USGBC Awards 100th LEED Certification and Registers Projects in All 50 States

Shortly after celebrating the fourth anniversary of the LEED

^® Rating System, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) awarded its

100th LEED certification—a Silver rating for the Bonneville Power Administration Ampere Annex in Vancouver, Washington—on April 14, 2004. And, on April 19, USGBC received a LEED registration for the St. Francis Indian School in St. Francis, South Dakota, fulfilling the Council’s goal to have registered projects in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. More than 1,200 projects have so far been registered with the USGBC, with the goal of LEED certification.