{"id":158,"date":"2006-12-15T11:20:47","date_gmt":"2006-12-15T15:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.environmentalriskmanagers.com\/erm\/schools-are-a-hot-market-for-sustainable-design\/"},"modified":"2006-12-15T11:20:47","modified_gmt":"2006-12-15T15:20:47","slug":"schools-are-a-hot-market-for-sustainable-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estrategist.com\/members\/schools-are-a-hot-market-for-sustainable-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Schools are a Hot Market for Sustainable Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font face=\"verdana\"><strong>environmental Strategist,  between the lines:<\/strong> As noted, &#8220;The study also found a strong  need for access to and information on green building products.&#8221;   In other words, educational institutions and their vendors are looking  for competitive environmental intelligence and the one who delivers  it will be indispensable. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"verdana\">The competitive environmental  intelligence &#8220;New Report Assesses Financial Advantages of Green Buildings&#8221;  supports paying more on the front side to gain long term sustainable  benefits. Professionals working with educational institutions,  contractors, architect&#8217;s, municipalities\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6., need to point out a  sustainable platform begins with the development and execution of an  environmental Management Strategy (eMS) <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.estrategist.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"#0000ff\" face=\"verdana\"><u>www.estrategist.com<\/u><\/font><\/a><font face=\"verdana\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"verdana\" size=\"5\"><strong>Schools are  a Hot Market for Sustainable Design<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"verdana\"><\/p>\n<p>December 13, 2006<\/p>\n<p>Consulting-Specifying Engineer<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"verdana\">A recently released market  research study from McGraw-Hill, conducted in collaboration with U.S.  Green Building Council, shows that education is the fastest-growing  market in the sustainability sector. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"verdana\">The findings are good news  for the industry, given that education construction is the largest construction  sector, by value, at $53 billion estimated spending for 2007, say the  study&#8217;s authors.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"verdana\">This first phase of the ongoing  study also found the following:<\/font><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><font face=\"verdana\">Fiscal advantages    of green building, such as energy cost savings, are a major motivation    behind green schools and universities.<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"verdana\">Improved health    and well-being were found to be critical factors for driving education    green building\u00e2\u20ac\u201dfactors that were not as highly rated for the overall    construction marketplace in previous research.<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"verdana\">Higher first costs    are the primary challenge to building green in this sector. This is    consistent with other research into the commercial green building markets.<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font face=\"verdana\">The study also found a strong  need for access to and information on green building products. Of particular  interest were those products related to improving health, such as by  reducing mold and indoor air pollutants.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"verdana\" size=\"5\"><strong>New Report Assesses Financial  Advantages of Green Buildings<\/strong> <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"verdana\">GreenBiz.com,  11 December 2006 &#8211; &#8220;Green Buildings and the Bottom Line,&#8221;  a 64-page White Paper that assesses the financial costs and benefits  of environmentally sustainable buildings, has been published by <em>Building  Design+Construction <\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The green building movement has shifted from one focused largely  on environmental issues, to one that is increasingly concerned about  financial performance,&#8221; said Robert Cassidy, chief editor of Building  Design+Construction. As a result, green building has attracted greater  attention from the financial and real estate investment community in  the last year.<\/p>\n<p>In recent months, two major public employee pension funds, CalPERS and  CalSTERS, have announced plans to invest a combined $620 million in  green buildings. Fireman&#8217;s Fund has begun to offer a 5% discount on  property insurance for certified green buildings. Citigroup is subjecting  89 of its U.S. properties to review under the U.S. EPA&#8217;s Energy Star  program. Bank of America is building a showcase green office building  in midtown Manhattan, and Wachovia has committed to sustainable design  for its planned corporate and investment banking division building in  Charlotte, N.C.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Developers, investors, and pension funds are looking at green buildings  as a promising new investment opportunity,&#8221; Cassidy told an audience  at Greenbuild, the recent conference of the U.S. Green Building Council.  &#8220;But they want to know: Are green buildings more profitable than conventional  buildings? Do they lease up faster? Are they better places in which  to work and study?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The report ( <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bdcnetwork.com\/whitepaper\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"#0000ff\" face=\"verdana\"><u>Download-PDF <\/u><\/font><\/a><font face=\"verdana\">&#8211; free registration required) describes  the financial factors of green building for 10 key types of buildings:  office buildings, retail shopping, hotels, restaurants, housing, industrial  buildings, schools, college\/university facilities, and government buildings.<\/p>\n<p>The White Paper ends with a 10-point &#8220;Action Plan&#8221; for government  officials, design professionals, environmentalists, contractors, and  the public to act on.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Green Buildings and the Bottom Line&#8221; is the fourth in an award-winning  series of annual reports on the green building movement by Building  Design+Construction. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"verdana\"><em>This article  is reproduced with kind permission of GreenBiz.com.<\/p>\n<p>For daily news and articles visit <\/em><\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbiz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"#0000ff\" face=\"verdana\"><em><u>www.greenbiz.com.<\/p>\n<p><\/u><\/em><\/font><\/a><font face=\"verdana\"><em>Visit <\/em><\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbiz.com\/enewsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"#0000ff\" face=\"verdana\"><em><u>GreenBuzz<\/u><\/em><\/font><\/a><font face=\"verdana\"><em> to subscribe to GreenBiz.com&#8217;s  free newsletter<\/em>.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>environmental Strategist, between the lines: As noted, &#8220;The study also found a strong need for access to and information on green building products.&#8221; In other words, educational institutions and their vendors are looking for competitive environmental intelligence and the one who delivers it will be indispensable. 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