Kudos to Others: NBA Arenas Going Green
by Laura Wahlberg
Over here at Renaissance we are thrilled to see more and more people going green in their building practices and operations. The Toyota Center, home to the Houston Rockets, this week became the fourth NBA arena to earn environmental certification from the non-profit U.S. Green Building Council. The Toyota Center received LEED’s silver rating for existing buildings, a score surpassed only by the Rose Garden in Portland, Ore., home to the Trailblazers, which has a higher gold certification. It said the other two LEED-certified NBA venues are Miami’s AmericanAirlines Arena and Atlanta’s Philips Arena.