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Latest downtown L.A. condo pitch: We’re green

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By the usual green standard -- money -- the timing isn’t ideal for a new condominium building to hit the market in downtown Los Angeles. But developers behind the new 24-story Evo tower opening this month say they’re pitching the pads’ green credentials, as our Home section explains in a sneak preview today.

Evo is set to achieve a silver rating from the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program, or LEED.

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Los Angeles has been pushing LEED standards for new construction of large residential and commercial buildings, and the City Council passed a green building edict this year.

-- Geoffrey Mohan

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