Despite the economic downturn, the market for green building materials will grow to $571bn by 2013, according to report

9 Jun 2009

The global green building materials market continues to grow, despite the global economic downturn. The worldwide green building materials market was valued at $455.3bn in 2008, and NextGen Research, in its new report forecasts the market will grow at a CAGR of nearly five per cent to reach $571bn by 2013.

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2 Responses to “Despite the economic downturn, the market for green building materials will grow to $571bn by 2013, according to report”

Monson says:

9 June 2009 at 7:13 pm

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George says:

21 June 2009 at 3:14 am

I think it is fantastic how we are going green in so many ways. This article is proof of that. I think we also need to do things like reducing our energy usage, like installing geothermal heat pumps to replace high energy heating and cooling systems.