{"id":876,"date":"2008-11-13T04:43:13","date_gmt":"2008-11-13T09:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ietransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=876"},"modified":"2008-11-13T04:43:13","modified_gmt":"2008-11-13T09:43:13","slug":"wells-fargo-spends-2-billion-on-leed-certified-green-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/articles\/wells-fargo-spends-2-billion-on-leed-certified-green-buildings\/","title":{"rendered":"Wells Fargo Spends $2 Billion On LEED Certified Green Buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconom.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/wellsfargologo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-877\" src=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconom.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/wellsfargologo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/wellsfargologo.jpg 500w, https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/wellsfargologo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/wellsfargologo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/wellsfargologo-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/wellsfargologo-186x186.jpg 186w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>Wells Fargo has <strong>passed the $2 billion mark in lending<\/strong> for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED\u00ae) certified buildings. Maybe not too surprising, the bank was one of the first to be LEED pre-certified for New Construction.<\/p>\n<p>The company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellsfargo.com\/press\/2008\/20081111_LEED_Certification\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> that &#8220;of the buildings financed by Wells Fargo, 28 percent are LEED-rated, 37 percent are LEED-silver, 21 percent are LEED-gold and <strong>9 percent are LEED-platinum, the highest rating available<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Since May 2007, Wells Fargo has doubled its commitment for LEED building. By doing so, the number of LEED buildings it has financed has increased by 125-percent. The bank has also expanded its green building efforts from 11 states to 19, and it now supports buildings with the following: cold storage facilities, data center and community center, in addition to office, mixed-use, industrial, retail, schools, and multifamily.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Green Building Council President, CEO and Founding Chair Rick Fedrizzi said, \u201cWe applaud Wells Fargo\u2019s leadership efforts. Buildings are responsible for 39 percent of CO2 emissions in the U.S., which directly impacts global climate change \u2013 however LEED buildings consume half the energy of conventional buildings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wells is a member of the EPA\u2019s Climate Leaders program, it is also a leader on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.environmentalleader.com\/2008\/01\/28\/intel-tops-epas-list-of-green-power-purchasers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EPA\u2019s list of green power purchaser<\/a>. The company has also adopted the Carbon Principles guidelines for banks to evaluate and address climate change risks in the financing of electric power projects and companies.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.environmentalleader.com\/2008\/11\/12\/wells-fargo-surpasses-2-billion-in-leed-building-financing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">environmentalleader.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wells Fargo has passed the $2 billion mark in lending for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED\u00ae) certified buildings. Maybe not too surprising, the bank was one of the first to be LEED pre-certified for New Construction. The company said that &#8220;of the buildings financed by Wells Fargo, 28 percent are LEED-rated, 37 percent 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