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Mid-Year 2016 LEED Rankings – Houston Totals 461 Certified Projects

July 19, 2016 By tmurray

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 2015. Currently, the top 50 U.S. cities now host a total of 8,891 certified commercial projects.

In the same six months, the Houston Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) added a total of 36 LEED certified commercial project, a 6.63% increase. The top 50 US MSAs added 1,098 certified commercial projects, a 6.68% increase.

The Top 50 Metropolitan Area certified projects increased 1,098 or 6.68% to a total of 17,539 LEED certified commercial projects. The top 50 U.S. project square footage in city limits increased 111.2 million square feet or 6.79% to a total of 1.749 billion sq. ft. and square footage in metropolitan areas increased 177.7 million sq. ft. or 7.00% to a total of 2.716 billion sq. ft.

The numbers almost uniformly show a slight dip in certifications compared to last year’s totals. For example, Houston is on track to certify 58 projects this year, compared to a total of 63 in 2015.

There were also two cities that dropped in the number of certifications from the end of 2015. I don’t see that year-end data was faulty, but I can’t account for the drop either. It could possibly be because of LEED-EB projects not recertifying and losing their certifications.

The data below is for LEED commercial projects and excludes LEED for Homes and LEED-Neighborhood Development projects.

Number of Certified Projects in City Limits

Houston reaches the midpoint of 2016 with an additional 29 LEED certified projects for a total of 461 LEED certified projects. Houston is still ranked #5, following behind NYC, Washington D.C., Chicago and San Francisco. NYC was the biggest gainer with 56 (8.3%) new certifications with Washington DC close behind with 52 new certifications. The Top 9 all stayed the same, but Boston moved up one spot to #10, Denver moved up one spot to #11 and Portland made the room by falling from #10 to #12. The biggest percentage increases were made by San Antonio (9.76%), Nashville (9.71%), Boston (8.75%) and San Francisco (8.52%).

City Number
1 New York City 731
2 Wash. D.C. 693
3 Chicago 652
4 San Francisco 484
5 Houston 461
6 Los Angeles 391
7 Seattle 352
8 San Diego 326
9 Atlanta 322
10 Boston 261
11 Denver 255
12 Portland 249
13 Dallas 216
14 Charlotte 186
15 Philadelphia 179
16 Austin 175
17 Pittsburgh 166
18 San Antonio 135
19 Sacramento 133
20 Cincinnati 129
21 Miami 129
22 Albuquerque 126
23 Phoenix 123
24 Grand Rapids 121
25 Baltimore 116
26 Nashville 113
27 Syracuse 108
28 Cleveland 106
29 St. Louis 103
30 Orlando 96
31 Minneapolis 94
32 Jacksonville 94
33 Columbus 94
34 Las Vegas 92
35 Salt Lake City 89
36 San Jose 88
37 Tampa 84
38 Tucson 73
39 Milwaukee 67
40 Raleigh 66
41 Indianapolis 64
42 Fort Worth 62
43 Kansas City, MO 62
44 Colorado Springs 61
45 Honolulu 61
46 Richmond 59
47 Louisville 52
48 Little Rock 47
49 New Orleans 41
50 Virginia Beach 40

 

 

Number of Certified Projects in Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA)

The Houston MSA added 36 projects through June 30, a 6.63% increase, for a total of 579 certified projects in the MSA and maintained the #8 spot overall. Atlanta and San Diego continue their dance and switched places again with Atlanta taking over the #10 spot and San Diego at #11. Sacramento and Riverside each moved up a single spot to #20 and #21, respectively. Pittsburgh fell two spaces to #22. Nashville made a two spot jump to #32. Washington D.C. retained the top spot and furthered its lead by adding more projects than any other MSA, an additional 137 projects for an 8.97% increase. The other big MSA gainers were Tampa (9.49%), Nashville (9.29%), New York City (8.39%), Miami (8.31%), Denver (8.29%), Baltimore (8.14%) and Boston (8.06%).

City Number
1 Wash. D.C. 1,664
2 New York City 1,447
3 Los Angeles 1,251
4 Chicago 1,130
5 San Francisco 959
6 Boston 724
7 Seattle 659
8 Houston 579
9 Dallas 557
10 Atlanta 520
11 San Diego 512
12 Philadelphia 480
13 Miami 469
14 Denver 457
15 Baltimore 425
16 San Jose 411
17 Portland 389
18 Phoenix 337
19 Minneapolis 270
20 Sacramento 266
21 Riverside 259
22 Pittsburgh 257
23 Charlotte 223
24 Cleveland 219
25 Austin 205
26 Cincinnati 197
27 Columbus 193
28 St. Louis 178
29 Tampa 173
30 Grand Rapids 158
31 San Antonio 156
32 Nashville 153
33 Virginia Beach 152
34 Salt Lake City 151
35 Kansas City, MO 145
36 Albuquerque 142
37 Detroit 141
38 Milwaukee 137
39 Las Vegas 137
40 Orlando 136
41 Syracuse 131
42 Richmond 125
43 Colorado Springs 121
44 Honolulu 120
45 Raleigh 113
46 Jacksonville 107
47 Providence 97
48 Indianapolis 88
49 Hartford 88
50 Tucson 87

 

 

Area of Certified Projects in City Limits (in Million sq. ft.)

