The number of LEED-certified green housing units worldwide has more than doubled between 2011 and 2012 to 150,000, according to a new report from the United States Green Building Council entitled LEED in Motion: Residential.
The number of LEED-certified green housing units worldwide has more than doubled between 2011 and 2012 to 150,000, according to a new report from the United States Green Building Council entitled LEED in Motion: Residential.
The report also shares which states have the most LEED-certified homes: California is at number one, with New York and Texas coming in second and third. LEED-certified homes can save owners anywhere between 20 and 30 percent on energy and water use compared to homes built to code, the report says.
"Enhancing our homes' efficiency and resilience offers an extraordinary opportunity to further the revolution in sustainable building and living practices so that it ripples outward to our communities," said Rick Fedrizzi, USGBC president and CEO, in a statement. "As demonstrated in LEED in Motion: Residential, this movement is already well under way."
Read the free report here.
