About Us

The U.S. Green Building Council is a committee-based, member-driven, consensus-focused non-profit founded in 1993 that currently represents over 17,000 companies and organizations. The USGBC – West Michigan Chapter, organized in 2004, is one of 70 chapters that operate as licensed separate non-profits across the United States.

The U.S. Green Building Council mission is it to transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life in one generation. It accomplishes that mission with a dedication to expanding green building practices and education with its LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System™  and other educational resources

As the “front door” of USGBC in West Michigan, the primary purposes for which we have organized are to:  

    • accelerate the initiation, development and implementation of market-based green building efforts, policies, program technologies, design practices, and operation procedures 
    • to facilitate networking and communication among all interested parties on green building activities in the area served by the chapter 
    • to coordinate with green building efforts occurring nationwide and cooperating with the USGBC national organization

Our mission is to champion leadership for environmental sustainability in green building and community development through strategic affiliations and comprehensive educational opportunities at all levels.

 

Our territory encompasses the entire West Michigan region - download territory map

Dynamic Governance

Dynamic governance is a method of establishing a sense of organization among any group of people who share a common purpose. It offers both a structure and a system for getting things done. Dynamic governance helps to assure that decisions are made by consensus. The process facilitates faster decision-making.


Another key characteristic of dynamic governance is principle of double-linking. In a traditional 
corporate hierarchy, decisions are made at the top of the structure and implemented below.
The dynamic governance structure provides for both top-down and bottom-up representation in
decision-making. This means that not only are decisions made by consent of both the
organizational layers involved, but feedback on implementation of the decision gets back to the top.

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Mission: To provide and develop leadership for environmental sustainability in green building and community development through strategic affiliations
and comprehensive proactive educational opportunities at all levels.