Advocacy Committee

The purpose of the Advocacy Committee is to maintain contact and participate with all government agencies at the State, County and City level to monitor any proposed bills or regulations that may affect green building and in particular the adoption of LEED standards.

Members of this committee will:

• Attend agency meetings as required to maintain a presence for USGBC
• Maintain contacts with agency heads and political leaders
• Maintain close ties with allied organization’s legislative committees
• Working with the USGBC Board develop and initiate legislative proposals to advance green building
• Write newsletter update articles to keep membership informed as to what is going on.