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Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Cities Lead the Way to a Green Building Future, New Study Says

Out of 134 cities responding to the US Conference of Mayors’ survey, nearly 90 percent expect to require all new city buildings to be green by 2008; already 60 percent have such a policy. Cities in 36 states responded to the survey, ranging in size from less than a thousand, to Los Angeles and Chicago, populations in the millions. 56 percent also require city buildings undergoing major rehabilitation to be green. 41 percent of cities have already changed ordinances to require new private sector buildings to be more energy efficient, healthy and environmentally sustainable (aka “green"). This survey shows that the green building movement is gaining traction and getting strong support from cities large and small, all around the country.

Posted by Jerry Yudelson on 07/18/2007 at 07:44 PM

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Sunday, July 15, 2007

77% of Real Estate Executives Committed to Green Buildings

Prepared by Professor Gary Pivo of the University of Arizona, a late 2006 survey of nearly 1,500 chief executives of pension funds, real estate investment trusts, real estate operating companies, fund managers and development companies, showed that 36% have invested in green buildings and 31% more plan to do so in the near future, for a total of 77%. The full survey is available from the Urban Land Institute.

Posted by Jerry Yudelson on 07/15/2007 at 03:18 PM

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