Local officials contend a new comprehensive energy-efficiency initiative should help the owners and developers of commercial buildings find all the information they need to have their buildings go “green.”
State officials balked at paying $150,000 to have a planned University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point building certified LEED Gold, saying the money would come in return for little more than a plaque.
A 284,000-square-foot Minnesota building is the first in state to earn a recertification of the existing-building designation from the Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Green Building Council.
M.A. Mortenson Co. has 169 LEED certifications under its belt and more than 300 LEED AP professionals in its ranks, but the Minneapolis-based construction management firm isn't resting.
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design now has more than 2 billion square feet of certified commercial buildings throughout the world, according to a report by DesignBuild Source.
The General Services Administration, the “landlord” of the federal government, soon might uproot its longtime standard for green building in favor of a fresh face.
The U.S. Green Building Council announced Tuesday the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge in Texas is the 12,000th commercial project to receive LEED certification, according to a U.S. Green Building Council news release.