Top 10 States for LEED

U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) has released its fifth-annual list of the top states for LEED, using the square footage of LEED-certified space per resident (per capita) as the benchmark. How does your state stack up? Read on and see the top 10:

Rank State Projects Certified in 2014 LEED-certified square feet (2014) Square footage per capita
1. Illinois 174 42,457,254 3.31
2. Colorado 102 15,816,498 3.15
3. Maryland 132 15,583,423 2.70
4. Virginia 150 18,617,712 2.33
5. Massachusetts 99 14,662,950 2.2
6. Hawaii 30 2,657,808 1.95
7. California 517 69,762,936 1.87
8. Georgia 87 17,748,781 1.83
9. Minnesota 39 9,511,684 1.79
10. (tie) Arizona 82 11,152,201 1.74
10. (tie) New York 250 33,691,209 1.74

USGBC says both Maryland and Virginia’s high rankings are evidence that the mid-Atlantic region remains the epicenter of green building across the country, but the South and Southwest are making strides and adding newcomers Georgia and Arizona to the list. Illinois and Colorado are the only two states to make the list every year since 2010.

Washington, D.C., home to USGBC, was not included on the official list of top states due to its status as a federal territory, yet it is continues to lead the nation with 29.44 square feet of space per resident certified in 2014.

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