What does a 24-story family home for six with three helipads and a 168-car garage, and the Three Gorges Dam project in China have in common?

Both projects are seeking, and will likely obtain, green building certification under LEED according to a recent article from Slate at http://www.slate.com/id/2180862/.

This is another reason why the arbitrary requirement of LEED certification for private structures, considered by some Hawaii lawmakers, is a bad idea as I previously discussed here.