Do you have practical experience with how buildings and communities are designed, constructed, and operated around the globe? Are you dedicated to advancing best practices in green building and sustainable development?

This call opens May 22, 2023, and the deadline for submissions is August 4, 2023, at 5:00 pm Pacific Standard Time.

The U.S. Green Building Council calls for self-nominations by qualified applicants to serve as members of the new LEED committees as outlined below. While there is no set number of volunteer positions available, we expect to appoint approximately 20 volunteers.

Each volunteer position will be for a first term of one year with an option to continue service in accordance with the following policy: 6.1 Committee and Working Group member terms: Committee members may serve a maximum of four consecutive years, after which they must take a two-year hiatus before being eligible for service on the committee again.

Note that USGBC policy states that individuals may serve on a maximum of three USGBC committees and two working groups at any one time. Any one member organization may not have more than one representative on any one committee and, except for federal government agencies, may have representatives on a maximum of five committees and four working groups at any one time.

Please see the expertise sought by each group and scheduled call times below. We are seeking diverse applicants from around the globe to fill the vacant positions.

USGBC is committed to inclusiveness and encourages the participation of stakeholders from all backgrounds in its volunteer committees, including but not limited to, diversity with respect to race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, ability, age, geography, and areas of relevant technical, market, and industry expertise.

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Qualifications

Required

• Employed by a USGBC member organization.
• Demonstrated expertise in one or more of the below technical areas.
• Ability to attend at least two-thirds (67%) of all committee calls (1 hour in length, 1-2 calls per month), complete offline review and technical work of approximately 2-3 hours per call, and participate in additional calls as necessary.

Preferred

• LEED Green Associate or LEED Accredited Professional
• Experience with international LEED and green building rating system implementation

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How to submit an expression of interest with USGBC

Employees of USGBC member organizations interested in serving on any of the working groups described below must complete the LEED Committee Expression of Interest Form online. Please note that USGBC might invite candidates to serve on a committee for which they did not indicate interest based on the candidate’s expertise and the needs of each committee.

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Applicable LEED committee descriptions

See the LEED Committees webpage for additional information, including committee purpose statements, current rosters, and links to meeting minutes for each committee.

*areas in bold are of the highest priority

Energy & Atmosphere Technical Advisory Group (EA TAG)

• Demand response/battery storage/grid harmonization
• Refrigerants/refrigerant technology
• Embodied carbon of energy systems
• Renewable energy systems and procurement/RECs/PPAs
• Existing Buildings
• International Standards/Laws/Regulations
• Commercial/Retail
• Commissioning
• GHG Accounting
• Climate-specific building envelope design
• Energy policy: benchmarking legislation, development, and enforcement
• Energy codes and standards
• Energy Resilience
• Building Energy Performance Metrics, Benchmarking, and Analysis
• Design/construction of new buildings
• Passive design
• Net zero
• Utility owners and operators
• Residential energy (Multifamily & Single Family)
• Portfolios/campus projects
• Distributed energy resources
• ASHRAE standards
• Building Automation Systems
• Carbon offsets
• Data Centers/Manufacturing/Healthcare and other high process loads project types
• Distributed energy resources
• District heating and cooling
• Energy Modeling
• EnergyStar Portfolio Manager
• HVAC system design
• Interaction between energy and thermal comfort issues
• Modeling software

Indoor Environmental Quality Technical Advisory Group (EQ TAG)

• Biophilia
• Daylight design
• Health – public health, health equity, mental health, Epidemiology/toxicology
• Heat and air quality resilience (thermal safety, wildfire smoke, etc.)
• Occupant satisfaction
• Green cleaning
• Product emissions testing/reporting
• Air quality sensors and data platforms
• Air quality (indoor and outdoor air chemistry & public health)
• Lighting design and control
• Residential Indoor Air Quality (multifamily & single family)
• Occupant satisfaction
• Epidemiology/toxicology

Location and Planning Technical Advisory Group (LP TAG)

• Transportation data and metrics (e.g. onsite-specific VMT analysis)
• Electric Vehicles/EV charging infrastructure
• Parking Management/Parking Facility Design
• Facilities manager
• Owner/developer
• Transportation Demand Management/Performance metrics
• Environmental Planning/Brownfield Redevelopment
• Affordable Housing/Equity
• Multimodal Planning and Design
• Transit planning
• Local/Regional Planning
• Bike parking/active travel design

Materials and Resources Technical Advisory Group (MR TAG)

• Architect/Designer (climate adaptation design, material selection, waste prevention through design, mass timber, material health and product specification)
• General Contracting (carbon reduction of equipment, jobsite sustainability practices, worker equity, wellness and safety on jobsites, construction waste management)
• Manufacturer (ESG expertise, circular economy, material health, material optimization, carbon reductions in manufacturing)
• Supply Chain expert (circularity, human rights, labor advocate, reduced carbon in supply chain)
• Facility/operator (existing building purchasing, procurement and materials management, resource reuse)
• Owner/developer (affordable housing, climate adaptive design, carbon reduction strategies, healthy spaces)
• Expert or academic (Whole Building LCA/software and product LCAs, carbon accounting, carbon sequestration)
• Resilience experts – climate adaptation in structure/enclosure
• Local/state/federal government (circularity, resilience and equity, policies and planning)
• Small, local or international manufacturer (natural and/or regional materials)

Sustainable Sites Technical Advisory Group (SS TAG)

• Green infrastructure engineer
• Plant and Soil Sciences/Soil Amendments
• Biodiversity/Ecosystem Services/Regenerative Design
• Resilience and Adaptation/Site Risk Assessment
• Landscape Architecture/Design
• Carbon sequestration - plant and soil sciences
• Site resilience and climate adaptation expert
• Emergency preparedness & response
• Public health & equitable access to healthy open spaces
• Heat equity

Water Efficiency Technical Advisory Group (WE TAG)

• Building water performance metrics, benchmarking, and analysis
• Water balance modeling
• Net zero water building design and operations
• Water reuse
• Water quality: onsite treatment and reuse
• Mechanical and plumbing design
• Cooling towers / process water design
• Water quality and sanitation
• Manufacturer/Manufacturing (WDC), high water intensity facilities
• Utility owners and operators
• Water code and standards, legislation, and enforcement
• Resilience – safe drinking water, sanitation during disruptions
• Equity & public health
• Water / energy nexus
• Water resource management (community / watershed expertise scale)
• Wastewater (blackwater) treatment
• Commissioning / O&M
• Portfolio management / Campus / Communities (infrastructure)