Dive summary:

• When McGraw-Hill Construction asked about the reasons K-12 school officials have for specifying green construction materials and techniques in construction and retrofits, 89% said the health and well-being of the people in the buildings carries weight.
• That result is almost as high as the expected answer, which is savings in operating costs down the road from greater efficiency, and is up from 61% in 2007.
• Michele Russo, McGraw-Hill Construction's director of green content and research communications, said the belief that better environments are connected to better learning appears strong, though it is hard to try to correlate the two.

From the article:

Russo: "I think we’re going to see more of that playing out within other sectors" and [she] pointed to healthcare, hospitality, and retail construction as areas where health and financial considerations could easily dovetail. ...