When compared to states, the District once again led the nation for LEED-certified green building construction per capita in 2024, with 33.4 square feet of such construction per capita — six times ...

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a building rating system created by the U.S. Green Building Council (USBGC) that is used internationally to classify buildings by their level of ...

Through LEED, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) helps leaders worldwide commit to a smarter, sustainable, and more prosperous future where eco-friendly buildings and communities are the standard ...

U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) V3, the certification bodies for the LEED Green Building Rating System were recently announced. Well-known ...

Last year, the U.S. Green Building Council decided to study these questions by starting the Building Performance Partnership (BPP), a program to engage owners and managers of LEED-certified buildings, ...

Massachusetts tops the ranking of last year's “top 10 states for green building,” followed by Illinois and New York, according to the U.S. Green Building Council, which developed the popular LEED ...

Both the University of Minnesota Duluth and Lake Superior College have reached LEED milestones with newly constructed buildings on their campuses. UMD's Bagley Outdoor Classroom has been awarded LEED ...

The built environment’s strides to fight climate change are measured in several green certification programs, with LEED being the most popular one in the U.S. To check on how the multifamily industry ...

A new study from Carnegie Mellon University found that LEED-certified federal buildings are not using less energy than non-certified federal buildings. The finding may be due to trade-offs in how ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESRT) today announced that the Empire State Building has achieved Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum ...