New Report Measures the Actual Impacts of Green Buildings for the First Time

Green buildings have saved the U.S. billions of gallons of water and enough energy to avoid the equivalent of burning of 1.3 million tons of coal for electricity since the development of the LEED standards.

Groundbreaking Today for Noisette’s Green Cottage

A new green cottage home being built in the Noisette area of North Charleston will be open for tours next year and proceeds donated to charity.

U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is a nonprofit organization composed of leaders working to advance buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work. Driving its mission to transform the built environment is USGBC’s LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System™, which is accessible online and [...]

Leadership in Energy and Enviromental Design (LEED)

What is LEED®? The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™ encourages and accelerates global adoption of sustainable green building and development practices through the creation and implementation of universally understood and accepted tools and performance criteria.
LEED is a third-party certification program and the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction [...]