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08\/25\/2014 LEED Rankings<\/strong><\/p>\n

I usually do an end of year and a mid-year check of the LEED numbers, but June got past me. In college, a studio class with Lebbeus Woods taught me that our markers of time are arbitrary at best. So in that spirit, here are the current LEED number as of August 25, 2014. A new school year seems as good as time as any to take stock of the rankings.<\/p>\n

There has been a big change to the top rankings. Washington D.C. has taken over the number 1 spot in Number of LEED buildings in city limits from NYC. D.C. had a LEED mandate and NYC has Benchmarking requirements. It will be interesting to see how the new construction versus existing buildings plays out.<\/p>\n

Number of LEED certified projects in City Limits:<\/strong>
\nHouston stayed in fifth place behind San Francisco and ahead of Los Angeles. Houston\u2019s number of certified buildings increased from 304 to 345, up 41 projects or 13.49% since the first of the year. It\u2019s been a good year so far for LEED as the top 50 cities increased the number of their certifications by 13%. Other than D.C. taking over the number one spot, the top-ranked cities remained the same down to #16, with Austin moving up one spot, switching with Philadelphia. Big movers on this list were Syracuse jumping seven spots from #34 to #27 and Virginia Beach from #62 to #54. Cities with substantial drops include Orlando falling four spots to #34, San Jose falling four spots to #32 and Louisville falling five spots to #45.<\/p>\n

City Number
\n1 Wash. D.C. 521
\n2 New York City 519
\n3 Chicago 502
\n4 San Francisco 357
\n5 Houston 345
\n6 Los Angeles 281
\n7 Seattle 271
\n8 Atlanta 257
\n9 San Diego 244
\n10 Portland 218
\n11 Boston 192
\n12 Denver 183
\n13 Dallas 161
\n14 Charlotte 152
\n15 Pittsburgh 141
\n16 Austin 132
\n17 Philadelphia 129
\n18 Grand Rapids 111
\n19 San Antonio 109
\n20 Sacramento 107
\n21 Cincinnati 104
\n22 Miami 102
\n23 Albuquerque 101
\n24 Phoenix 97
\n25 Baltimore 90<\/p>\n

Number of LEED certified projects in the M.S.A.:<\/strong>
\nHouston made a big jump from #10 to #8, passing up Dallas and Atlanta. Houston was one of the top movers as no city moved more than two spaces in this list. Overall, Houston had the sixth biggest increase in MSA projects, adding 57 projects to date in 2014 for a total of 424 projects. The top 50 MSA\u2019s had an 11.5% increase in certified projects.<\/p>\n

City Number
\n1 Wash. D.C. 1,249
\n2 New York City 1,036
\n3 Los Angeles 908
\n4 Chicago 863
\n5 San Francisco 743
\n6 Boston 556
\n7 Seattle 521
\n8 Houston 424
\n9 Dallas 419
\n10 Atlanta 416
\n11 San Diego 390
\n12 Philadelphia 358
\n13 Miami 344
\n14 Portland 340
\n15 Denver 339
\n16 Baltimore 312
\n17 San Jose 302
\n18 Phoenix 266
\n19 Minneapolis 218
\n20 Pittsburgh 216
\n21 Sacramento 202
\n22 Charlotte 180
\n23 Cleveland 167
\n24 Riverside 163
\n25 Austin 161<\/p>\n

Area of LEED certified projects in City Limits:<\/strong>
\nHouston stayed in third place over behind Chicago and New York City. The only change in the Top Ten was a swap with Denver taking over tenth place, knocking Las Vegas to #11. The biggest jump was Nashville jumping to #32 from #38.<\/p>\n

City Area-MSF
\n1 Chicago 142.80
\n2 New York City 140.30
\n3 Houston 101.60
\n4 Wash. D.C. 99.84
\n5 San Francisco 75.10
\n6 Los Angeles 67.43
\n7 Atlanta 52.22
\n8 Boston 48.31
\n9 Seattle 48.22
\n10 Denver 41.54
\n11 Las Vegas 40.04
\n12 Dallas 36.86
\n13 Portland 33.20
\n14 Minneapolis 31.72
\n15 San Diego 30.32
\n16 Charlotte 25.90
\n17 Sacramento 21.48
\n18 Miami 20.22
\n19 Philadelphia 18.41
\n20 San Antonio 18.12
\n21 Austin 17.79
\n22 Pittsburgh 15.31
\n23 Phoenix 15.05
\n24 Baltimore 11.09
\n25 Orlando 11.00<\/p>\n

Area of LEED certified projects in the M.S.A.:<\/strong>
\nHouston stayed in the #6 spot in this list. This list had very little change in its rankings, with the first move made as San Diego swapped places with Miami to move into 15th place. Houston had an increase of 12.2 million square feet or 12.46%. Chicago was the big mover with an MSA area increase of 16%.<\/p>\n

City Area- MSF
\n1 Wash. D.C. 205.60
\n2 New York City 192.90
\n3 Chicago 187.00
\n4 Los Angeles 147.20
\n5 San Francisco 115.50
\n6 Houston 110.10
\n7 Dallas 88.88
\n8 Boston 85.28
\n9 Seattle 76.69
\n10 Atlanta 71.77
\n11 Denver 60.24
\n12 Minneapolis 48.71
\n13 Las Vegas 43.02
\n14 Portland 42.36
\n15 San Diego 40.13
\n16 Miami 39.70
\n17 Phoenix 38.07
\n18 Philadelphia 35.91
\n19 Baltimore 33.97
\n20 San Jose 32.21
\n21 Sacramento 28.70
\n22 Charlotte 27.26
\n23 Pittsburgh 22.76
\n24 Riverside 21.92
\n25 Austin 20.99<\/p>\n

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