One of the most effective ways to create a living laboratory on-campus is through project-based learning.

Higher education serves as a critical leverage point for making green building education a part of every student’s academic course.

The goal is simple: today’s students must be prepared to lead tomorrow’s green economy. Whether you are a student, part of facilities staff or faculty member, USGBC can help you utilize green building resources and integrate key concepts across the curriculum – both inside the classroom and throughout campus life.

Featured Publication

  • Hands-On LEED: Guiding College Student Engagement
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    Hands-On LEED: Guiding College Student Engagement

    As college and university leaders from across the United States work to green their campuses, students can and should play a critical role. Hands-On LEED: Guiding College Student Engagement explains how students can be involved in green campus projects and contribute to LEED certification efforts. The guide outlines three options for engaging students: coursework, internships and volunteer opportu nities. It details the benefits of involving students and outlines ways to initiate the process of developing an engagement program, such as planning considerations and LEED-related activities and tasks that students can perform. The guide also contains profiles of three campuses that are engaging students on green campus projects with great success.

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Featured Research

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    Advancing Education for Sustainability:
    Teaching the Concepts of Sustainable Building to All Students

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"We are a university, we are about education. If we are effective, we can change students’ behavior for the rest of their lives."
Dr. Mary Finley-Brook
Assistant Professor of Geography & Environmental Studies
University of Richmond