USGBC-NCC Launches Building Health Initiative

The?U.S. Green Building Council-Northern California Chapter?(USGBC-NCC) has a Building Health Initiative, designed to “facilitate sharing of best practices and collaboration among a unique coalition of commercial building owners and tenants; architects, engineers and builders; building product manufacturers; legal professionals; labor and healthcare professionals and institutions.” View Inc. is one of the partners in the development of the initiative.

“This is the first time major?corporations and institutions from multiple sectors have come together to publicly commit to improving human health through green building,” says Dan Geiger, executive director of USGBC-NCC. “Each partner?has pledged to implement new organizational actions that have direct effects and generate awareness of how the built environment affects our well-being. This is a tremendous stimulus for the movement for healthy communities for all.”