Washington, D.C., Is The LEED Capital Of The U.S.

Date: 01/24/2012 | Source: Mother Nature Network

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has announced the top 10 states for LEED-certified building space per capita in 2011, but none of the top 10 states is even close to the amount of LEED-certified space in the nation’s capital. According to the USGBC, Washington, D.C., had 31.50 square feet of LEED-certified property per capita last year, putting it well ahead of the top 10 states. “Although Washington, D.C., is a very small geographic area compared to U.S. states, the District packs in a substantial amount of green buildings due in part to the tremendous leadership from the federal government (nearly 30 percent of all LEED projects are government-owned or occupied LEED buildings, and the federal government alone owns and operates some 500,000 buildings). After removing D.C. from the data, the state of Colorado came out on top with 13.8 million square feet of LEED-certified space in 2011. [Read this article]