S. Richard Fedrizzi and the USGBC to Receive Visionaries in Sustainability Award

The National Building Museum, Washington D.C., has announced the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), Washington, D.C., and its president, S. Richard Fedrizzi, as the Museum’s first honoree for its Visionaries in Sustainability award.

Founded in 1993, USGBC is transforming the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated, according to the press release. Its LEED program is one of the most widely used green building certification program in the nation. USGBC is also working internationally to establish common green building practices with governments throughout Europe, Asia, and Australia. The non-profit association is composed of more than 19,000 organizations from across the building industry that are working to ensure that structures are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work. In the U.S. alone, there are more than 2500 LEED certified structures.

“We founded the USGBC with the radical idea that our built environment should nurture instead of harm, restore instead of consume, and save money instead of waste it,” Fedrizzi says. “Little did we know at the time that the green building revolution we envisioned would become a cornerstone of the economic recovery effort, creating millions of green jobs and saving energy and money in the process. The National Building Museum has long been an inspiration to us for all their work to advance how buildings can better serve people, and we're deeply honored by this award.”

The National Building Museum will announce additional Honor Award recipients in the weeks leading up to the June 4 gala, to be held in the Museum’s Great Hall. Fedrizzi will accept the prize during the ceremony and present his vision about the future of green building.