BREAKING NEWS: LEED Passes Major Milestone-One Billion Square Feet Certified in U.S.

by Shannon D. Sentman, Sol Vista Consulting, LLC

According to the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) public directory of LEED projects, the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System now certifies over one billion square feet of space in the U.S. This major milestone comes only a decade after USGBC certified its first green building, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Phillip Merrill Environmental Center, in 2000.

Since its inception, the LEED Green Building Rating System has continually grown in popularity, quickly becoming the most widely-recognized and accepted system for rating the environmental friendliness of buildings in the U.S. With over 340,000,000 square feet certified to date in 2010, LEED's popularity has continued to grow despite the impact of the economic downturn.

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