Targeting LEED Gold for developments in Chinese Mainland 

• Wujiang Industrial Park is the first LEED Gold certified development under LEED Volume V4 BD+C
• 100% of Goodman’s new developments in mainland China target LEED Gold certification since 2022

Our Wujiang Industrial Park in Greater Shanghai is the first LEED Gold certified development delivered by our Mainland China business under the LEED Volume V4 Building Design+Construction (BD+C): Core and Shell(CS) specification, following the LEED Prototype standards for green building design and construction. The Park promotes progress in sustainable development by Goodman in Mainland China.

Given the number of upcoming developments, our Goodman China team worked with the US Green Building Council (USGBC) to develop a prototype to ‘pre-certify’ LEED Gold for new developments, and to set up an innovation demonstration of green building in industrial logistics property. At the core of the LEED Volume Program is the LEED prototype. The prototype is a conceptual building or framework that represents a group of projects that have either major design and construction elements in common or a standard set of strategies. It streamlines the certification process, ensures standardization of green building development, underscores firm commitment and efficient execution to sustainable development by both parties.

The LEED Volume prototype standardises the design and construction specifications for a green building as well as how to work with stakeholders and the auditing process. It also enables Goodman to consistently apply health and wellbeing measures and indoor air quality standards across all Mainland China developments, including those underway.

Through the establishment of the LEED Volume Certification prototype system, Goodman China sets the uniformity of green building and improves the design, construction and operation standards related to green building for its new developments. These standards are used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions throughout the building's lifecycle, to utilize solar PV power generation, to increase energy efficiency, to reduce operating costs for both the park and the client, to make industrial warehouse buildings smarter and more environmentally friendly, to provide a better working environment for on-site clients and to help with Goodman’s global emissions reduction and solar PV capacity targets.