LEED Registrations top 6300, green building trend accelerates!

According to the US Green Building Council’s latest figures, LEED registrations for new construction topped 800 for the first four months of this year, ensuring another acceleration in the green building trend, with the likelihood of the bellwether rating system, LEED for New Construction, topping 2,000 new project registrations this year, which would represent another 50% increase in cumulative LEED-NC project registrations.

LEED Workshop attendees topped 7000 for the first five months of 2007, and the number of LEED Accredited Professionals now exceeds 37,000. Total LEED registrations (for the four major commercial rating systems) now top 6,300, with more than 820 projects certified under all programs. The US Green Building Council has more than 9,000 members, up about 1,500 this year alone. Everyone is getting on the green building bandwagon, and project/development marketing is starting to reflect this new reality. Are you seeing evidence of this where you work, if you’re an architect, builder, engineer, design professional, developer or public official?

Posted by on 06/08/2007 at 08:46 PM