San Diego Hospital Achieves LEED


(02/24/2011)
The new $260 million Rady Children's Hospital Acute Care Pavilion in San Diego has been certified LEED by the U.S. Green Building Council.

Courthouse Will Be First Historic Net-Zero Building


(02/09/2011)
The General Services Administration unveiled renovation plans for the 92 year-old Wayne Aspinall Federal Building and Courthouse in Colorado to make it the first net-zero historic landmark building.

Lawsuit Contrasts LEED Certification And Energy Efficiency

By Sameea Kamal
(02/04/2011)
The U.S. Green Building Council's LEED certification program came under fire in a lawsuit taking to task its lack of building performance measurement.
 

Bank Retrofit Focuses on Holistic Sustainability


(01/20/2011)
GreenChoice Bank will open two new "holistically sustainable" community bank branches on February 1 after completing the retrofit of a pair of century-old buildings.

Texas School Looks for Dual Certification


(01/07/2011)
Atascocita Springs Elementary School is already making history as the first school in its district to achieve LEED certification. Now officials are hoping to add to the achivement with Collaborative for High Performance Schools certification.

Duke Parking Structure


(12/29/2010)
Duke University’s $35 million Research Drive Garage is the nation’s first single-use, stand-alone LEED certified parking facility, according to university and parking officials.

Contractor Eyes LEED Certification For New Hospital


(12/22/2010)
Kraus-Anderson Construction Co., one of the Midwest’s oldest and largest commercial general contractors and construction managers, is set to start construction in January on a new 400,000-square-foot LEED certified hospital for Gundersen Lutheran Health System.

LEED-Certified, Class A Office Building Trades Hands


(12/06/2010)
The Corky McMillin Cos. has sold LEED Gold Building 902 at Liberty Station in San Diego. The 105,061-square-foot, three-story, Class A office building was sold to a publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trust.

USGBC Unveils Programs for Retail, High-Volume Developers


(11/24/2010)
The U.S. Green Building Council announced last week the launch of LEED for Retail, its latest green building rating system, and the LEED Volume Program, a certification program for high-volume property developers.

GSA Raises LEED Requirements


(11/02/2010)
The United States General Services Administration announced that it now requires all new federal buildings and substantial renovation projects funded before fiscal year 2010 to earn a minimum of LEED Gold certification. Previously, federal buildings had to be LEED Silver certified at most.