Dive summary:
- More data has come in to support the perception that green construction simply is what commercial construction clients will want, sometimes because their stakeholders expect it and sometimes because the long-term economic benefits are clearer than they used to be.
- Among the minority of executives in a survey by McGraw-Hill Construction for "2013 Dodge Construction Green Outlook," the concern is up-front costs of doing something whose only support is that it is "the right thing" to do.
- McGraw-Hill's "2013 Dodge Construction Green Outlook" survey found that 81% of executives it contacts think that building green is what the public expects of their companies.
From the article:
The green building market has grown tremendously, from $10 billion in 2005 to an estimated $85 billion in 2012, with expectations of exceeding $200 billion by 2016, according to the Dodge report. ...
