Getting More LEED Praise with Indoor Plants (Lots and Lots of Indoor Plants)

A slight adjustment in LEED certification has just happened in Lancaster, New York: you can now get credits for including indoor plants, something that previously hadn’t been included within the environmental design organization’s criteria for being green. The only catch is that it seems like you have to use a lot of plants. A whole lot. Such is the case at the headquarters of the green consulting company, Ecology and Environment, Inc., who had already been all LEEDed up since 2008, but now scored extra points and became the first to do so because of their inclusion of plants, plants, plants everywhere.