India secures third place in US Green Building Council s (USGBC) LEED certification list for 2023. LEED, a recognized symbol of sustainability, promotes green building practices. Mainland China leads, followed by Canada. India s 248 certified projects cover 7.23 million square meters. Despite the US not making the list, it remains the largest market for LEED. USGBC s annual report highlights global progress in sustainable building practices, overseen in India by the Green Business Certification Inc (GBCI).
New Arlington construction is helping the Commonwealth become more green. Virginia is ranked eighth in the country for LEED-certified space per capita, the U.S. Green Building Council announced earlier this month. This is in large part because of Arlington County, which accounted for more than 15% of the newly LEED-certified buildings in the state in
Arlington County is the first community in the country to win a top award for its environmentally-friendly policies from the U.S. Green Building Council. The county was named a Platinum level community by USGBC under its new LEED for Communities program. USGBC said the certification recognizes the county's creation of a "sustainable and resilient urban
The San Francisco International Airport (SFO) announced that Harvey Milk Terminal 1 has become the first airport terminal in the world to earn “Platinum” certification using the latest standards from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program developed by the U.S. Green Building Council.
Spokane County, WA., claims 522,000 residents, thriving aerospace manufacturing and health sciences industries, the nickname “Lilac City” for its eponymous county seat, and bragging rights as the originator of Father’s Day. In a new CBRE study, it’s also one of 11 U.S. counties that demonstrate a high level of resiliency when analyzed across a wide range of complex factors like modern health, weather and economic disruptions.
CBRE’s Location Incentives group identified the 11 counties, spanning Spokane County and Ada County (Boise), ID., to Greenville County, S.C., and Kent County (Grand Rapids), MI., after filtering all 3,142 U.S. counties through diverse criteria that define resilience. The exercise demonstrates how modern site-selection analyses can sift through multiple, wide-ranging qualifiers, even including a county’s susceptibility to wildfires, to arrive at sometimes intriguing conclusions that can factor into a company’s location strategy.