ATLANTA—Atlanta is rising up in the green building ranks. The city has claimed the number three spot on CBRE's and Maastricht University's fourth annual Green Building Adoption Index, up from number five last year.

Fifty-five percent of Atlanta's office space is green certified. The Atlanta office market's buildings performed especially well in Energy Star, with 24.4% of all buildings labeled, the second highest market total in the study, behind only Manhattan and nearly double the national average.

“Atlanta has had a steady increase since 2008 in regards to both LEED certified buildings and Energy Star adoptions, as shown in the report,” Marie Kastens, managing director of CBRE Asset Services in Atlanta, tells GlobeSt.com. “CBRE's 2015-2016 Americas Occupier Survey also revealed 89% of respondents reported that their organization was giving some level of attention to the growing trend of health and wellness in the workplace whether through programs or staples in the physical space.”