By Marcy Marro
At the Metal Construction Association semi-annual meeting last
month in Raleigh, N.C., Michael Deane, LEED AP BD+C, vice president
and chief sustainability officer at New York City-based Turner
Construction Co., discussed sustainability and green buildings in a
speech titled "Sustainable Practice from the Builder's
Perspective."
Deane mentioned that the green market is still growing and is
expected to reach between $120-135 billion by 2015. Sixty-five
percent of the total green market is made up of education, health
care, government and office projects. Turner Construction has been
leading the charge in green building since 2004 and is the largest
builder of green buildings in the nation. The company has completed
200 LEED certified projects and has an additional 230 LEED
registered projects in progress.
In this month's cover story, "Green
Construction Trends," Deane weighs in on the how the desire for
carbon-neutral and net-zero buildings are driving the construction
and design market. "I think green practice, sustainable practice,
is going to become more prevalent and more standard practice,"
Deane says. "I think the percentage of our work that is going to be
certified as a green building by some independent third party, such
as LEED, is going to continue to grow."
Keeping with the theme of energy efficiency, Senior Editor Mark
Robins discusses how utilizing sunshades on south-facing walls can
help cut down on solar heat and glare, while still allowing
daylight to brighten the interiors and keep views unobscured. Click
here
to check out his article.
Two of the industry's biggest tradeshows-Greenbuild and METALCON-are taking place next month, and
Metal Architecture has all the information you need so you know
what to expect before you hit the show floor. Be sure to check out
the Greenbuild preview and METALCON show
highlights.