The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced that the Shanghai Tower, the tallest building in China and the second tallest in the world, recently achieved LEED Platinum for Core and Shell (CS). The Tower is 632 meters high (2073.49 feet) and is located at the center of the Lujiazui financial district in Shanghai. LEED CS is the certification for the envelope of a building, and Platinum is the highest level of certification a building can achieve. China is the second largest market for LEED in the world outside the United States, with 118.3 million gross square meters of space participating in the LEED green building rating system. Read More at USGBC >
