Atlanta Near Top of Green Building List

ATLANTA—How green is Atlanta commercial real estate? Greener than most, according to the 2015 Green Building Adoption Index, a joint project of CBRE Group, Inc. and Maastricht University.  

With 57.9% of its office space considered “green,” That puts Atlanta well above the national average of 38.7%. Atlanta ranked fourth of 30 markets. Last year, Atlanta ranked fifth on the list. Atlanta also leads the nation in the number of ENERGY STAR-labeled buildings at 24.6% and is third in the nation in the number of LEED-certified buildings at 8.7%. Minneapolis ranked first, San Francisco second, Chicago third, Houston fifth, with Denver Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Miami and Seattle rounding out the top 10.