Houston retained the #3 position in total building area of certified projects within city limits, adding 7.60 million sq. ft., a 5.98% increase, for a total of 134.6 million sq. ft. Chicago widened its national lead by adding the list’s only double digit increase of 13.00 million sq. ft. (6.84%). San Diego (now #14) and Minneapolis (now #15) switched places. Austin was the biggest percentage gainer in this category moving up two spaces to #18, knocking Miami down two spaces to #20. Austin gained 5.46 million sf or 24.93% on the certifications of several very large projects including a JW Marriott Hotel, the Block D24 Condo project and the Airport’s Rental Car Facility. Other cities also had significant gains: Philadelphia (14.78%), Tampa moved up three spots to #28 (14.42%), Boston (13.80%), Cleveland moved up two spots to #24 (12.95%), and Dallas (12.36%).

1 Chicago 203.10
2 New York City 175.30
3 Houston 134.60
4 Wash. D.C. 124.40
5 San Francisco 104.60
6 Los Angeles 92.08
7 Atlanta 73.11
8 Boston 71.68
9 Seattle 67.65
10 Denver 60.74
11 Dallas 54.98
12 Las Vegas 46.14
13 Portland 38.22
14 San Diego 38.02
15 Minneapolis 37.62
16 Charlotte 33.25
17 Philadelphia 28.58
18 Austin 27.36
19 Sacramento 26.18
20 Miami 25.83
21 San Antonio 22.28
22 Phoenix 19.48
23 Pittsburgh 18.95
24 Cleveland 15.61
25 Orlando 14.57
26 Baltimore 14.44
27 Cincinnati 13.87
28 Tampa 13.09
29 Columbus 13.02
30 San Jose 12.71
31 Nashville 11.89
32 Milwaukee 11.83
33 St. Louis 10.88
34 Jacksonville 9.14
35 Kansas City, MO 9.08
36 Indianapolis 8.98
37 Fort Worth 8.87
38 Salt Lake City 8.84
39 Grand Rapids 7.75
40 Raleigh 7.20
41 Albuquerque 6.58
42 Syracuse 5.62
43 Honolulu 5.41
44 Memphis 5.38
45 New Orleans 5.30
46 Richmond 5.22
47 Detroit 4.48
48 Louisville 4.31
49 Tucson 4.15
50 Omaha 3.92

 

Area of Certified Projects in MSAs (in MSF)

Houston stayed in the #6 position in square footage of certified projects in Metropolitan Statistical Areas, adding 8.10 million square feet (5.78%) reaching a total of 148.2 msf. Washington D.C. still leads this category and has pulled away from #2 Chicago by adding 19.5 msf in just six months. The top 12 remain the same, then Miami moves up to #13, Las Vegas moves up to #14 with Portland falling to #16. Philadelphia is the biggest jumper, moving from #18 to #15 with a 10.75% gain. Austin again has the biggest percentage increase (21.79%) because of its city numbers. Austin moved from #25 to #24. Other big gains were Nashville (16.93%), Tampa (11.78%), Boston (11.67%), and Denver (10.27%).

City Area- MSF
1 Wash. D.C. 269.50
2 Chicago 264.40
3 New York City 248.70
4 Los Angeles 200.60
5 San Francisco 156.80
6 Houston 148.20
7 Dallas 120.60
8 Boston 118.70
9 Seattle 101.10
10 Atlanta 98.32
11 Denver 85.28
12 Minneapolis 63.12
13 Miami 52.29
14 Las Vegas 51.36
15 Philadelphia 50.57
16 Portland 50.25
17 San Diego 50.05
18 Phoenix 49.45
19 Baltimore 47.01
20 Riverside 46.94
21 San Jose 45.62
22 Sacramento 35.98
23 Charlotte 35.26
24 Austin 30.52
25 Pittsburgh 28.38
26 Cleveland 24.36
27 San Antonio 24.15
28 Columbus 23.49
29 Cincinnati 22.36
30 St. Louis 18.94
31 Nashville 18.65
32 Milwaukee 18.19
33 Tampa 17.75
34 Orlando 17.65
35 Kansas City, MO 17.13
36 Detroit 16.41
37 Salt Lake City 15.18
38 Indianapolis 13.02
39 Raleigh 12.44
40 Richmond 12.42
41 Memphis 11.53
42 Virginia Beach 10.26
43 Grand Rapids 10.23
44 Jacksonville 9.46
45 Providence 9.17
46 Honolulu 8.92
47 Bridgeport 8.02
48 Colorado Springs 7.86
49 Albuquerque 7.50
50 Syracuse 7.09

 

Source: www.gbig.org, data taken on 06/30/2016

These rankings are calculated for the largest 65 U.S. cities based on population, but we only show the top 50 for brevity. Let us know if you want detailed information on your city.

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