I'm hoping that they threw in some ground loop geothermal coils for heating and cooling the place, otherwise it's all just for show. In this climate that is a must have if you want green, your fossil fuel heating costs, as well as electrical cooling, should be minimized as much as possible.

LEED is really easy to achieve in new construction, if you hire the right person to manage your processes. The standard really needs to be significantly toughened to make it actually MEAN something.

That being said, Ferndale's library just underwent a redo, with geothermal included as a heating system.