Comments on: Green Building Materials Market to Jump to $571B by 2013 http://www.nesea.org/green-building/green-building-materials-market-to-jump-to-571b-by-2013/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=green-building-materials-market-to-jump-to-571b-by-2013 We Connect Sustainability Professionals to Ideas and Each Other. Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:06:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: charles http://www.nesea.org/green-building/green-building-materials-market-to-jump-to-571b-by-2013/#comment-208 charles Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:51:58 +0000 http://www.nesea.org/blog/?p=324#comment-208 A really well written and reflective article, excellent thank you for sharing this. A really well written and reflective article, excellent thank you for sharing this.

]]> By: Chuck http://www.nesea.org/green-building/green-building-materials-market-to-jump-to-571b-by-2013/#comment-207 Chuck Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:43:27 +0000 http://www.nesea.org/blog/?p=324#comment-207 I think it is fantastic how we are using renewable energy and going green in so many ways. I think we also need to do things like reducing our energy usage, like installing geothermal heat pumps to replace high energy heating and cooling systems. I think it is fantastic how we are using renewable energy and going green in so many ways. I think we also need to do things like reducing our energy usage, like installing geothermal heat pumps to replace high energy heating and cooling systems.

]]> By: Joseph http://www.nesea.org/green-building/green-building-materials-market-to-jump-to-571b-by-2013/#comment-206 Joseph Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:25:01 +0000 http://www.nesea.org/blog/?p=324#comment-206 I think it is fantastic how we are using renewable energy and going green in so many ways. I think we also need to do things like reducing our energy usage, like installing geothermal heat pumps to replace high energy heating and cooling systems. I think it is fantastic how we are using renewable energy and going green in so many ways. I think we also need to do things like reducing our energy usage, like installing geothermal heat pumps to replace high energy heating and cooling systems.

]]> By: Robert Riversong http://www.nesea.org/green-building/green-building-materials-market-to-jump-to-571b-by-2013/#comment-205 Robert Riversong Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:49:33 +0000 http://www.nesea.org/blog/?p=324#comment-205 The price of the report, alone, should be reason enough to dismiss it, since it is obviously aimed at large corporate "innovators". But a look at the table of contents for the report makes it clear that it is analyzing the market potential of green-washed, not green, materials. For instance, it includes manufactured lumber, fiberglass and foam insulation and cement among its "green" options. Manufactured lumber has 15-80 times the embodied energy (and hence carbon footprint) of air-dried lumber. Fiberglass is an energy-intensive and carcinogenic material with little effective R-value. Petrochemical foams are pure energy and contribute significantly to the waste stream. And cement, in the form of concrete, is the most consumed material on earth after water, with major extraction and processing impacts and contributing substantially to global warming. None of those are compostable or biodegradable. None of those would you use in your organic garden. None of them are green, and their market growth will contribute nothing to a sustainable (which, by definition, is a steady-state) future. So why are we discussing this? The price of the report, alone, should be reason enough to dismiss it, since it is obviously aimed at large corporate “innovators”.

But a look at the table of contents for the report makes it clear that it is analyzing the market potential of green-washed, not green, materials.

For instance, it includes manufactured lumber, fiberglass and foam insulation and cement among its “green” options.

Manufactured lumber has 15-80 times the embodied energy (and hence carbon footprint) of air-dried lumber. Fiberglass is an energy-intensive and carcinogenic material with little effective R-value. Petrochemical foams are pure energy and contribute significantly to the waste stream. And cement, in the form of concrete, is the most consumed material on earth after water, with major extraction and processing impacts and contributing substantially to global warming.

None of those are compostable or biodegradable. None of those would you use in your organic garden. None of them are green, and their market growth will contribute nothing to a sustainable (which, by definition, is a steady-state) future.

So why are we discussing this?

]]> By: McBuild » Blog Archive » Green Building Materials Market to Jump to $571B by 2013 http://www.nesea.org/green-building/green-building-materials-market-to-jump-to-571b-by-2013/#comment-204 McBuild » Blog Archive » Green Building Materials Market to Jump to $571B by 2013 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:56:14 +0000 http://www.nesea.org/blog/?p=324#comment-204 [...] By Jo Lee According to earth2tech, the report estimates that, =93the global green = building materials market will grow about 5 percent per year to reach $= 571 billion by 2013, up from about $455 billion last year. The sweet spots = in this growth are Posted from http://www.nesea.org/blog/2009/06/green-building-materials-market-to-jump-to-571b-by-2013/ [...] [...] By Jo Lee According to earth2tech, the report estimates that, =93the global green = building materials market will grow about 5 percent per year to reach $= 571 billion by 2013, up from about $455 billion last year. The sweet spots = in this growth are Posted from http://www.nesea.org/blog/2009/06/green-building-materials-market-to-jump-to-571b-by-2013/ [...]

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