Peoples a Candidate for USGBC Board

Dalton, GA, September 11, 2006--Bob Peoples, director of sustainability at the Carpet & Rug Institute (CRI) and executive director of the Carpet America Recovery Effort, is one of six candidates for the trade association slot on the board of directors for the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). This is the first time the USGBC has allowed a trade association slot on their board. Directors uphold the vision, values and mission of the council. They make key decisions about how the council serves its membership, educates the industry, and advances their mission. By voting, you help to shape the council’s future, and by extension the future of green building. Voting in USGBC has always been one company, one vote. That still holds true, but this year the board opened up voting to every contact affiliated with a USGBC member company or organization and that has a site user account with USGBC under his/her organization’s member number.