Annual Ranking Reveals Top 10 States for LEED Green Building

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Green Building Council recently announced the Top 10 States for LEED, an annual ranking that highlights states throughout the United States that made significant strides in sustainable building design, construction and transformation over the past year. Topping the list is Massachusetts, which moved from third to first place with a total of 136 LEED certified projects representing 3.73 square feet of certified space per resident. Now in its seventh year, the ranking assesses the total square feet of LEED-certified space per resident based on U.S. Census data and includes commercial and institutional green building projects certified during 2016. Illinois and Colorado are … Read more

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Maximizing LEED Points on the Jobsite

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By Thomas Taylor Studies from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency state that Americans spend 90 percent or more of their lives indoors1. This is one reason why the USGBC’s LEED 2009 rating system, which is being used by most project teams that have potential LEED-certified projects in the works, rewards teams from keeping harmful materials out of the facilities they build. Almost all manufactured materials used on construction sites contain some amount of chemicals. The truth is, chemicals that emit harmful gasses into the air, a process that is known as off-gassing, can be found in all sorts of other … Read more

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DPR Construction Opens New Reston Office Targeting Net Zero Energy

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WASHINGTON, D.C.  — DPR Construction’s Washington, D.C. area office has officially moved to its new Reston, Virginia, location. Designed by SmithGroupJJR, the build-out of the previously vacant 20,000-square-foot space has used unique techniques and design aspects to create a workplace of the future targeting not only LEED-CI v4.0 Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, but also Net-Zero Energy certification from the International Living Future Institute. By working closely with every partnering organization that had a hand in creating this space, the team was able to make data-driven decisions based on detailed cost analysis, payback studies and team member … Read more

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Gilbane Student Housing Project Earns Innovator Award, LEED Silver Certification

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Gilbane Development Company’s 257 Thayer Street student housing community, located in Providence, Rhode Island, earned multiple accolades for its sustainable features and innovative approach to student housing development—including LEED Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, as well as winning the Student Housing Business Innovator Award for “Best New Development under 300 beds,” recently presented at the InterFace Student Housing Awards. 257 Thayer achieved LEED certification for implementing practical and measurable strategies and solutions aimed at achieving high performance in sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality. 257 Thayer features … Read more

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ASU Tempe Sun Devil Fitness Complex Achieves LEED Platinum

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PHOENIX, Ariz. – The U.S. Green Building Council has awarded the Arizona State University Tempe Sun Devil Fitness Complex a LEED Platinum Certification. Designed by Studio Ma/Sasaki and built by Gilbane Building Company, the new recreation complex has many sustainability elements incorporated into the facility, such as: 3 percent of onsite generated construction waste was diverted from landfills 29 percent of the total building materials value includes materials and products that have been manufactured and extracted within 500 miles of the project 28 of 35 Energy and Atmosphere credits were awarded—because of this energy-conscious design the building realizes an energy … Read more

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