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82 Percent of Consumers Buy Green, Despite
Economy
Four out of five people say they are
still buying green products and services today - which sometimes
cost more - even in the midst of a U.S. recession, according
to a new study commissioned by Green
Seal and EnviroMedia Social Marketing.
Half of the 1,000 people surveyed
buy just as many green products now as before the economic
downturn, while 19 percent say they are buying more green products.
Fourteen percent say they are buying fewer environmentally green
products.
Just 9 percent of respondents say
green advertising is their primary influencer. Twenty-one percent of
consumers say a product’s reputation is the biggest factor they
weigh when making purchasing decisions followed by word of mouth
(19%) and brand loyalty (15%).
About one in three consumers say they
don’t know how to tell if green product claims are true. One in 10
consumers blindly trusts green product claims.
Consumers are verifying green claims
by reading the packaging (24%) and turning to research (going
online, reading studies; 17%).
Written by Leslie Berliant
Published on February 5th,
2009
Posted in
Action & Activism, Education, Green Building &
Construction, Politics
It’s nice when
people put their money where their mouths are. For some time now,
labor has been on the
green jobs bandwagon. At this week’s Good Jobs Green
Jobs conference, the AFL-CIO
announced a $1 million investment from the Working for America Institute to create a Center for Green Jobs, showing just how
committed they are to the symbiosis between green jobs and union
jobs.
At a press conference announcing the
center, United Steelworkers Union President Leo Gerard
said:
We need to send the economy in the
direction where the primary emphasis is on good jobs and green jobs.
Don’t let anybody tell us that can’t be done.
We reject the notion that we have to
choose between good jobs and a clean environment. It’s not one or
the other. It’s both or neither. – AFL-CIO
The Center will be led by Jeff Rickert
of the Apollo Alliance. The National Labor College has already signed on to develop a “green”
certificate program for students and more than two dozen union
presidents and state and local leaders have made commitments to
serve on the Center’s Leadership Council. The Center has also
partnered with the Building and Construction Trades Dept. (BCTD) in
its existing efforts to engage construction unions in recruiting and
training “green workers” and working to align the hundreds of
training programs of the building trades with green
industry.
According to AFL-CIO President John
Sweeney, climate change and renewable energy are “first order”
priorities for the entire organization and its affiliated unions.
The broad involvement and financial support for the new Center supports that
assertion.
The mission of the center is not only
to engage public policy but to also move beyond that to help our labor
unions implement real green jobs initiatives—initiatives that retain
and create good union jobs, provide pathways to those jobs and
assist with the design and implementation of training programs to
prepare incumbent workers as well as job seekers for these
family-sustaining careers.
It is a think-do tank that will be a
one-stop shop for our affiliates and partners, providing information
and technical assistance on public policy, consortium development,
workforce and economic development programs, economic analysis and
even curriculum development. – AFL-CIO
Labor and environmentalists standing
together may be an unexpected alliance, but it makes sense when you
realize that green jobs are quality jobs and that whatever happens
to the environment effects us all. That includes union members and
their families.
Written by Jennifer Kaplan
Published on
February 4th, 2009
in Eco-entrepreneurs, Economy, Energy, Financing, Government, Operations
The Green
Jobs National Conference that starts today in
Washington, DC, includes a Greens
Job Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill.
Advocacy days like these are a time when labor, environmentalists,
community activists, businesses and academics descend upon our
elected officials. These disparate groups come from all over the
country. They will likely break into groups by state, perhaps
congressional districts and get to know each other. They will
go to their elected officials to talk about an agreed upon set of
issues. In other words everyone will be on message when they get
face time with the representative or key staff
people.
Today,
people representing our interests—but who do not necessarily have
paid lobbyists like big oil and the auto manufacturers—get to lobby
in Washington, to make a difference. And, ecopreneurs stand to
be huge recipients of green jobs policies and legislation.
Many of the issues lobbied for today would mean more incentives,
funding and support for you.
