Ecobuilder Competitors

The U.S. Green Building Council is committed to a sustainable, prosperous future through LEED, the leading program for green buildings and communities worldwide. Our vision is that buildings and communities will regenerate and sustain the health and vitality of all life within a generation. Our mission is to transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life. We are a diverse group of builders and environmentalists, corporations and nonprofits, teachers and students, lawmakers and citizens. Today we are represented by thousands of member organizations and more than 200,000 LEED professionals that share the vision of a sustainable built environment for all within the next generation.

The Living Future Institute (Living Future) envisions a socially just, culturally rich, and ecologically restorative world. Through innovative programs, including the Living Building Challenge, the Just label, Declare label, and initiatives spanning critical issues from affordable housing to biophilic design, Living Future has shaped over 55 million square feet of sustainable development globally, driving a better future for people and the planet.

Ultra-efficient. Comfortable. Affordable. Now. Phius is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization committed to decarbonizing the built environment by making high-performance passive building the mainstream market standard. We train and certify professionals, maintain and update the Phius climate-specific passive building standard, certify and quality assure passive buildings, certify high-performance building products and conduct research to advance high-performance building. Passive building principles include using super-insulation, super-tight building envelope design and construction, extremely efficient windows, energy recovery ventilation, and passive solar strategies. Buildings designed and constructed using these principles can consume as little as 40 percent of the energy conventional buildings use for heating and cooling. The Phius mission is to support healthy living for all and the well-being of the planet by advancing our locally-tailored, globally applicable passive building standard.