According to this article, Best Buy will become the first major big box retailer to make all of their new buildings LEED certified. The extent of the company’s new green promise has not been made explicit, yet; but they intend to employ “some combination of energy-efficient lighting, rainwater recycling, recycled or otherwise eco-friendly building materials, a high-efficiency HVAC system and some type of day-lighting system.” It’s great to see a major corporation like Best Buy becoming a leader in the sustainable building movement. The U.S. Green Building Council, or USGBC, is making it easier by partnering with 20 national retailers, including Target, Starbucks, and Lowe’s, to allow LEED certification of store prototype designs, instead of having to obtain certification of each individual location. (via Core77)