Nonresidential building LEED certification surpasses 2 billion sq ft

The total footprint of commercial projects certified under the U.S. GBC LEED green building program has surpassed 2 billion sq ft.

July 30, 2012

The U.S. Green Building Council (U.S. GBC) has announced that the total footprint of commercial projects certified under its LEED green building program has surpassed 2 billion sq ft. An additional 7 billion sq ft is currently in the pipeline across the globe as registered projects.

LEED is certifying 2 million sq ft of commercial building space each day in more than 130 countries. Today, nearly 50,000 commercial projects are currently participating in LEED, comprising 9 billion sq ft of construction space.