 The overall green building market (both non-residential and residential) is likely to more than double from $36-49 billion in 2009 to $96-140 billion by 2013.
- The green market was 2% of non-residential construction starts in 2005; 10-12% in 2008; and will grow to 20-25% by 2013.
- Comprises 13.4% of the $13.2 trillion U.S. GDP. This includes all commercial, residential, industrial and infrastructure construction. New commercial and residential building construction constitutes 6.1% of the GDP.
- Green building will support 7.9 million U.S. jobs and pump $554 million into the American economy over the next four years (2009-2013).
Source: Green Building Council 2010
Value of Construction Put In Place(by category, in millions)
| Lodging |
16,363 |
15,381 |
16,150 |
17,281 |
18,663 |
| Office |
41,557 |
39,894 |
41,490 |
43,980 |
46,618 |
| Commercial |
40,806 |
38,357 |
40,659 |
43,505 |
47,421 |
| Health Care |
46,244 |
47,169 |
51,886 |
57,593 |
65,080 |
| Educational |
99,839 |
102,834 |
111,061 |
122,167 |
135,606 |
| Religious |
5,502 |
5,612 |
5,780 |
5,954 |
6,251 |
| Public Safety |
14,968 |
15,417 |
16,033 |
16,835 |
17,677 |
| Amusement & Rec |
15,155 |
15,458 |
16,077 |
16,720 |
17,890 |
| Transportation |
36,720 |
38,924 |
41,259 |
44,147 |
48,120 |
| Communication |
18,475 |
19,214 |
20,175 |
21,385 |
22,668 |
| Manufacturing |
48,614 |
40,350 |
41,964 |
43,642 |
47,134 |
Source: FMI's Construction Outlook, First Quarter 2010
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