USGBC advocacy and policy highlights: December 2025
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) engages in advocacy across the state, local and federal level for green building initiatives and decarbonization policies.
On the federal level USGBC’s advocacy and policy team plans to introduce LEED building tours/plaque ceremonies with members of Congress in 2026. The goal of these tours is to support education and help develop new allies in Congress across the political spectrum. The value of the tours is to physically introduce the value of green buildings firsthand and on their local communities. Additionally the team looked at a set of bills from the House Energy and Commerce Committee on energy efficiency standards and electrification.
USGBC’s advocacy and policy team has reviewed 2,433 bills, prioritizing 121 and identifying 26 for further engagement. The change in prioritized bills reflects a change in tracking methodology and represents only bills deemed “high priority.” Also on the local level USGBC is supportive of Alexandria’s 2025 Green Building Plan. They include that third-party certification as the most cost-effective means of verifying green building achievement and urge the city to re-add LEED certification as a compliance option for private projects.