What
are they going to talk about? According to the Advocacy
Day Leave-Behind Document (that contains much more
information about the specific recommendations), they are going to
ask Congress and the administration to include policies that will
create green jobs in the economic recovery
package:
Energy
efficiency and Infrastructure upgrades.
o
Expand
tax incentives for energy-efficient homes, commercial buildings and
products;
o
Increase
funding for the Weatherization
Assistance Program;
o
Support
a Clean
Energy Corps;
o
Fund
the Energy
Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant with a specific emphasis on
large-scale, block-by-block retrofit projects;
o
Invest
in capital funding to repair and upgrade water, waste-water, and
storm-water systems to ensure that we have safe, adequate water
supplies for people and wildlife. (The
American Public Works Association (APWA) estimates that every
$1 billion invested in infrastructure generates about 35,000 jobs
for engineers, construction workers, plumbers, architects,
maintenance workers and many others.)
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Extend
clean energy Tax Incentives for at least five years. In 2008,
Congress extended a variety of critical tax incentives, but many are
set to expire. Congress should:
o
Extend
incentives for renewable energy and energy
efficiency especially The
Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind, biomass and other
renewable energy projects;
o
Provide Davis-Bacon prevailing wage protections
for construction workers employed on renewable energy
projects.
o
Make
technologies covered by the clean energy tax incentives temporarily
eligible forDepartment
of Energy grants.
Invest
in domestic Manufacturing. Manufacturing is at the heart of the
clean energy economy, making up nearly 80% of all jobs in the solar
and wind industries. Congress should:
o
Provide
loan guarantees for retooling and retraining so that firms can
transition to producing parts for the renewable energy and
energy efficiency sectors.
o
Invest
additional funds in the Manufacturing
Extension Partnership network,
that provides critical technical assistance and support to
manufacturing firms struggling to retool, retrain workers and take
advantage of clean energy opportunities.
o
Create
U.S.
manufacturing jobs by providing rebates for the purchase of
energy-saving products produced in the U.S. (i.e high-efficiency
boilers, energy-efficient windows, anti-idling equipment for
trucks.)
Invest
in Transportation Infrastructure and Public Transit. Congress
should reinvest in our country’s existing transportation
infrastructure by:
o
Adopting
a fix-it-first strategy that promotes repair projects leading to
more efficient land use, emissions reduction, and traffic-flow
improvement.
o
Expand
public transit infrastructure by investing in ready-to-go public
transit projects, as well as conversion of existing city buses and
rail cars to clean-energy vehicles.
o
Update
our mass transit systems and create a sustainable freight
transportation system.
Green
Jobs Act Funding
o
Pass
The Green
Jobs Act, a mechanism for funding national, state and
pathways-out-of-poverty job training programs, including
apprenticeships, so workers can realize career opportunities in the
emerging green economy.
Pass
responsible cap-and-trade
legislation. They
suggest using auction revenue to
fund “our country’s transition
to a low-carbon economy.”
Establish
a comprehensive national recycling, composting and waste-reduction
program. They
estimate that this kind of program would reduce greenhouse gas
emissions equal to taking more than half of our nation’s cars off
the road.
What
can we do to help the cause? Write
to your senators and congress person. Tell them
that, although you were not able to visit them today, that you too
support the promotion of green jobs in the ways outlined
above. If you don’t finds all the points compelling, choose
the ones that you do and talk about those. Having a clear
position of what you would like your representative to do (extend
tax credits for five years, provide loan guarantees, etc…) will go a
long way to helping him or her know what is important to you, to
constituents. And, what’s important to constituents (aka.
voters) is important to them. That’s the American way.
Ain’t it grand?
USGBC Highlights the
Potential for Greening Existing Buildings in Proposed Stimulus By
GreenerBuildings Staff February 2,
2009
As the proposed stimulus package headed for
debate in the U.S. Senate, the U.S. Green Building Council
underscored the promise the legislation holds for greening existing
buildings and creating new jobs for the battered economy — and urged
members to heed the opportunity.
"The Obama Administration's economic recovery
plan includes many important provisions for green building, green
schools, and energy efficiency for existing buildings that will be
of great importance to our community," Michelle Moore, the USGBC's
senior vice president of Policy & Public Affairs, wrote to
members in an announcement posted on the council's site last week.
