ALLIANCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

GHI seeks to transform the built environment through certification, education and consultation. To achieve this goal, it partners with stakeholders from all strata of society, from low-income folks to developers and policymakers.
The need is great, and the impact is wide-ranging. Every year the message of GHI gets louder and more buildings go green. Sustainable buildings are more resource and energy efficient, healthier, more affordable, safer and more resilient. They help mitigate climate change.
GHI measures its outcomes along its main activities.
• GHI certifies: new builds and remodels through LEED for Homes, Enterprise Green Communities, and others certification programs.
• GHI educates developers, architects, policymakers, homeowners and the general public.
• GHI consults: on specific projects, buildings, programs and initiatives. Not every consultation can be traced to a tangible product, but they all help to transform the conversation.

• GHI certifies: new builds and remodels through LEED for Homes, Enterprise Green Communities, and others certification programs.
• GHI consults: on specific projects, buildings, programs and initiatives. Not every consultation can be traced to a tangible product, but they all help to transform the conversation.

We work closely with multiple agencies to provide certification in LEED for Homes, Enterprise Green Communities, Net zero and the U.S Department of Energy Home Energy Score. We also run and provide GreenStar Home Certification at no or little cost. We have the knowledgeable staff and partners a project needs to move forward.

GHI would like to grow to have more capacity to continue to expand on the items listed above. In order to do this we will need to continue our out reach building volunteer support and internal staffing.

GHI educates:
GHI will continue to provide affordable education for green buildings reaching to our vast audience of developers, architects, policymakers, realtors, consultants, homeowners and the general public.

Our primary focus is on webinars available nationally. In the long term we are working to expand them internationally. We maintain a large library of resources and classes accessible to anyone with internet access. These classes cover a wide range of subjects to not just help those looking to maintain continuing education credits but to inspire a new standard of development. We work with colleges and universities, attend and present at conferences, connect on multiple social media platforms and host in-person trainings locally. We host a monthly local building green and beer series and are continuing to add new ways to connect. GHI intents to continue to build its membership and keep prices affordable

We work in partnership with municipalities to incentives energy efficiency and support sustainable affordable housing. We work with builders to provide easy to access education with the newest tools, We work with manufactures that create the products we need to build successful projects. We work with experts in the field to share the most up to date tools and resources available.

Volunteers are critical to making the GreenHome Institute who we are. They run our booths at conferences, participate in speaking events and help us get the word out about our programs.

GHI has one staff member with expertise in multiple green certification systems. We work with partner Green Raters, architects, builders and consultants to make sure projects get the experts they need for consultation and certification. GHI has developed a reputation for the work we do. We have been providing service since 2000 and have the depth of experience and knowledge to work through multiple project types from single family to multi-family. GHI plans to grow its staff in the next year to provide better services to our customers. We plan to be a staff of three by 2023. We will be expanding our capacity in Marketing, USGBC Provider services, and Educational classes for certification and continuing education credits.

GHI has been in the green build industry for 20 years, and we are financially stable. We realize we lack some of the hallmarks of successful nonprofit organizations. To further our mission of transforming the green build environment, our most immediate task is to improve our own operations. After this, we can move to our medium-term goals; the same challenges faced by many nonprofits: to establish reputable programs that run smoothly and make a real difference. We will need both quantitative and qualitative milestones to achieve these our goals.
GHI does track success of current programs to meet overall mission. Metrics include tracking certified or registered Green Homes, certification types (LEED, EGC, GreenStar Homes, etc.), project build and unit type, USGBC courses offered, webinar attendees and continuing education attendance, as well as sponsor and membership participation. Each metric is reviewed and tracked by committees and workgroups.