About Green Design
Being green is not only about the environment but it is also about what makes an office a healthy place to work. And it saves money. Thoreau Center for Sustainability San Francisco and New York are leading the way to being green, fiscally sustaining, multi-tenant nonprofit centers. For details on how we are green, please see our list of Thoreau Center green building materials and systems.
LEED Certification and green power.
To gain tips about obtaining LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification, greening your office, and green building construction, we recommend for you to check out The NonprofitCenters Network research and FREE publications. For example:
Visit the The NonprofitCenters Network to learn more about the benefits of multi-tenant nonprofit office spaces.
Tides seeks to educate the public, developers and nonprofit practitioners interested in creating green shared spaces. We would like to help guide you in your building choices. The goal is to create and promote green shared spaces through its construction planning and development, its public programming and its facilities management practices.


