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The Top 20 Green Building Trends for 2011

By GEP- Admin on January 17, 2011 13 Comments Blue, Certified Green Schools, commercial real estate, Construction and Architecture, Developing Green: Strategies for Success, Dry Run: Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis, ENERGY STAR ratings, fresh water supply, green building, Green Building Councils, Green Building Through Integrated Design, Green cities, green government, greening existing buildings, greening the executive branch, Jerry Yudelson, LEED, LEED for Existing Buildings program, LEED Gold, LEED project registration, LEED rating system, Marketing Green Buildings: Guide for Engineering, municipal utilities, Performance Disclosure, rainwater recovery systems, renewable power standards, RPS, solar power, sustainability, sustainable building, Tucson, water consumption, water technologies, Yudelson Associates, Zero-net-energy designs

The Top 20 Green Building Trends for 2011

A list of top green building trends for 2011 is provided by Green building consultant, Jerry Yudelson and Tom Breunig, director of marketing, of Earth Advantage Institute.

Return on Investment for Green / LEED Projects

By Ed LeBard on June 28, 2010 6 Comments building owner, commercial real estate, energy costs, energy savings, Energy Star, Green Building Through Integrated Design, green Buildings, green development, LEED, LEED buildings, LEED certification, LEED investments, Making the Business Case for High-Performance Green Buildings, net operating income, property value, returns on investments, ROI, sustainable building, U.S. Green Building Council, USGBC

Return on Investment for Green / LEED Projects

Green buildings provide long-term savings and solid returns on investments. they also command much more than similar non-LEED buildings due to the economic benefits they offer. Soon Class A office buildings that do not attain LEED certification will see their property value decline as LEED becomes the de facto benchmark in measuring quality in construction.