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Chinese Solar Power Giant Building First U.S. Plant
Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd., said last week that it is planning its first manufacturing plant in the United States. The solar power energy giant has selected the Greater Phoenix region for the new facility. With the announcement, Suntech becomes...

Eat'n Park Breaks Ground on Silver LEED Restaurant in Pittsburgh
Eat'n Park breaks ground this month on what is planned to be the first LEED-certified restaurant in Pittsburgh. Located in the Waterworks shopping center in Fox Chapel, the company is building the restaurant to achieve Silver-level LEED certification...

USGBC: 7.9 Million Jobs Tied to Green Construction Over Next Four Years
As the green building movement convenes this week at the annual Greenbuild International Conference & Expo in Phoenix, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) issued a report providing 7.9 million reasons to support green building -- jobs. The report...

Arby's Restaurant Earns Silver LEED Certification
A new Arby's restaurant that opened October 23, 2009 in Magnolia, Texas, recently earned Silver-level LEED certification from the USGBC. The building is the only Silver LEED-certified restaurant in Texas listed on the USGBC's website and is the first...

Santa Monica Place Seeks LEED Certification
In Santa Monica, CA, Macerich (NYSE:MAC) is seeking LEED Certification from the USGBC for the new Santa Monica Place, an open-air, 550,000-square-foot, three-story shopping and dining destination that is the redevelopment of a former enclosed mall located...

PNC Makes Towering Presence in Downtown Pittsburgh
Three PNC Plaza is the newest addition to the Downtown Pittsburgh Skyline. At a towering 23 floors, it is the city's first high-rise in 20 years. Located at 201 Fifth Ave., Three PNC Plaza measures 780,000 square feet. Approximately 326,000 square...

Lofft Making Green Headway in Salt Lake City
Although the Salt Lake Valley might not be the first place that comes to mind when discussing regions implementing sustainable technology, visionaries like EcoBroker Alexander Lofft could soon change that. For the past five years, Lofft, founder of KW...

Fresh & Easy Opens LEED Gold Store in California
Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market opened a new "green" store in Cathedral City, CA last week. The store is the first in the company's chain to earn LEED Gold certification from the USGBC. Elements of the store that earned Fresh & Easy this certification...

Former Ford Plant to be Converted to $725M Energy Park
Ford's historic Wixom Assembly Plant is soon to be transformed into a renewable energy manufacturing park, the latest sign of a Detroit economy attempting to reinvent itself after the downturn of the auto industry. The automaker is selling the plant...

GREEN LEDE | Green Building News from CoStar
Welcome to Green Lede, a CoStar feature column by sustainability reporter Andrew Burr examining green building and its impact on commercial real estate, politics and the environment. Sept. 9, 2009 8 Things You Need to Know About LEED Credentialing...