Energy efficiency and environmental preservation are still not among the first concerns of Lebanese real estate buyers when choosing their properties. Developers, though, are increasingly aware of the requirements they need to comply with to make their assets green. Only a few finished buildings are currently certified as green in Lebanon, but several more are in the pipeline. Based on a report by international real estate agency Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) in June 2013, Lebanon is not among the best performing countries in the Middle East by number of green property projects. According to JLL’s “Sustainability in the MENA region” survey, only 25 of the projects certified by US green building rating system LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) were in Lebanon, compared with 802 in the United Arab Emirates, 173 in Qatar and 145 in Saudi Arabia. None of Lebanon’s LEED certified projects was platinum rated, the highest
