McGraw-Hill Construction Analytics
...The annual U.S. market in green building products and services has grown from over $7 billion in 2005 to more than $12 billion in 2007.
Building Design + Construction magazine
...In recent years...more and more building teams...are routinely producing sustainable projects with energy savings in the 20-30% range.
Fast Facts on Energy Consumption
- Buildings consume approxiamately 40% of all U.S. energy usage - more than transportation.
- Lighting accounts for over 50% of all commecial building energy
- Electricity represents 67% of energy consumption by the retail sector
- The DOE indicates that energy systems account for roughly 80% of all industiral and manufacturing energy use.
- Nearly 40% of warehouse electricity is consumed by lighting
