The Extraordinary Growth of Green Building – A Rebuttal to The Green Building Adoption Rate is Slow, Find Out The Practical Reasons Why

By Richard Matthews on February 18, 2011 4 Comments certified green building, cleantech, economic recession, energy efficiency, green building, Green Building Adoption Rate, green standards, greenhouse gas emission, Harvey Bernstein, healthier environment, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, LEED, LEED program, McGraw-Hill Construction, non-toxic materials, Richard Matthews, Small Business Consulting, The Green Market, U.S. Green Building Council, USGBC, Water Efficiency

In this a rebuttal post to The Green Building Adoption Rate is Slow, Find Out The Practical Reasons Why, Richard argues that in fact the growth rate has been very high, citing for example that in late 2010, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) celebrated its first billion square feet of LEED certified green buildings. He makes the argument that the growth rate in the green building space is actually quite high especially considering the background of economic recession and tight capital in which it has occurred.