The first LEED-certified Dunkin’ Donuts store is now open for business in St. Petersburg, Florida. Of course it has the usual green technologies for energy and water conservation. It also has an on-site earthworm compost facility. The solar-powered tank houses 80 pounds of earthworms that eat coffee grounds, paper products, and other ”waste” produced by the store. And leftover baked goods are donated to America’s Second Harvest, a local food bank.

Last week the Olympic Village in Beijing officially earned the LEED Gold award from the U.S. Green Building Council under its pilot LEED for Neighborhood Development program. Among the sustainable design features of the complex, as reported in Inhabitat: rainwater, graywater, and storm water collection systems, lots of green roofs and open space, drought-resistant and native plantings, and a network of bicycle and pedestrian paths.