LEED

Last week, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) released LEED 2009, the latest version of its LEED green building rating system for commercial and institutional buildings. LEED 2009 is one of the major components of LEED v3, which offers improvements to the overall system and also includes a smarter, easier-to-use online tool for managing the registration and certification process as well as a new building certification model administered by the Green Building Certification Institute. More

FOR YEARS, developers have complained that the ?agship LEED for New Construction (NC) pro-gram—originally developed for high-rise commercial structures—was a bad ? t for the multifamily industry, particularly for low- and mid-rise developments. More

The U.S. Green Building Council has unveiled LEED 2009, an updated rating system for commercial buildings, which resets the bar for green building performance. More

Minneapolis More

Minneapolis-based GRECO Development partnered with Carbon Creative to bring a virtually paperless marketing and advertising campaign to the Twin Cities. The campaign for the 242-unit, LEED-certified rental property Blue emphasized a greener, high-end lifestyle. More

It was the town dump, and now it's the crown jewel. Braintree, Mass.-based developer John M. Corcoran and Co. (JMC) successfully turned a contaminated brownfield site into a LEED-certified, 100 percent smoke-free apartment community boasting 238 units with rents ranging from $1,150 to $2,570 per month. More

Shirlington Village in Arlington, Va., is undergoing a transformation, shifting from rows of parking spaces to higher-density development. More