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Olympic Village in Beijing Earns LEED Gold Certification
Aug 18, 2008

The plan for the Olympic Village in Beijing, the temporary home to 17,000 athletes from around the world, has been awarded LEED-Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council under its pilot LEED for Neighborhood Development certification program. The Beijing Olympic Village is the first Olympic Village to receive LEED certification, and as part of the pilot program, it is one of only eight developments – and the first international project – to thus far achieve ertification under LEED for Neighborhood Development. The pilot program began with a call for pilot projects in early 2007. Nearly 240 projects from 39 states and six countries are now registered to participate in the pilot program.

 
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