In 2016, Colorado moved from fifth to second place with a total of 92 LEED certified-projects representing 3.17 gross square feet of certified space per resident.

Earlier this year, the U.S. Green Building Council released its LEED in Motion: Industrial Facilities report, which highlights collaborative efforts across the manufacturing sector to design and implement LEED

Unico Properties LLC’s redevelopment of 1738 Pearl St. is coming up platinum. The 41,000-square-foot mixed-use office and retail building at 1738 Pearl St. in Boulder was awarded the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Platinum certification for Core & Shell. With the certification, 1738 Pearl St. is Boulder’s first privately owned LEED Platinum building and it is 26 percent more energy efficient than a standard building for its same size, type and location.

A 100,000-square-foot office/retail development in Boulder will break ground in more ways than one. “We’re the first net-zero project in Boulder and one of the first in the country that I know of that hasn’t been built by either the government or a foundation,” said Andrew Bush of Morgan Creek Ventures in Boulder. A joint…