Washington has been named the first LEED for Cities Platinum city in the world by the United States Green Building Council. Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser was presented with the honor by Mahesh Ramanujam, president and CEO of USGBC, at an event on the steps of Dunbar High School — the highest rated LEED-certified school in the United States. The mayor and Ramanujam were joined by Mayor Bowser’s chief technology officer, Archana Vemulapalli, and Jay Wilson, the District Department of Energy and Environment’s green building expert.