According to a new report conducted by Dodge Data & Analytics in nearly 70 countries, global green building continues to double every three years. The SmartMarket report also revealed that expansion will continue in the United States. Across all regions, many survey respondents forecast that more than 60 percent of their projects will be green by 2018. Nearly half (44%) the respondents in the U.S. report that they are doing more than 30% of their projects green and 58% report that they will be building green at that level by 2018. Additionally, increasing consumer demand has pushed the world’s green building market to a trillion-dollar industry, a surge that has led to a corresponding increase in the scope and size of the green building materials market, which is expected to reach $234 billion by 2019. (Click here to download the report.)

According to the NRMCA publication, Concrete’s Contribution to LEED v4, concrete can influence 74 of the 110 points available. With the advent of product transparency in rating systems such as LEED and other green building standards, demand for third-party validated reports such as environmental product declarations (EPD), responsible sourcing reports and health product declarations (HPD), NRMCA has developed a series of tools and guides to help members meet these new requirements. Click here for more detail.