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has earned Silver LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) cer- tification from the U.S. Green Building Council. "I've got to believe that with all the recycling we did and the oper- able skylight and the initiatives like low water usage, it's got to be the greenest regional center in the country that I'm aware of," said Loch. "If it isn't, I'd like to visit the one that is." City Creek Center — this year's only regional shopping center opening in the U.S. — is a joint effort between Taubman and City Creek Reserve, the real estate development arm of the Mormon Church. The entire project, including residential buildings, sits on 23 acres spread over three city blocks just south of Temple Square. City Creek illustrates how far retail developers are willing to go to make their projects sustainable without being told to do so by a government agency. The green design was "com- pletely voluntary," Loch said, "and this was one of those circumstances where it made sense." Economic factors were taken into account as well, of course. "One of the challenges of a public Green building codes have become mandatory in some jurisdictions for some building types, and many developers see the writing on the wall. company is that we have to be very re- sponsible with every dollar we spend, so every decision we make, whether it is on design and materials or a green initiative, we want to make sure there Shopping Center Q Management Q Leasing Q Redevelopment P r o p e g Flor Contact: Jill Strumpf, CSM Q Lenore Reynolds,CCIM Bruce Strumpf, Inc. Shopping Center Management, Leasing & Redevelopment 2120 Drew Street, Clearwater, FL 33765 • )D[ e-mail: lenorereynolds@brucestrumpf.com www.brucestrumpf.com is a balance between the user, what you are doing for the environment, and the economic impact," Loch said. "When you have all three in balance, you have a strong decision." Green building mandates have become more common in the U.S. as state and local governments adopt codes designed to lower buildings' en- ergy and water use along with their car- bon footprints. But those efforts have largely been confined to the construc- tion of public buildings, and the U.S. remains behind Europe in mandated sustainability for the private sector (story, page 38). "Green building codes have be- come mandatory in some jurisdictions for some building types, and many of the shopping center developers we work with see the writing on the wall," said Patrick Leonard, head of the exist- ing buildings practice of Paladino and Co., a sustainability consulting firm 36 SCT / AUGUST 2012 Tur S or over 30 yea The Experts n Y e r y Over To o ur v i n ida f r t rs