December 16, 2005—The US Green Building Council (USGBC) has been named by Scientific American magazine as a Business Leader within the 2005 Scientific American 50 – the magazine’s prestigious annual list recognizing outstanding acts of leadership in science and technology from the past year.
Selected by the magazine’s Board of Editors with the help of distinguished outside advisors, the Scientific American 50 spotlights a Research Leader of the Year, a Business Leader of the Year, and a Policy Leader of the Year.
The USGBC was selected for its leadership in promoting environmental design. Since USGBC’s inception in 1993, the council has been promoting high-performing, sustainable green building through a variety of programs and services, including its nationally recognized LEED green building rating systems; workshops, educational sessions and tools; a network of more than 60 chapters and organizing groups; and through Greenbuild, the industry’s popular conference and exposition.
Past Scientific American 50 winners include stem cell researcher Douglas A Melton, Professor of the National Sciences at Harvard; Nobel-prize winning neurobiologist Roderick MacKinnon; global public health leader Gro Harlem Brundtland, former World Health Organization Secretary General; and high tech innovator Steven Jobs, CEO, Apple.
The Scientific American 50 appears in the magazine’s December issue. The complete list of recipients can be accessed online.
USGBC is a coalition of corporations, builders, universities, government agencies and nonprofit organizations working together to promote buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work. For more information, visit the Web site.
