Why USGBC Texas Best Practices Champions?

Less than twenty percent (20%) of the design, construction, or operation of our buildings is performed above lowest first-cost minimum-code requirements.  Therefore, as an industry, we built environment professionals fail eighty percent (80%) of the time to implement proven designs, mature advanced technologies or world class policies and processes that would immediately increase community sustainability and resiliency, as well as  occupant health and profitability.  Most notable is the fact that these "Best Standards of Care" betterments almost never make it into projects in underserved communities. 

The USGBC Texas Best Practices Champions are committed to identifying and knocking down any and all obstacles preventing equitable pathways for everyone to live, learn, work and play in places that are healthy, safe, efficient, and prosperous. 

What Best Practices Champions Do

USGBC Texas Best Practices Champions are Built Environment Professionals, Community Facing Organizations and Individual Advocates successfully implementing policies, designs, technologies, and processes, that consistently exceed lowest first-cost minimum-code requirements and create healthier, more efficient and prosperous communities. Texas has many of these knowledgeable and passionate individuals whose expertise creates substantial social, environmental, and financial value to their clients and communities. 

• USGBC Texas brings together passionate individuals willing to give of themselves to create a better future by uniting stakeholders from the private sector, academia, public sector, and finance. 
• USGBC Texas shares the belief that we can do more by coming together than in silos to scale positive social and environmental impact in Texas.