Dive Brief:

• An investment company report says that building green is competitive with conventional techniques and materials, but it takes solid project management to make sure everything folows the plan.
• The report is called " Creating a Better World, The Case For Green Buildings" and is from M&G Investments.
• Competitiveness requires that the project get the right materials on time and that work happens on schedule so payback can begin.

Dive Insight:

Green building proponents make the argument that it's worth spending a little more on materials and methods for new building or renovation because there will be economic paybacks in a short enough time to make it work. That argument gets a lot weaker, however, is weak project management does not get the right materials in the right place at the time right time so that all the costs cranked into the assumptions turn out to be correct.