GSA LEED Cost Study

The GSA commissioned this study, completed in October 2004, to estimate the costs of developing “green” federal facilities using the LEED building rating system, Version 2.1. The report reviews both the direct and indirect costs of achieving Certified, Silver, and Gold LEED ratings for two GSA building types:

1. A new mid-rise federal Courthouse (five stories, 262,000 GSF, including 15,000 GSF of underground parking; base construction cost is approximately $220/GSF)
2. A mid-rise federal Office Building modernization (nine stories, 306,600 GSF, including 40,700 GSF of underground parking; base construction cost is approximately $130/GSF).

Note: The PDF file is large — 3.9 MB.