There is also concern about new municipal laws that mandate LEED certification for new construction process.
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The hotel has sustainable credibility (LEED certification) as well as views of the Pacific and the Santa Monica Pier.
During the LEED certification process, it was estimated that the building would use approximately one-third less energy than comparable buildings.
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Construction of the eight-story, 190, 000 square-foot building was finished in October 2009, but the LEED certification process was just recently finished.
To get a LEED certification, for instance, homes collect points for green features, such as energy-efficient light bulbs and water-saving toilets.
And some big institutions, big pension funds, will not purchase an asset unless it has a certain level of LEED certification.
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The structure itself breaks all the rules of the standard, sterile car dealership, oozing luxury with its grand proportions and LEED certification.
In the lawsuit, Gifford claims that the USGBC has engaged in deceptive trade practices, false advertising and anti-trust in promoting the LEED certification program.
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JPMorgan announced recently that its new investment-banking headquarters at the World Trade Centre site will aim for platinum, the highest level of LEED certification.
Since the building was certified prior to the LEED v3 certification system was released, it will maintain its LEED certification despite its poor energy use record.
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It also scores points for being designed to earn Platinum LEED certification, with features like a rainwater-harvesting project and in-house water treatment plant to ensure 100 percent recycling of water.
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After local governments decided to pursue LEED certification for their own buildings, there was an uptick in the number of local architects, general contractors, and other construction industry professionals who sought LEED accreditation.
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She advertises that her building has applied for LEED Gold certification and signs a lease with a major tenant who has a corporate mandate to rent space only in LEED Gold facilities.
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Seven of the students have already received LEED AP certification through their work in the student group.
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Every new building completed since 2006 has earned a LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
When USGBC unexpectedly delivers LEED Silver certification, the tenant terminates its lease.
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And, this is only the beginning of her problems, because the failure to deliver LEED gold certification could result in the major tenant asserting its own damages against her.
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The bank that lent money to her for the retrofit on condition that LEED Gold certification is awarded, declares a default and requires her to immediately repay her loan in full.
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The designers expect their creation to be the first airline terminal in the country to get an official green stamp of approval, in the form of a LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
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On the green front, all steel-framed Connect:Homes are designed to attain LEED Silver certification out the door, with Gold and Platinum certification and net-zero energy status a possibility depending on additional bells and whistles added at the installation site.
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Several eco-friendly construction and design features helped the building earn a total of 43 points towards LEED Gold certification including the use of materials with recycled content, regionally sourced materials, energy efficiency upgrades and windows with a special coating to reduce heat transmission.
With around 5 billion square feet under roof, the projects and the representative owners include many of the largest green portfolios, measured as the estimated share of total portfolio value that has either LEED or EnergyStar certification.
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Starbucks was interested in having its cafes LEED certified but was hindered by the cost of certification, which was designed to evaluate individual designed buildings.
It is all wood and glass, with one vast, expansive transparent wall, and received LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification for its eco-friendly construction and operation.
In the suburban city of roughly 58, 000 people, the primary concerns have focused on additional traffic and environmental impact, both of which Apple says it is addressing in the design of the campus, which is expected to get LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification as an environmentally friendly project.
Green certification is awarded by a number of programs, including LEED for Homes, Energy Star and NAHB Green.
The green property indexes are based on the analysis of over 14, 300 LEED and 18, 400 Energy Star projects that have received third-party certification based on their green achievements and performance.
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It earned the label by meeting standards developed by the Indian Green Building Council, the local chapter of U.S. Green Building Council, which created LEED standards. (Here I must give a shout-out to my hometown San Francisco International Airport, whose Terminal 2 also won gold certification, soon after Delhi did.) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad also won a LEED-Silver rating.
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