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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