{"id":51,"date":"2010-09-17T16:43:11","date_gmt":"2010-09-17T16:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/houstongreenbuilding.com\/?p=51"},"modified":"2010-09-17T16:43:11","modified_gmt":"2010-09-17T16:43:11","slug":"green-office-challenge-and-leed-ranking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstongreenbuilding.com\/?p=51","title":{"rendered":"Green Office Challenge and LEED ranking"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mayor Parker announcing the Green Office Challenge<\/p><\/div>\n

I attended the official launch of the City of Houston\u2019s Green Office Challenge today at City Hall. There has been a tremendous amount of press about this, so I won\u2019t add much. Here is the Chronicle\u2019s story: http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/business\/energy\/7203038.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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Green Office Challenge Launch in front of City Hall<\/p><\/div>\n

I will encourage you to join. Whether you are a building owner or a tenant, the Challenge has much to offer!\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0The mayor did mention that Houston was ranked number 8 in the number of LEED buildings. I wondered where she got those numbers as I felt that had us ranked too low. But I looked at the USGBC data I had organized a while back and realized that I had us ranked 8th<\/sup> as well. We fare much better when you measure in terms of square footage certified \u2013 there we are 3rd. I\u2019ll post those numbers (which are 3 months old!) in a separate post. And I\u2019ll explain the problems and difficulties with comparisons \/ rankings like this. Plus, I\u2019ll update the numbers and see if we\u2019ve gained any ground. I know we\u2019ve hung a lot of plaques locally in the last 3 months. Did we move up?<\/p>\n

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