The efforts they made to gain LEED certification have translated into a savings of 276,000 kWh of electricity and 17,000 therms of natural gas, decreasing costs by $44,000 per year, according to Dunne ...

Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and administered by its sister organization Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED ...

LEED has become so popular that the U.S. Green Building Council, which has coordinated the certification process for eight years, will turn it over in January to 10 independent organizations.

County's newly opened Public Health Laboratory has earned platinum certification, the highest possible LEED rating.

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 ...

U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) V3, the certification bodies for the LEED Green Building Rating System were recently announced. Well-known ...

I’ve served as the LEED coordinator on dozens of large projects since becoming a LEED AP in 2001. While it’s been a positive experience overall, there have been a few bumps along the way. Recently, I ...

The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) green building certification program is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of green buildings.

More than 300 communities across the globe have some kind of LEED certification, but only four in Arizona aside from Tempe have that distinction. Phoenix has the highest-tier status, called LEED ...

Since 2005, projects receiving $10 million or more in city funding, or for which the city is paying for 50 percent or more of the project’s costs, must achieve basic LEED certification.

The Pyramid now joins an elite club of 35,000 buildings around the world that have achieved the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED certification.

"The new LEED Gold-Existing Building certification for our Marine Science Research Building affirms our commitment to not just ‘building green,' but also ‘living green,' " said UCSB Chancellor Henry T ...