"This investment in our nation's built environment will not only
stimulate renewed activity, it will bear further fruit measured in
energy savings, cost savings, and new green
jobs.
"You –– as organizational leaders in the
green building movement, and as individual professionals –– will be
needed to make sure that the tremendous potential of the 'green
strings' attached to billions of dollars in federal investments
fulfill their promise. The professional capacity of our community
that has been built around new construction will need to be
refocused on our existing buildings so that initiatives like the
Obama Administration's commitment to retrofit 75 percent of all
federal buildings will serve as an exceptional business case and
build momentum to drive the market
forward."
Moore's message accompanied an
update of the organization's efforts to advance the cause of green
building with new administration. The update, which follows a
message posted in mid-January, recapped some of the key green
building provisions in stimulus
proposals.
Both the House and Senate proposed recovery
plans include provisions for:
• Green schools by providing billions of
dollars for modernization of
K-12 and higher education facilities, with
preferences or requirements for green improvement
projects.
• Green federal buildings by including
several billion dollars for the General Services Administration's
Federal Buildings Fund, with green or energy efficiency requirements
for funded facility projects.
• Weatherization assistance with billions
going toward the expansion of the Department of Energy's
Weatherization Assistance Program, which helps improve the energy
efficiency of homes for low-income
families.
• Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block
Grants for states, municipalities and
tribes.
• Public housing improvments that would
include priority for energy efficiency incentives and
projects.
• Green job training for jobs in the energy
efficiency and renewable energy
sectors.
BRG Consult
Newsletter
North
America Bathroom News December
2008
USA: 25,000+ Attend
Greenbuild, Green Building Could Triple
By
2013
19 November 2008 - More than 25,000 attended the U.S. Green
Building Council's Greenbuild
International Conference and
Expo in Boston, Nov. 19-21. The theme of
this year's expo was
"Revolutionary Green:
Innovations for Global Sustainability." Phoenix will be
the site of the next
GreenBuild, scheduled for
Nov. 11-13, 2009.
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information supplier covering the construction material industry.
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2009
USA: Good News For
Green
Building
19 December 2008 -- Green
building, or sustainable construction, is getting a lot of good
press lately.
The U.S. General Services
Administration (GSA) recently released the first comprehensive
report by
a federal agency regarding
acquiring, constructing, operating and maintaining sustainable
buildings.
“Sustainability Matters”
(www.gsa.gov/sustainabledesign) is a collection of case studies and
industry
best practices that address
GSA’s sustainability initiatives and strategies at all stages of a
building’s
lifecycle.
“We want to be
part of transforming the building industry so that ‘green’ is the
only way of doing
business,” said
GSA’s Commissioner of Public Buildings David L.
Winstead.
The GSA demonstrates how to
create sustainable buildings by integrating energy-efficient
and
environmentally sound
decisions and technologies into building designs. It uses the U.S.
Green
Buildings Council’s LEED
rating system as a tool to evaluate and measure its achievement
in
sustainable design. The
goals are to conserve resources and create more productive and
healthier
workplaces.
Green
Growth
According to McGraw-Hill
Construction’s “Green Outlook 2009: Trends Driving Change” report,
the U.
S. green
building market is accelerating at a dramatic rate — the value of green building
construction
starts was up five-fold from
2005 to 2008 (from $10 billion to $36-$49
billion), and could triple by
2013, reaching $96-$140 billion. Drivers are
growing public awareness, an increase in
government
regulations and recognition
of bottom-line advantages.
“The business
opportunities afforded by green building, even in the midst of a
global economic crisis,
are real and
recognized by industry players,” said Harvey M. Bernstein, vice president
of industry
analytics, alliances and
strategic initiatives, MCGRAW-HILL CONSTRUCTION. “Furthermore,
green
building has
great potential to help tackle unemployment through green jobs, and
can address other
societal issues,
such as creating healthier places where we live and
work.”
U.S. Green
Building Council members report green building to be less affected
by the down market
compared to
non-green building, and homebuyers are willing to pay more for a
green home.
