04
Dec
2020
Beyond LEED: Exploring the Front Edge of Sustainable and Profitable Developments in Washington State
Posted On December 4, 2020  By NAIOP Washington State Sustainable Development Committee  And has 2 Comments

What is the first thing many developers or investors think when they hear the words “sustainable” or “green” as their architects describe their building design? For decades, the common perception has been that it is difficult (if not impossible) to make a deeply green building pencil […]

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22
Jul
2019
Achieving Sustainability through Unconventional Design
Posted On July 22, 2019  By Linda Strowbridge  And has 4 Comments

Rising sea levels, worsening storms, heightened seismic concerns and other environmental threats have presented the commercial real estate industry with a daunting array of challenges. Yet simultaneously, those challenges have inspired developers, architects, engineers and builders to create properties that are both resilient and elegant. “I […]

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17
Jul
2015
Leading U.S. Markets for Green Commercial Real Estate
Posted On July 17, 2015  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has No Comment

Biggest takeaways from the 2014 Green Building Adoption Index: Minneapolis is the U.S. city with the highest percentage of green commercial space at 77 percent, followed by San Francisco (67.2 percent), Chicago (62.1 percent), Houston (54.8 percent) and Atlanta (54.1 percent). Since 2005, Energy Star-labeled buildings […]

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06
Jul
2015
Top 10 States for LEED
Posted On July 6, 2015  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has No Comment

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 […]

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