Green Options » LEED-EB http://greenoptions.com/tag/leed-eb Posts tagged 'LEED-EB' Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:11:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en LEED-EB Silver for World’s Largest Commercial Building http://greenbuildingelements.com/2007/12/18/leed-eb-silver-for-worlds-largest-commercial-building/ http://greenbuildingelements.com/2007/12/18/leed-eb-silver-for-worlds-largest-commercial-building/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:11:57 +0000 Philip Proefrock http://greenbuildingelements.com/2007/12/18/leed-eb-silver-for-worlds-largest-commercial-building/ merchmart.jpgThe Merchandise Mart in Chicago is the largest commercial building and second only to the Pentagon as the largest building. So getting such a large building into the LEED program was a great step for promoting green buildings. In November, the Merchandise Mart received its certification as a LEED-EB Silver building. That’s a whole lot of square footage (4.2 million square feet) to be part of the LEED-EB program.

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