News Brief
Health Is a Top Driver of Green Building
On par with cost savings, occupant health comes in first place globally in the latest Dodge green building survey.

- Two-thirds of those surveyed said that rating systems help their projects perform better.
- The majority of their projects in the next three years will be green buildings, according to almost half of respondents.
- Occupant health was the top priority when it came to social drivers.
- More than half of respondents said they were planning green retrofits.
“With more and more people demanding and expecting healthier places to live and work, more and more leaders around the globe are committing to green building, which is now a trillion-dollar industry,” said Mahesh Ramanujam, president and CEO of USGBC.
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For more information:
Dodge Data & Analytics
construction.com
Published November 13, 2018 Permalink Citation
Melton, P. (2018, November 13). Health Is a Top Driver of Green Building. Retrieved from https://www.buildinggreen.com/newsbrief/health-top-driver-green-building
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