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July 30, 2012
Safeway, Bozeman, Mont.

Safeway has opened the first LEED for Retail certified store in the state of Montana, in the town of Bozeman.

July 17, 2012
Safeway in Bozeman, Mont., awarded LEED Silver

Safeway’s store in Bozeman, Mont., was recently awarded LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) Silver certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.

July 17, 2012
Verizon store design recognized for green building design

Verizon Wireless said that its green retail store design has achieved pre-certification in the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Volume Program.

June 12, 2012
Santa Monica Place awarded LEED Gold

Santa Monica Place, the open-air shopping center in downtown Santa Monica, Calif., has been awarded LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

May 16, 2012
Regency Centers receive LEED certifications in North Carolina and Illinois

Regency Centers, a national owner, operator and developer of grocery-anchored and community shopping centers, announced that buildings at two of its shopping centers in North Carolina and Illinois have received LEED Silver established by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

January 3, 2012
Crystals at CityCenter honored with sustainable design awards

Crystals Retail & Entertainment District at CityCenter has earned Gold sustainable design awards from the International Council of Shopping Centers.

October 11, 2011
Food Lion receives LEED Silver certification for two stores

Food Lion said Tuesday that two of its stores in Fayetteville, N.C., have been awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver certifications by the U.S. Green Building Council.

October 5, 2011
Kohl’s announces a 'green' first

Kohl’s Department Stores’ new store prototype has achieved LEED Gold precertification using the LEED for Retail: New Construction rating system, making Kohl’s the first U.S. company to achieve this designation in the LEED Volume Program.

September 26, 2011
KFC awarded LEED Gold

A KFC restaurant in Indianapolis has been awarded LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.

July 7, 2011
Texas mall receives LEED Silver designation

Trademark Property said Thursday that its La Palmera shopping center has been awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver for Core and Shell 2.0 established by the U.S. Green Building Council.

March 4, 2011
Top 10 States for LEED Green Buildings

The District of Columbia came out on top on The U.S. Green Building Council’s 2010 list of Top 10 states for LEED-certified commercial and institutional green buildings per capita, based on the U.S. 2010 Census information.

March 2, 2011
PCC Natural Markets awarded LEED Platinum

The newest location of PCC Natural Markets (PCC), the nation’s largest natural foods retail cooperative, has been LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) Platinum from the United States Green Building Council.

February 23, 2011
LEED Volume Program celebrates its 500th certified pilot project

More than 500 building projects have certified through the LEED Volume Program since the pilot launched in 2006, according to the U.S. Green Building Council.

February 16, 2011
Being ‘green’ just became a little easier

As Kermit the Frog often sang, “It’s not easy being green.” But for large-scale retailers seeking USGBC LEED certification for their brick-and-mortar locations, being “green” just became a little easier.

February 11, 2011
The new LEED For Retail certification: Can it improve the bottom line?

On November 18, 2010, the U.S. Green Building Council announced the long-awaited launch of its newest green building rating system, LEED for Retail.

February 10, 2011
Focus on: LEED for Retail 


In November 2010 the U.S. Green Building Council announced the long-awaited launch of its newest green building rating system, LEED for Retail. The new system has two distinct certification tracks, LEED for Retail: New Construction and LEED for Retail: Commercial Interiors. 


December 9, 2010
Whole Foods store awarded double green honors

Whole Foods Market’s store in Lake Grove has become the first supermarket in the United States to be awarded with both a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council as well as a Three Green Globe certification from the Green Building Initiative.

November 30, 2010
Mosaic receives LEED-ND silver certification

Columbia, S.C.-based Edens & Avant said Tuesday that its mixed-use development Mosaic, located in Washington, D.C., has achieved Silver Certification as a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) for Neighborhood Development Plan.

November 18, 2010
LEED for Retail and LEED Volume Program make their official debuts

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) on Thursday launched two, long-awaited green building programs: LEED for Retail, and the LEED Volume Program.

November 17, 2010
LEED building projects total 1 billion sq. ft.

The total footprint of commercial projects certified under the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System has surpassed 1 billion sq. ft.

October 19, 2010
PREIT’s 801 Market Street building earns LEED Gold

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) said it was recently awarded the U.S. Green Building...

September 27, 2010
Office Depot headquarters awarded LEED Gold

Office Depot announced that its global headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla., has been awarded Gold...

September 27, 2010
Office Depot headquarters awarded LEED Gold Certification

Office Depot announced that its global headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla., has been awarded Gold...

August 31, 2010
LEED for Retail Finally Set to Debut

It’s official: After years in the development and pilot phases, LEED (Leadership in Energy...

July 14, 2010
Office Depot debuts LEED for Commercial Interiors registered store

Office Depot said Thursday that its first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for...

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