LEED is still very much in its infancy. How can I tell? Everyone still talks about LEED firsts.
Here are just a few “LEED firsts” that I have found while surfing the internet. My favorites are “first”.
Favorites
- First LEED Platinum Single Family Residence in Western Puget Sound – Puget Sound, Washington
- First Ever LEED Certified Floating Green Building - Lake Mohave, NV
- World’s First LEED Certified Pizzeria – Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- First LEED Certified Parking Garage – Santa Monica, California
- First Female, LEED Accredited Attorney in North Carolina – Charlotte, North Carolina
Restaruants
- First LEED Platinum Restaurant – Greensboro, North Carolina
- First LEED Certified Restaurant (McDonald’s) – Chicago, Illinois
Commercial Buildings
- Citi’s Frankfurt Data Center Earns First-Ever Leed Platinum Certification – Frankfurt, Germany

The first flight ever from Kittyhawk to Kittyhawk
- Canadian Triple-A Office Building Aims for LEED First – Oakville, Ontario, Canada
- Broadway Launches First Ever LEED-Certified Theater! – New York
- First LEED Platinum Data Center – Sacramento, CA
- First Ever LEED Gold Certified Automobile Manufacturing Facility – Lansing, Michigan
- First LEED Factory – Grand Rapids, Michigan
- First Ritz-Carlton LEED Certified Hotel – Charlotte, North Carolina
- First LEED Platinum Skyscraper – New York, New York
- First (maybe second) LEED Gold Skyscraper – New York, New York
- First Certified Med Spa in the Country – San Francisco, California
- San Francisco’s First and Only LEED Certified Green Hotels – San Francisco, CA
- First Office Building in LA to Receive LEED Gold EB O&M – Los Angeles, California
- Waco Debuts Nation’s First ‘Green’ Chamber Building – Waco, Texas
- Florida’s First LEED-EB Gold Building – Tampa, Florida
- Africa’s First LEED Platinum Structure – Rwanda, Africa
Residential
- First LEED Platinum Home in Virginia – Arlington, Virginia
- New York City’s First LEED Platinum Certified Condominiums – New York, New York
- First Platinum LEED-Certified, 100% Solar Powered, Affordable Housing – San Diego, California
- Lansing’s First LEED Home – Lansing, Michigan
- Chattanooga’s first LEED Certified Residential Properties – Chattanooga, Tennessee
- First Gold LEED for homes certification in region – Baltimore, Maryland
- First LEED-for Homes Platinum Home in Arizona – Bellemont, Arizona
- First Student Build LEED-Certified Modular Home – Bel Air, Maryland
- Nation’s First LEED Platinum Affordable Housing – Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts
- First Home in State to Receive LEED Platinum – Washtenaw County, Michigan
- First in LEED for Neighborhood Development Pilot Program – Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Project First in Nation to Complete Stage 1 Certification, begin Stage 2 of LEED ND – Hawaii
- First LEED Project in Oklahoma – Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Community gets Md.’s first LEED gold rating – Baltimore, Maryland
- Nation’s First Multi-Unit LEED Certified Building – Cambridge, Massachusetts
Government
- Chicago’s FBI Building Earns First Platinum LEED-EBOM Certification – Chicago, Illinois
- First City Hall in the Nation to Achieve LEED Gold (pdf) – Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
- Science and Technology Facility is first LEED Platinum Federal Building – Golden, Colorado
- First LEED Silver Pump Station at Clean Water Services Facility – Hillsboro, Oregon
Healthcare
- Dell Children’s First LEED Hospital in World – Austin, Texas
- Florida’s First LEED Silver Certified Healthcare Facility – Port St. John, Florida
Education
- First LEED-Certified Laboratory Renovation – San Francisco, California
- Univ. of Florida First LEED Platinum Stadium with Green Power – Florida
- Chicago’s first LEED-built green school – Chicago, Illinois
- Vermont’s first LEED platinum building – Middlebury, Vermont
Religious / Museum
- World’s First LEED Museum Complex – Grand Rapid, Michigan
- World’s First LEED Platinum Religious Center – Chicago, Illinois
- First LEED Certified Art Museum in New York- New York, New York
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