Nevada Ranks Top 10 States for LEED by U.S. Green Building Council

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The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced the ranking of its annual Top 10 States for LEED, with Nevada ranks #8 on the list. LEED is the world's most widely used green building program and was created by USGBC as a leadership standard defining best practices for healthy, high-performing green buildings.

"Amidst the challenges of 2021, governments, companies and other organizations committed to taking bold actions to protect the climate, their employees and their communities," said Peter Templeton, president and CEO, USGBC. "Transitioning our buildings to be healthier and more sustainable is essential to meeting these commitments, and we're proud to recognize states where that work is well under way."

In 2021, the top 10 states, plus the District of Columbia, certified 1,105 projects and more than 247 million gross square feet under LEED. Illinois, Washington, Massachusetts, Colorado and Virginia round out the top five, and Utah made an appearance on the list for the first time since 2015.

Despite Washington, D.C., not appearing in the official top 10 list because of its status as a federal territory, it consistently leads the nation in LEED-certified square footage per capita. In 2021, the nation's capital certified 29.46 square feet of space per resident across 103 green building projects.

The full rankings are as follows:

**Washington, D.C., is not ranked because it is a federal district, not a state.

The City Of Las Vegas Municipal Courthouse was certified LEED Silver

The City of Las Vegas Municipal Courthouse is developed by The Molasky Group of Companies in the civic corridor of downtown Las Vegas. The four-story, 139,431 sq. ft. development is located near the City parking garage, the Detention Center, and the Regional Justice Center.

Joining The Molasky Group on the development team are: Martin Harris Construction as general contractor, PGAL as lead architect, X-9 Design Group as design architects, Walter P. Moore as structural engineer, MS Engineering for MEP and ITS, and GCW Engineering as civil engineers.

USGBC calculates the top 10 list based on 2020 U.S. Census data, using per capita figures to allow for a fair comparison of the level of green building taking place among states with significant differences in population and number of overall buildings. The data includes commercial and institutional green building projects certified to LEED between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2021.

Source: U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and The Molasky Group of Companies

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