Perceived economic benefits
are driving green building, including higher revenues, lower
lifecycle
costs and lower operating
costs, but builders and buyers are also motivated by health
benefits, new
government regulation and
pressure from global competition.
McGraw-Hill Construction
attributes green building’s rapid expansion to growing public
awareness, an
increase in government
regulations and recognition of bottom-line advantages. Since 2005,
the
perceived benefits of green
building have increased and differentiated as people become
more
knowledgeable about green
building. The decrease in operating costs is the most often cited
benefit
(13.6 percent, up from 8-9
percent in 2005), followed by the increase in building values (10.9
percent,
up from 7.5 percent in
2005).
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America Bathroom News December
2008
USA: The Obama
Economy
The US
construction and alternative energy industries are slated to enter
into one of the largest boom
periods in American
history.
The Economic Stimulus
Program
President-Elect Obama has declared the
revival of the US economy as his highest
priority and has
put together a strong economic team. An
economic stimulus package is central to Obama’s
plan.
Estimates of how much might be spent on a
multiple-year stimulus package range as high as $500
billion to $700
billion.
Fixing the US Infrastructure / Achieving Energy
Independence
At the center of the plan are investments
in the nation’s roads, bridges, schools and
alternativeenergy
infrastructure. According to the American
Society of Civil Engineers, the total
investment
needed to fix our country’s
infrastructure is estimated at $1.7 trillion
dollars.
Obama has said his plan will
lead to the creation of 2.5 million jobs. We’re talking here about
what
could be the biggest
jobs-spending program since FDR and the New
Deal!
President-elect Barack Obama again linked
economic recovery with new jobs in the
sustainableenergy
sector. He has vowed that within ten
years, the United
States will finally end its
dependence
on oil from the Middle East. This means investments in non-oil
consuming energy such as solar,
wind, geothermal and water powered
energy.
The US construction industry and the US alternative energy
industry is slated to enter into one of the
largest boom periods in
American history.
Obama’s Health Care
Program
Obama has put forth an ambitious health
care plan. The plan proposes the expanding eligibility
for
existing public programs, including both
Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance
Program.
According to some of the best independent
research groups, the Obama Health Insurance
proposal
would increase the federal spending by
about $1.2 trillion over the next 9 years with expenditures
of
$133 billion per
year.
The Cost of the New Obama
Economy
Based on the investments targeted for the
US infrastructure, on
investments for non-oil consuming
energy and expanded health care, we can
foresee federal expenditures in the range of $633 -
$833
billion per year.
This type of governmental spending may
not be good for the US currency. It is
probable, that as the
Obama government pumps more into the
economy, the US dollar may weaken in purchasing power
if
compared to the Yen, the Euro and/or the
Swiss Franc. The new government has indicated its
plans
to raise taxes on the top 5% of the
income earners. It will most probably issue new federal bonds
to
raise the
difference.
BRG Consult
Newsletter
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America Bathroom News December
2008
Good for Exports / Not So Good for
Imports
A weaker US dollar is good
for US exports. US goods will be cheaper in foreign countries,
resulting in
higher overall exports.
Imports, on the other hand, will become more expensive. With large
trade
imbalancesthat we currently
have, with a weaker dollar, imports – in particular those from
China
and
from Europe, may become more expensive.
Manufacturers who are producing overseas with
the
intent of selling their goods
in the United
States, may see their costs go up.
A tendency to pass the
cost increases onto the
consumer will be tempting, which could result in spiraling inflation
costs.
Are You Ready?
President-Elect Obama has declared the
economic revival as his highest priority. We can expect
to
see major federal expenditures being made
to boost the infrastructure, to deliver energy
independence and to greatly expand the
national health coverage in America.
This could be one of the
largest jobs-creating programs since FDR and the New Deal. Are
you
ready?
'Green Collar' Jobs Are Poised for
Growth
by
Larry Buhl, for Yahoo! HotJobsPrintEmail
For career changers thinking about growth and
advancement potential, forget the blue-collar and white-collar
categories: Green is the way to
go.
