Wisconsin green building receives highest LEED rating ever.(ecotalk)(Aldo Leopold Legacy Center receives highest Leadership in E

The Aldo Leopold Legacy Center in Baraboo, Wis., recently received the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED Platinum certification and the best ranking ever awarded from the organization. The project received 61 of 61 points submitted (out of a possible 69), which is the highest point total yet recorded by the LEED rating system. In only the first few months of operation, the building saved so much in energy costs that it actually earned $650 by selling energy back to the local utility.

The 12,000-square-foot center, which employs some of the most innovative materials and systems ever integrated in a U.S. commercial construction, is the first "net zero energy" building in Wisconsin and the first carbon neutral building certified by LEED. To achieve "net zero energy" performance, annual building energy demand is matched by the output of clean, renewable energy systems on site. The center will produce approximately 115 percent of annual building energy needs.

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