforming how buildings and communities are designed, built, and operated. Recognition awards honor existing green building education projects, activities, or programs. The Incentive Grants provide monetary support of $20,000 each for schools or organizations to develop new curriculum.
USGBC will establish a repository of the newly identified curricula and will develop a teaching resource database that will serve to disseminate these programs nationally and facilitate contact among educators from a wide variety of disciplines. In addition, an Educator Summit during the USGBC’s Greenbuild Conference in Boston on November 21, 2008 will showcase the winning curriculum.
The award and grant recipients are located in all regions of the country and include community colleges, universities, non-profit institutions, a professional association, and a state government agency. For a full list of recipients, visit the USGBC Web site.
