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Every new building completed since 2006 has earned a LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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