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 USGBC that is used internationally to classify buildings by their level of sustainability. In ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Minneapolis architect Doug Pierce first envisioned a few years ago a new building standard that could help measure the resiliency of a structure or community, he had imagined design that could ...

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, ...

Ball State freshman Andrew Hopkins works on homework in the lobby of the David Letterman Communication and Media Building at Ball State University. The building was the first of 16 LEED certified ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Four buildings at Miami University have been recently certified as LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold or Silver rated. Miami’s LEED-certified buildings now total 29: four LEED ...