Women’s voices in green building: Pursuing progress and opportunity

Explore insights from four members of USGBC’s green building community. Elevating the voices of women in our green building community is especially timely during Women’s History Month. Women have always been leaders in the sustainability movement—from Rachel Carson’s environmental advocacy in the 1960s to Greta Thunberg’s in the present day. Among the many women setting the course for an even more sustainable future are four professionals who recently shared their thoughts with USGBC on the future of green building, mentoring the next generation and projects that inspire them: Hannah Baghdadi , sustainability and environmental analyst, Corning Incorporated Katie Bergfeld , branch chief, building performance and enforcement, Department of Energy and Environment, Government of the District of Columbia Meredith Hendricks , vice president—sustainability, Entegrity Tonya Hicks , president and CEO, Power Solutions ; president and founder, Women Do Everything LLC What are the challenges of your professional role in helping to build a more sustainable world? Baghdadi : As a sustainability and environmental analyst focused on renewable energy (RE), I face new challenges each day, sometimes without clear solutions in immediate sight. For example, it is difficult when there are roadblocks to RE availability in the markets we operate in—especially […]

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