WASHINGTON, Feb. 24, 2016 - According to a new
study from Dodge Data & Analytics – World
Green Building Trends 2016, Developing Markets Accelerate Global Green Growth the
percentage of companies that expect to have more than 60 percent of their
building projects certified green is anticipated to more
than double by 2018, from 18 percent currently, to 37 percent.
The anticipated growth will be driven largely by countries
that still have developing green markets, with firms from Mexico, Brazil,
Colombia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, China and India reporting dramatic growth
in the percentage of projects that they expect to certify as green.
Other key findings from the report include:
· Global green building continues to double every
three years.
· Brazil expects six-fold growth in the percentage
of companies that expect to certify the majority of their projects green;
five-fold growth is expected in China; and four-fold growth is expected in Saudi
Arabia (from 8 percent to 32 percent).
· Building owners report seeing a median increase
of 7 percent in the value of their green buildings compared to traditional
buildings.
· The most widely reported benefit globally is
lower operating costs.
· The top sector for green building growth
globally is commercial construction, with nearly half (46 percent) of all
respondents expecting to do a green commercial project in the next three years.
· Reducing energy consumption continues to be the
top environmental reason for building green (selected as one of the top two reasons
by 66 percent of all respondents), protecting natural resources ranked second
globally (37 percent) and reducing water consumption ranked third (31 percent).
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