Consultant Lists Top 10 Green Building Trends for 2012
TUCSON, Ariz. — Green building consultant Jerry Yudelson, CEO of Yudelson Associates in Tucson, Ariz., released his annual list of green building trends for 2012, what he calls “MegaTrends.” Yudelson said, “What we’re seeing is that more people are building green each year, and there is nothing on the horizon that will stop this MegaTrend or its constituent elements. However, in 2010 and 2011, the continuing slowdown in commercial real estate and the end of federal recovery funding put a crimp in new green building projects.”
In putting together his Top 10 trends for 2012, Yudelson said he took advantage of conversations with green building industry leaders in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Australia during the past year. Yudelson’s Top 10 Green Building MegaTrends include: