{"id":1004344055,"date":"2019-08-10T03:36:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-10T11:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004344055"},"modified":"2021-05-15T05:09:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-15T13:09:20","slug":"frederick-md-awarded-leed-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/frederick-md-awarded-leed-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"Frederick, MD, Awarded LEED Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1004344058\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/08\/LEED-for-Md..jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004344058\" data-attachment-id=\"1004344058\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/frederick-md-awarded-leed-certification\/leed-for-md\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/08\/LEED-for-Md..jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1942,1456\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1565098730&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LEED for Md.\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Image courtesy of City of Frederick, Md.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/08\/LEED-for-Md..jpeg?w=1024\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1004344058 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/08\/LEED-for-Md..jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/08\/LEED-for-Md..jpeg 1942w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/08\/LEED-for-Md..jpeg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/08\/LEED-for-Md..jpeg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/08\/LEED-for-Md..jpeg?resize=1024,768 1024w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/08\/LEED-for-Md..jpeg?resize=1536,1152 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004344058\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Image courtesy of City of Frederick, Md.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/leed-for-cities-communities-grow-across-the-us\/\">LEED for Cities<\/a> continues to expand, demonstrating officials\u2019 commitment to sustainable growth and progress. One of the latest cities to join the ranks of USGBC\u2019s prized award is Frederick, Md., which received the basic LEED-Certified recognition with a total of 48 points.<\/p>\n<p>The USGBC reviewed several plans the City of Frederick has put in place, targeting sustainability, carbon reduction, disaster preparedness, electrical vehicles, stream restoration, historic preservation, composting and recycling initiatives, as well as the watershed master plan and Frederick Community Action Agency services.<\/p>\n<p>Performance indicators review by category consists of the following categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Energy \u2013 six points<\/li>\n<li>Water \u2013 eight points<\/li>\n<li>Waste \u2013 eight points<\/li>\n<li>Human experience \u2013 16 points<\/li>\n<li>Strategy \u2013 10 points<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To achieve this sustainable status, the city is purchasing renewable energy credits and continues to upgrade its lights to LEDs. At the same time, Frederick County was also awarded a LEED Silver certification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frederick, Md., received the basic LEED-Certified recognition with a total of 48 points, while Frederick County was also awarded a LEED Silver certification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":237,"featured_media":1004344058,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,21742,21786],"tags":[32779,32777],"class_list":["post-1004344055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-midatlantic","category-latest","category-sustainability","tag-leed","tag-usgbc"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Frederick, MD, Awarded LEED Certification - 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