Results from the last three green building surveys that Allen Matkins has conducted indicate there is a dwindling percentage of design and construction professionals who believe it is worth their time and effort to obtain official Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. What do the survey results mean? Could LEED be on its way to relinquishing its dominance in the U.S. building certification market? For this edition of Green Building Insider, several experts in the sustainable structure community address these questions.
Also in this issue, GBI profiles green building legislation that has been undergoing consideration in five states, Whirlpool and several other businesses garner LEED certifications for their buildings, the Concrete Joint Sustainability Initiative reveals its near-term goals, indoor environment groups are teaming up to facilitate industry standards, there is a new analysis of energy efficiency innovations in office buildings, and GBI has added several entries to its "News Ahead" calendar of newsworthy developments that are expected to occur in the green building community.
