By: Jeff Nippes
LEED has reached an important milestone. LEED-certified commercial buildings now exceed 1 billion square feet.
"This traction demonstrates the transformation of the way we design, build and operate buildings," said Rick Fedrizzi, USGBC president, CEO & Founding Chair, in a statement. "Not only does green building contribute to saving energy, water and money, it also creates green jobs that will grow and energize our economy."
This doesn’t mean LEED is fool-proof and that every strategy is the best that it can be, but with another 6 billion square feet in commercial projects registered to become LEED certified, LEED is clearly gaining traction and being utilized and pursued at an extraordinary rate. The byproduct of which cannot help but reduce consumption of natural resources and put us on the path toward a sustainable future.
LEED Projects Certified and Registered By Year:
Year. ..# Certified..# Registered
2000....... 3..............8
2001........5.............71
2002.......21...........142
2003.......46...........181
2004......117..........321
2005......201..........692
2006......320..........931
2007......542........3,961
2008......967........7,187
2009....2,290.....10,375
2010....2,682......12,357
Total....7,194...... 36,226
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