Is bulk certification next for LEED? PNC Banks wants 'volume LEED approval' for all its...

If you've seen one bank branch, have you really seen them all? Not if it's a PNC Bank green branch office.

Banks, retailers, chain restaurants, and other fast-growing businesses put up scores of new buildings each year. Many would like to construct environmentally friendly structures and be LEED-certified by the U.S. Green Building Council, but the approval process is complex and the administrative cost of submitting a new application for each new building has deterred retail companies from applying for certification.

But PNC Bank, a Pittsburgh-based financia