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News Brief

Portland Strengthens Green Building Policy

by Jessica Boehland

The Portland, Oregon, city council has strengthened the city’s four-year-old green building policy (see

EBN Vol. 10, No. 2) to require that all new municipal facilities achieve LEED® Gold certification (joining only Scottsdale, Arizona, and Vancouver, British Columbia, in calling for Gold). Major retrofits and existing occupied buildings will be required to meet LEED-EB Silver standards, and tenant improvements and leased facilities must achieve either LEED-CI Silver or certification through Portland’s G/Rated Tenant Improvement Guide. All private-sector development projects larger than 10,000 ft2 (930 m2) that receive municipal funding will be required to meet LEED Silver. Further requirements and incentives were adopted for public infrastructure and private-sector development. “This new and, most important, integrated package of requirements and incentives will ensure Portland continues to pace the country as a green building leader,” says Susan Anderson, director of Portland’s Office of Sustainable Development. Details are at www.sustainableportland.org.

Published June 1, 2005

Boehland, J. (2005, June 1). Portland Strengthens Green Building Policy. Retrieved from https://www.buildinggreen.com/newsbrief/portland-strengthens-green-building-policy

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