A bull
market has begun to develop in green careers and opportunities for
job seekers and career changers. Careers promoting environmental
responsibility that are now considered cutting edge will become mainstream within
a decade, according to Bracken Hendricks, a senior fellow at the
Center for American Progress.
"The growth in green careers will be like the
Internet boom, which not only created new jobs, but also
significantly impacted the overall economy," he
says.
Wide
Range of
New Jobs
A recent study by the Cleantech Network, a
venture capital firm for green business, showed that up to half a
million new jobs in ecologically
responsible trades will blossom in the next three years alone. And
jobs will pop up at every income level, from chief sustainability
officer to "green" maintenance supervisor. A few job titles poised
for growth include:
•
green product designer -- designs products that
use less energy and raw materials to produce and consume less energy
and resources to use.
•
energy rating auditor -- performs a
comprehensive analysis of a building's energy efficiency. An energy
retrofitter can use an auditor's recommendations to create more
efficient home heating and cooling systems for existing buildings.
•
environmental manager
-- coordinates management of organization's environmental
performance to protect and conserve natural resources.
•
biological systems engineer -- designs,
manages, and develops systems and equipment that produce, package,
process, and distribute the world's food and fiber supplies.
•
permaculture specialist -- analyzes land use
and community building to create a harmonious blend of buildings,
microclimate, plants, animals, soils, and water.
•
urban arborist -- a landscaper or greenskeeper
with an understanding of conservation and renewable resources.
In addition,
professionals will find opportunities by adding green to their skill
sets, from accountants who can
manage corporate carbon emission
offsets, to zookeepers who must maintain environmentally
sensitive and ecologically friendly animal habitats.
More
Growth on the Horizon
Part of the growth in green collar jobs will come
from government initiatives: The U.S. House of
Representatives recently passed the Green
Jobs Act of 2007 that would provide $125 million annually to
train people for green vocational fields that offer living wages and
upward mobility for low-income communities.
In the
private sector, Bank of America
launched a $20 billion initiative to
support environmentally sustainable business activity to address
global climate change, and Citigroup plans to commit $50 billion to environmental
projects over the next decade.
With that
kind of rapid growth, supply and demand is likely to be unbalanced
for a while. "If you look at jobs in solar, wind and renewable
energy management, there are very few people with the right training
and this could lead to a serious labor shortage," said Rona Fried,
president of sustainablebusiness.com, a news and networking service
for growing sustainable businesses.
Get in on
the Action
For anyone
considering a green collar-career path, consider:
•
Can your current job be 'greened'? An employer
who values you may be willing to train you to include skills to meet
the goals of the company's green initiatives.
•
Can you go back to school? An increasing number of
colleges are offering environmental studies programs and green MBAs.
•
Do you already have the skills? Start on eco
job boards, and check out sustainablebusiness.com, ecojobs.com,
greenbiz.com, and treehugger.com.
As in
traditional careers, personal connections help in finding a green-collar job. Volunteering for an
eco-friendly organization could help build those connections while
doing some good for the planet.
Monday, March 17,
2008
Carbon
Credit Program
Farmers Union’s Carbon Credit
Program
allows ag producers and landowners to earn income by storing carbon
in their soil through no-till crop production,
conversion of cropland to grass,
sustainable management of native rangelands and
tree plantings on previously non-forested or
degraded land. In addition, the capture of methane
from anaerobic manure digester systems can also earn carbon
credits.
Farmers Union has earned approval from the Chicago Climate Exchange to aggregate carbon offsets (carbon credits)
and sell them on behalf of producers. Farmers Union enrolls producer acreage into blocks of
marketable offsets that are traded on the Exchange, much like other
agricultural commodities are sold. Proceeds from the sales are then
forwarded to producers as each pool of carbon credits is marketed.
National Farmers Union’s Carbon Credit Program earned more than $2.5
million for producers in its first year of
operation.
No-till crop production offsets are eligible
in most central and eastern states. Seeded grass acres can be
enrolled in most states and managed native rangeland offsets are
offered mostly in central and western states. Maps are available on
this Web site that show eligible states and counties. They are
automatically programmed into the enrollment system and payment
estimator. Forestry and agricultural methane projects also are
available in every state.
