The U.S. Green Building Council unveiled the top 10 states incorporating LEED, its prominent green building program, in 2023. The year set a new record for most LEED-certified gross square footage of green building space in a single year. “In total, there were more than 6,000 LEED-certified commercial projects worldwide, representing 1.36 billion GSF,” USGBC stated.
New York earned the top spot in the lineup, followed by Illinois, Massachusetts, Washington, Georgia, Virginia, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maryland and D.C.
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