Ahhh, to think where we would be today if we hadn't allowed the detractors, today's funded climate change deniers, to lock the brakes on the innovations and advancement started some forty years back and what new idea's and findings we would have, not to mention staying pretty much number one in economic growth here in the once U.S.!
08/16/2011 - In only a handful of years, green building has moved from obscurity to a significant trend in the global construction market.
Canaccord Genuity expects its share of the world construction market to be over 20% by 2013. Longer-term, they expect green building practices to become the norm in the construction industry.
Currently. the US green building market is estimated at $36 billion - $49 billion, representing about 10%-12% of total construction dollars spent annually, according to McGraw-Hill.
While green building historically has represented little more than an interesting niche market driven by forward-thinking architects and builders, the mainstream building industry is opening up to these practices given accelerated demand and attractive tangible returns, says Canaccord.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) describes a green building as one that reduces its "direct and indirect impact on the environment throughout its life - from the time construction begins, during occupancy, and eventually, when it's decommissioned."
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