The U.S. Green Building
Council announced that the 12,000th commercial project has earned LEED
certification - the LEED Gold Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.
In
partnership with the EPA, GreenPlumbers USA, United Way, Ronald McDonald House,
and various local water utilities and governments, Delta Faucet is fixing leaks this week in
more than 1,000 low-income households and community facilities in Boston,
Philadelphia, Atlanta, Indianapolis, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, San Francisco and
Seattle.
Green
homes comprised 17% of the overall residential construction market in 2011 and
are expected to grow to between 29% and 38% of the market by 2016, according to
a Green Home Builders and Remodelers Study by McGraw-Hill Construction.