Accelerating the Building Performance Ecosystem: How USGBC's Product Suite is Evolving to Meet the Market
Friday, October 23, 2026 10:15 AM to 11:15 AM · 1 hr. (US/Eastern)
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"Explore how USGBC's performance tools and rating systems work together to support portfolio optimization and ESG goals. This session examines how Arc, LEED O+M, PERFORM, Performance Certificates, and TRUE Zero Waste are evolving toward a connected ecosystem—and how portfolio owners can leverage these tools across the performance journey.
The pressure on real estate portfolios to demonstrate sustainability performance has never been greater. Regulatory standards, investor expectations, and tenant demands are converging. Owners need clear, integrated tools aligned with their distinct needs—not a fragmented mosaic of disconnected systems.
Participants will compare platform applications, identify appropriate tools for different asset strategies, and understand how integrated performance pathways support benchmarking, improvement, certification, and reporting. The session explores three practical lenses:
Portfolio Journey: A pathway from performance assessment and data benchmarking through GRESB-aligned recognition, into PERFORM verification for regulatory compliance, and toward LEED O+M certification for market-leading assets.
Full Coverage: How the suite collectively serves diverse asset types—from flagship office towers to industrial facilities—and where work continues to close gaps.
Needs-Matching: Selecting the right tool based on specific business drivers, whether attracting investors, reducing vacancy, satisfying regulators, or achieving certification leadership.
Delivered by USGBC's product and technical experts across LEED O+M, PERFORM, TRUE, and Arc, this session balances current state with forward vision. Attendees will leave with a practical framework for their portfolios today and a clear understanding of where USGBC's product roadmap is headed."
The pressure on real estate portfolios to demonstrate sustainability performance has never been greater. Regulatory standards, investor expectations, and tenant demands are converging. Owners need clear, integrated tools aligned with their distinct needs—not a fragmented mosaic of disconnected systems.
Participants will compare platform applications, identify appropriate tools for different asset strategies, and understand how integrated performance pathways support benchmarking, improvement, certification, and reporting. The session explores three practical lenses:
Portfolio Journey: A pathway from performance assessment and data benchmarking through GRESB-aligned recognition, into PERFORM verification for regulatory compliance, and toward LEED O+M certification for market-leading assets.
Full Coverage: How the suite collectively serves diverse asset types—from flagship office towers to industrial facilities—and where work continues to close gaps.
Needs-Matching: Selecting the right tool based on specific business drivers, whether attracting investors, reducing vacancy, satisfying regulators, or achieving certification leadership.
Delivered by USGBC's product and technical experts across LEED O+M, PERFORM, TRUE, and Arc, this session balances current state with forward vision. Attendees will leave with a practical framework for their portfolios today and a clear understanding of where USGBC's product roadmap is headed."
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USGBC Updates
Learning Objective #1
Identify the distinct role of each USGBC building performance tool (Arc, LEED O+M, PERFORM, Arc Performance Certificates, and TRUE Zero Waste) and describe how connections between them are being strengthened over time,
Learning Objective #2
Apply a needs-based framework to select the appropriate tool or combination of tools for a given portfolio based on asset type, business driver, and performance readiness.
Learning Objective #3
Describe the portfolio performance journey - from initial benchmarking through recognition, verified improvement, and certification - and recognize both where that pathway is established and where it is still developing
Learning Objective #4
Explain how USGBC's performance tools support key external frameworks including GRESB, building performance standards, and investor ESG disclosure, and what stronger integration across tools would unlock for owners and operators
