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Become a leader in the built environment with GBI’s professional credentials.
GBI Membership
Make a positive impact on the built environment.
Join the organizations, individuals, and municipalities choosing to build better, meet sustainability goals, and improve lives.
Join the organizations, individuals, and municipalities choosing to build better, meet sustainability goals, and improve lives.
Types of Membership
Join the companies and nonprofits united by a shared purpose: to shape healthier, more resilient, and more sustainable communities through better buildings.
Build a global professional network and become a sustainable building expert.
Support your community’s sustainability goals with tools, trainings, and building certifications designed specifically for governments.
Access discounts on building certifications, professional credentials, events registrations, and more.
Why Join the Green Building Initiative?
GBI members are an integral part of our mission to improve the built environments impact on climate and society.
Join the architects, engineers, developers, building owners, facility managers, CRE professionals, government officials, and anyone supporting the ever-evolving green building industry.
Member Benefits
Project Registration Discounts
Save money on your next building project with discounts on GBI’s trusted third-party certifications and assessments.
Professional Credentials
Receive complimentary trainings for GBI’s complete offering of professional credentials
Member Directory Listing
Join our Membership Directory. The higher your membership level, the more display options and prominence your organization listing will have in our members directory.
Complimentary Demo Access
Members are granted complimentary demo access to the Green Globes online questionnaire and Guiding Principles Compliance survey.
Shape the Industry’s Future
Become eligible for a role on our Education & Promotion, Government Engagement, Membership, or Performance & Tool Development Committees.
Event Discounts
Join GBI at our industry leading events for a discounted or complimentary registration rate.
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Connect with sustainability and green building experts at an in-person or virtual event.
Green Globes® is our science-based, whole building certification that evaluates the sustainability, health & wellness, and resilience of all commercial real estate.
GBI’s Journey to Net Zero™ helps cut carbon and energy use in buildings by giving owners tools to evaluate performance, track progress, and make smart changes.
GBI’s Guiding Principles Compliance (GPC) program evaluates U.S. government buildings against federal requirements.
