Florida LEEDs for new construction

In Florida, Gov. Charlie Crist (R) signed an executive order in July requiring any new state building to meet LEED construction standards. Dean Izzo, director of real estate for the state's Department of Management Services, said the first buildings to be constructed with the new LEED standards will be three Department of Revenue structures in Tallahassee, now in the design phase.

 

Florida buildings already were considered "high performance," he said, but the new law "takes us to the next level." New features will include an air distribution system that can be adjusted at every workspace and a permeable parking lot that will allow groundwater to run through it and also relieve the intense heat build-up inevitable in Florida.