Traci Rose Rider

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Understanding Green Building Guidelines

Understanding Green Building Guidelines For Students and Young Professionals examines a range of green building ratings systems and guidelines. More

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Cultivating Green Talent

Traci Rose Rider, LEED AP, was working as an intern at HOK in Houston in 2002 when she decided to drive over to Austin, Texas, for the afternoon to attend the U.S. Green Building Council-sponsored Greenbuild conference. Energized by the overwhelming turnout of students and young professionals—and alarmed by the lack of networking available to them—she and several cohorts founded Emerging Green Builders, a branch of USGBC. Firms can join USGBC but individuals cannot, she explains, so there was no way to include students and interns stuck in status-quo firms. “Some firms still perceive sustainability as a fad, and young professionals don't get paid for their research,” Rider says. “We wanted to offer them not only access to discounts through USGBC but also to national resources.” More

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130 William

Adjaye Associates, Hill West Architects

Condor Street Housing

Merge Architects

Double Stoop House

Model Practice

Falcon Ledge Residence

Alterstudio Architecture

Garden Laneway House

Williamson Williamson Inc.

West Lynn Residence

A Parallel Architecture

River Bend Residence

Lake|Flato Architects

The Rose Apartments

Brooks + Scarpa

Henry Island Guesthouse

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Forest Retreat

Scalar Architecture

Sunnydale Community Center

Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects

National Juneteenth Museum

Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), KAI Enterprises

Wacheno Welcome Center

Opsis Architecture

The Ecology School

Kaplan Thompson Architects, Briburn, Simons Architects

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