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Green Building Up, Even While Construction is Down

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Find and post green jobs related to green building. While U.S. unemployment figures remained steady at 9.7% for February, the rate for construction workers rose to 27.1%, up from 24.1% a year ago, underscoring the continuing difficulties in this important sector of the economy. Interestingly, the basket of green building stocks in Canaccord Adam’s Green Building Index are up 10.1% for the year, outperforming the 2.1% rise for the S&P 500 Index and 2.5% for the NASDAQ. Even during such harsh conditions for construction in general, green building companies are able to distinguish themselves from and out pace conventional competitors. A "Green Jobs Study" released by the US Green Building Council estimates that greenbuilding jobs currently stand at two million, generating over $100 billion dollars in GDP and wages. By 2013, the sector will support nearly eight million jobs. The study predicts approximately 32% average annual growth in green construction square footage from 2009-2013 – an impressive level given the continued contraction in the overall construction market. Also in that time frame, the study forecasts 75% square footage growth in LEED-certified buildings. Based on this growth forecast, the environmental benefits should grow dramatically in the coming years as green buildings […]

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Weekly Clean Energy Roundup: March 31, 2010

DOE: $37.5M for U.S.-Chinese Clean Energy Research Nissan Leaf EV to Sell for Under $33,000 Governors’ Coalition Recommends Federal Initiatives for Wind Power DOE, Interior, and Army Corps of Engineers Cooperate on Hydropower DOE Orders AeroSys to Halt Distribution of Inefficient Products Insurance Commissioners Back Off on Climate Change Disclosures DOE Provides $37.5M for U.S.-Chinese Clean Energy Research DOE announced on March 29 the availability of $37.5 million in U.S. funding over the next five years to support the U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC). Grantees will need to match the funding, generating a total of $75 million to support research on advanced technologies for building energy efficiency, clean vehicles, and carbon capture and storage. China will contribute an additional $75 million to CERC, which will be a virtual research center, located in existing facilities in both the US and China. The program unites teams of scientists and engineers from both countries. President Obama and President Hu Jintao formally announced the establishment of the CERC during their meeting in Beijing last November. Because the US and China are the world’s top energy consumers, producers, and greenhouse gas emitters, they have share a strong interest in advancing key technologies. DOE will […]

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