Green Movement Sees Growth Spurt in 2007

TORONTO-”Something has changed in people’s minds in the past year when it comes to understanding the green movement,” claimed general session speaker Rick Fedrizzi, founding chairman of the US Green Building Council at CBRE’s World Conference in Toronto this morning. He was referring to market, which has shifted dramatically towards the green movement in recent years and in this year alone.

As of now, there are more than 11,300 member organizations at the USGBC, 2,500 of which signed on in February of this year, he noted. “The green movement is growing and gaining momentum…it is where the market is headed.”