The final four Megatrends in our list are not any less important than the rest: the growth of solar power, increased attention to water conservation, materials transparency and building performance disclosure are all trends gathering strong momentum in the second half of this decade.
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In this post, we highlight the growing competition among green building rating systems, especially as the focus shifts to greening existing buildings, using Big Data platforms and aiming as close to zero net energy as possible.
Read MoreThe Future of Green Building: Top 10 Megatrends
In my forthcoming book, Reinventing Green Building (RGB), I identify 10 megatrends that I believe will shape green building technologies, markets, government rules and certification systems through 2020 and beyond. In this post, I show that green building certification in the US, the source of 2/3 of all certification projects, has stopped growing and is being eclipsed by energy efficiency as a Megatrend.
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