LEED-certified buildings double, but dissent may be brewing
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 6:37PM The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) confirmed that numbers of both LEED-registered and LEED-certified projects doubled in 2008—from about 10,000 registered projects at the end of 2007 to more than 20,000 by the end of January 2009.
“We’re feeling confident that this truly represents a shift in the market,” said Rachel Gutter, senior manager for the education sector at USGBC.
And the Third Annual Green Building Survey just released by the Constructive Technologies Group shows that the cost premium for constructing a green building over a traditional building is less than 4 percent.
Over 93 percent of the over 900 survey participants agreed it is worth the time and effort to utilize green building concepts. On the other hand, the percentage of those who agree that is it worth obtaining official LEED certification dropped almost 10 percent from the previous year to 66.2 percent.
What to make of the fact that LEED certifications doubled last year but only two thirds of green builders find it worth obtaining? Simple – we’re starting to see green building spreading beyond the early adopters and into the mainstream. And while early adopters are the most likely to enthusiastically endorse the technologies and processes they adopt, mainstream users are typically more apprehensive.
In a free market, this would signal a leveling off of adoption just around the corner. That’s not likely to happen with LEED though because public and private clients will increasingly require it as a benchmark of green building. Forcing builders to go green, while inevitable, could lead to even greater resistance and dissatisfaction with LEED and green building in general.
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Reader Comments (1)
I agree that the Green Building is catching on. Most of these new LEED projects are local city, county and state jobs. I think this is more to please the tax payer. Green home building is also picking up but not through the LEED program but through the NAHB Green Program. Much easier for Builders. More available products. The easier it is to build green the more we will see and I am not saying less requirements, but easier process.
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