The U.S. Green Building Council has named Washington, D.C., as the first LEED for Cities platinum-level city in the world.
Mayor Muriel Bowser was presented with the honor by Mahesh Ramanujam, president and CEO of the council, at an event on the steps of Dunbar High School, the highest rated LEED-certified school in the United States, officials said. The mayor’s chief technology officer Archana Vemulapalli and Jay Wilson, the Department of Energy and Environment’s green building expert, joined Bowser and Ramanujam.