Dow Officials Celebrate Their LEED-Gold Certification The Dow Research and Development Buildings and Central Services Building unveiled its LEED-Gold plaque on February 26. The celebration marks the Lake Jackson, Texas Dow campus as the only Dow campus with … [Read more...]
2017 LEED Rankings- Houston Passes 500 Projects but Slips in Rankings
Is LEED losing its appeal or is the difficulty of the new LEED version 4 starting to be reflected in the overall LEED numbers? Nationally, all measures of LEED growth were down in 2017. Houston slowed down even more, as it lagged in all national averages, most … [Read more...]
2016 LEED Rankings – Houston Nears 500, But Losing Ground
Whether it was the effects of the oil & gas downturn slowing local construction or a lack of local green building initiatives, Houston ended 2016 with decelerating LEED project certifications. Houston had substantially lower growth than national averages … [Read more...]
Has Houston Lost Interest in LEED?
In the past two years, I’ve heard more and more questions about whether the local market is losing interest in the LEED Green Building Rating System. I’ve always quickly said no, but the frequency of the question got me to wondering if I was missing a bigger … [Read more...]
Mid-Year 2016 LEED Rankings – Houston Totals 461 Certified Projects
In the first six months of 2016, Houston added 29 LEED certified commercial projects, a 6.71% increase, for a total of 461 projects. The top 50 U.S. cities added 508 LEED certified commercial projects, an exact 6.00% increase over project totals at the end of … [Read more...]