Massachusetts ranks fifth in 2014’s Top 10 States for LEED

Massachusetts earned fifth place in our annual Top 10 list.

The results are in! All of the states that make up our Top 10 list have done an extraordinary job promoting LEED and making sustainable solutions a priority.  

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"The USGBC Massachusetts Chapter is proud to represent the high-achieving professionals of the green building industry who have worked hard to make Massachusetts a leader in the creation of LEED-certified space,” said Grey Lee, executive director USGBC Massachusetts Chapter.

Massachusetts certified 99 projects representing 14,662,950 square feet of real estate, or 2.2 square feet per resident, in 2014.

A sample of notable projects that certified in Massachusetts in 2014 includes:

• Unitarian Universalist Association new Headquarters in Boston, LEED Platinum
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s 130 Brookline Street in Cambridge, LEED Gold
• Athol Public Library in Athol, LEED Platinum
• Harvard Law School Gannett House in Boston, LEED Gold

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