According to new U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) data, nearly half of all LEED certifications in its eight-year history have occurred in 2009 (2089 of the 4,327 LEED-certified projects in existence). That number may actually top 50% since those numbers were only through December 5, 2009. Forty-two percent of the registrations (11,172/26,385) also occurred in [...]
The huge department store chain, Kohl’s, announced last week that they are opening nine new stores this spring and EIGHT of the nine are built just like their LEED Silver prototype. They are planning to open 30 total new stores in 2010. They have almost 1100 stores nationwide. And even better, they are also remodeling [...]
In a press release today, Office Depot said that all 14 of their stores slated to open this year will be LEED certified for Commercial Interiors. Office Depot, who sells $14B of office supplies annually, should be commended for that commitment in their new build strategy. An Austin green concept store opened in 2008 is [...]
I thought this was pretty interesting considering all of the doom and gloom regarding the retail sector. Several large retailers are making serious investments in greening their businesses. Huge retailer, Kohl’s, increased its green energy purchase by 160 percent, from 851 million kWh to 1.37 billion kWh, moving from the third-largest purchaser to the second-largest [...]
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