Green Globes is an environmental assessment, education and rating system that is promoted in the United States

United States

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 by the Green Building Initiative, a Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

-based non-profit.

Canada’s federal government has been using the Green Globes suite of tools for several years under the Green Globes name and it has been the basis for the Building Owners and Manufacturer's Association of Canada’s Go Green Plus program. Adopted by Building Owners and Managers Association

Building Owners and Managers Association

The Building Owners and Managers Association , founded in 1907, is a professional organization for commercial real estate professionals and is the oldest and largest in its field. Its membership includes building owners, managers, developers, leasing professionals, medical office building managers,...

 (BOMA) Canada in 2004, Go Green Plus was chosen by Canada’s Department of Public Works and Government Services, which has an estimated 300 buildings in its existing portfolio.

The system, which is an online interactive software tool, competes with the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design consists of a suite of rating systems for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings, homes and neighborhoods....

 (LEED) system from the U.S. Green Building Council (another non-profit based in Washington, DC).

Green Globes helps both with the new construction of commercial buildings and with the maintenance and improvement of existing buildings.