The U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) LEED in Motion: Industrial Facilities report, highlights the collaborative efforts across the manufacturing sector to design and implement LEED and prioritize environmental stewardship for industrial facilities, according to Construction Pros.com, in a June 14 article, “New Green Building Report Shows Industrial Sector Prioritizes Sustainability in Design and Operations.”
Currently more than 1,755 industrial facilities worldwide are LEED-certified, totaling more than 496 million square feet and an additional 2,710 projects registered totaling nearly 737 million square feet.
The report also highlights the world’s most impressive LEED-certified industrial facilities. “The world’s manufacturing plants, industrial facilities, and product factories have become an important cornerstone for the global green building industry,” says USGBC CEO Rick Fedrizzi. “The growing adoption of LEED in this sector gives corporations another tool to achieve high-performing business operations and positively impact worker health, reduce water and energy use, and increase cost-savings all at the same time.”
Separately, USGBC’s recent Green Building Economic Impact Study found across all industries, green construction is poised to create more than 3.3 million U.S. jobs and $190.3 billion in labor earnings by 2018.
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