• The U.S. Green Building Council calculates that worldwide, projects have 7 billion square feet of LEED space in the construction pipeline and that the work involved is worth $554 billion to the global economy.
• USGBC gave birth to LEED, and it still is ahead of newer competing standards. The organization claims LEED work has added 7.9 million jobs in the U.S.
• The federal government leases only in LEED space if it can, and state and local rules lean toward LEED as their green standard.

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The total footprint of commercial real estate certified under USGBC’s LEED green building program has now exceeded two-billion square feet, the council reveals. ...