U.S. Green Building Council Announces Recipients of 2024 LEED Homes Awards
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the leading authority on green building and the global developer of the LEED green building program, announced the recipients of its 2024 LEED Homes Awards. The annual awards recognize projects, developers and home builders that exemplify leadership in the global residential green building market.
According to Coatings World, the 2024 project award recipients include affordable and market-rate single family and multifamily housing developments in the United States, Asia, Europe and South America. They are among more than 46,000 residential projects that have been certified under the LEED green building rating system, and in 2023 there was nearly a 5% increase in new LEED residential project registrations. The increased number of projects represent a growing commitment to sustainability among developers, builders and owners in the residential sector, which accounts for nearly one-fifth of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
“LEED Homes are energy-efficient and resilient, lowering energy costs and increasing their value while having a positive impact on human and environmental health,” said Peter Templeton, president and CEO, USGBC. “I commend this year’s awardees for their commitment to building healthy, sustainable, resilient and affordable homes to meet the needs of their communities. Their example is critical to decarbonizing the residential real estate sector and bringing the benefits of green buildings to homeowners and renters everywhere.”
