With half of 2022 behind us, we requested the U.S. Inexperienced Constructing Council to replace us on the standing of LEED-certified tasks throughout the nation. In the course of the first half of the yr, throughout all property varieties all through the U.S., greater than 252 million sq. toes of area obtained some degree of LEED certification or recertification.
On this rating, we will likely be taking a more in-depth take a look at the states with the very best quantity of LEED certifications awarded to workplace tasks. In accordance with the information, throughout the U.S., from Jan. 1 to June 30, practically 118 million sq. toes of workplace area obtained some type of LEED certification. The leaders usually are not new to the rating: California remained on high, adopted by New York and Massachusetts. Texas and Illinois spherical out the highest 5 and Washington, D.C., would occupy the third place within the rating, if it had been a state.
| Rank | State | Sq. Footage Workplace H1 2022 | Share of Complete U.S. Quantity |
| 1 | California | 23,290,444 | 19.79% |
| 2 | New York | 17,028,446 | 14.47% |
| 3 | Massachusetts | 9,991,743 | 8.49% |
| 4 | Texas | 9,195,149 | 7.81% |
| 5 | Illinois | 7,828,517 | 6.65% |
| 6 | Georgia | 6,515,424 | 5.53% |
| 7 | Virginia | 3,845,054 | 3.26% |
| 8 | Maryland | 3,259,691 | 2.77% |
| 9 | Washington | 3,168,027 | 2.69% |
| 10 | Minnesota | 2,752,653 | 2.33% |
| *** | Washington, D.C. | 11,231,563 | 9.54% |
1. California
In the course of the first half of 2022, throughout the state, greater than 23 million sq. toes of workplace area had been LEED licensed. The determine represents a big 19.8 p.c of the complete quantity of LEED-certified workplace properties nationally. Of the 86 entries on the datasheet from the USGBC, 27 (practically 11 million sq. toes) obtained the very best designation, LEED Platinum. One other 44 tasks totaling barely greater than 11.2 million sq. toes had been awarded LEED Gold, 12 workplace buildings (903,000 sq. toes) obtained LEED Silver and simply three tasks totaling 168,000 sq. toes obtained the essential LEED certification. Total, of the 86 entries, certifications accounted for 56 LEED awards and 30 had been recertifications.
Main California cities in LEED-certified workplace buildings had been Irvine, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego. Notable tasks that obtained the LEED Platinum certification or recertification embody 1 Cal Plaza in Los Angeles, the New Pure Sources Constructing in Sacramento and 1999 Avenue of the Stars, additionally in Los Angeles.
2. New York
New York’s LEED-certified workplace area through the first six months of 2022 surpassed 17 million. The quantity is equal to 14.5 p.c of the complete nationwide LEED quantity through the interval. This quantity is unfold throughout 38 tasks, with only one licensed to the very best degree, LEED Platinum. Nearly all of tasks that had been licensed throughout this interval obtained LEED Gold certification, 29 tasks that mixed whole practically 14 million sq. toes. One other 5 tasks, amounting to just about 2.7 million sq. toes, had been awarded the LEED Silver certification, and simply three properties (292,169 sq. toes mixed) obtained the essential LEED certification.
Lendlease’s New York Metropolis workplace at 200 Park Ave. was the one challenge awarded the LEED Platinum certification. One Liberty Plaza at 165 Broadway and 399 Park Ave. every obtained the LEED Gold certification. The previous can be one of many largest LEED-certified tasks within the nation in 2022 by means of June (2.3 million sq. toes).
3. Massachusetts
Massachusetts practically reached the ten million-square-foot mark in LEED-certified workplace area through the first half of 2022, representing 8.5 p.c of the overall LEED-certified workplace area nationally in 2022 by means of June. In whole, 24 tasks had been LEED licensed: 4 (3.7 million sq. toes) to the Platinum degree, 18 (6.2 million sq. toes) to the Gold degree and two (81,000 sq. toes) to LEED Silver.
Boston had 11 tasks (8 million sq. toes) awarded LEED certifications. Notable tasks to obtain the LEED Platinum certification had been 100 Federal Avenue and One Monetary Heart. The biggest challenge awarded LEED to this point this yr was 200 Clarendon Avenue, and it obtained the LEED Gold certification.
4. Texas
Not too far behind Massachusetts, Texas’ LEED workplace quantity through the first half of 2022 rose to 9.2 million sq. toes, or 7.8 p.c of the overall variety of tasks awarded a LEED certification. Texas had 36 spots on USGBC’s listing, with no tasks successful LEED Platinum certifications. 13 buildings totaling practically 6 million sq. toes obtained the LEED Gold award, one other 9 buildings (1.8 million sq. toes) gained LEED Silver, and 14 (1.4 million sq. toes) obtained the essential LEED certification.
Austin and Houston led in newly LEED-certified workplace area, with eight buildings (1.4 million sq. toes) in Austin, and eight buildings (5.1 million sq. toes) in Houston. Dallas (613,752 sq. toes) additionally lagged Plano (1.2 million sq. toes). The biggest challenge awarded LEED to this point this yr in Texas was Brookfield Properties’ 1.9 million-square-foot Houston 1 at 1600 Smith.
5. Illinois
Rounding out the highest 5, Illinois had greater than 7.8 million sq. toes of workplace area LEED licensed through the first half of 2022, 6.7 p.c of the nationwide quantity. Of the 21 entries, 13, or practically 7 million sq. toes, obtained LEED Gold awards, six (267,000 sq. toes) bear LEED Silver certifications, whereas the LEED Platinum award and the essential LEED certification had been awarded to at least one challenge every.
Chicago had 17 tasks (7.3 million sq. toes) that earned the inexperienced award, together with the LEED Platinum one, which was designated to 800 West Fulton Market, a 500,000-square-foot asset owned by Thor Equities, based on CommercialEdge information.
