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100th LEED[R]-certified project.

Interest in the Washington, D.C-based U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) LEED Green Building Rating System[TM] is rising. In mid-April, the USGBC awarded the Bonneville Power Administration Ampere Annex in Vancouver, WA, a Silver rating and the project became the 100th to be LEED-certified.

The organization reports that in the four years since the rating system was created, more than 1,200 projects have registered for certification and in the first quarter of 2004 alone, 18 projects were LEED certified. To find out more, visit (www.usgbc.org).

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