Farmers Union is beginning a new enrollment period for
no/till, seeded grass and rangeland acres. New contracts will run
from 2008 through 2012. A bonus year of 2007 can be earned if the
enrollment is completed by next summer’s deadline (date to be
announced) and if the practice was started in 2007 or prior years.
In specific cases, rangeland may be eligible for prior years’
credits as well.
The soils carbon offsets enrollments are done
online only. Producers provide land descriptions or map designations
for the land they enroll in the program. The entered information is
then transferred directly into Farmers Union’s database. Producers
then follow up by sending in FSA 578 forms that detail their
cropland acres, pasture descriptions, grazing plans for range acres
and current maps. Producers also remit a signed contract. It is
necessary for producers to have a valid e-mail address, as well as a
post office address, for communication and verification
purposes.
Forestry and agricultural methane offsets are
also available, but only sample contracts and applications are
available online. These individual projects will require producers
or landowners to send in all materials by mail. Pooling,
verification and marketing of carbon offsets will
follow.
For More
Information:
carboncredit@ndfu.org
Dale
Enerson - (800)366-8331 ext.116 or Liz Mathern - (800)366-8331
ext.154
October 18, 2007 -- 16:30 ET
Grab the “green”
real-estate boom
Real-estate
moguls know there's good money in environment-friendly buildings.
Here's how the little guy can play, too
By Fast Company
If the
workplace is any indication, you could almost believe corporate
America really cares
about the environment.
Goldman
Sachs (GS, news, msgs), Hearst, IBM Corp. (IBM, news, msgs), JPMorgan Chase (JPM, news, msgs) and Toyota Motor (TM, news, msgs) all have made the
move into "green" buildings.
Bank of
America (BAC, news, msgs) plans to build a
52-story eco-skyscraper near New York's Times Square, and
Accenture (ACN, news, msgs) has leased green
office space throughout the country.
Sustainable
construction is one of the fastest-growing segments of the
already-red-hot commercial-building industry. An estimated 5% of all
new U.S. commercial
construction received the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification last year.
And by 2010, 10% of all new commercial construction will be
sustainable, according to McGraw-Hill's (MHP, news, msgs) 2006 Smart Market
report. (The green trend in home construction is still in its
infancy, although that's bound to change.)
Existing
construction is getting an eco-lift too. Developers such as Hines
and the Durst Organization, and some real-estate investment trusts
(REITs), are snapping up half-empty office buildings and renovating
them according to green standards. That can often bring 3% higher
rents and a 7.5% increase in a building's value, according to the
McGraw-Hill report.
On average,
green buildings save 10% of utility costs each year -- and sometimes
much more. Genzyme's (GENZ, news, msgs) corporate
headquarters in Cambridge, Mass., spends 42% less on energy and uses
34% less water than a similar traditional building would. Even more
important, as sustainable materials and technology improve, green
construction will become more cost-effective, says Charles Lockwood,
an environmental and real-estate consultant in Southern California
and New
York.
More
from MSN Money and Fast Company
So how do
individual investors get in on this latest real-estate boom? The
easiest opportunities may lie in REITs that have made a substantial
commitment to new or renovated green buildings. In a sign of just
how hot this phenomenon is, however, two of the biggest, greenest
REITs, Arden Realty and Equity Office Properties Trust, have been
swallowed up by GE Real Estate and Blackstone Group,
respectively.
But there are
still promising names out there. Liberty Property
Trust (LRY, news, msgs) has 21 green
buildings in its portfolio of about 700 properties and says that
number will rise quickly as the trust renovates more of its existing
properties and takes on more new green projects. Liberty has
enjoyed the nice run-up that all REITs had in the past year thanks
to the strong commercial-building market. But Fauzia Rashid, a
co-manager of Fred Alger Management's Spectra Green Fund (SPEGX), expects Liberty's
green investment will help it continue to perform well even if
commercial building starts to slow down.
Video
on MSN Money
If you've got the
patience, companies that specialize in energy efficiency are your
best bet among environmental stocks, says MSN Money's Jim Jubak.
They aren't as flashy as uranium or ethanol stocks, so prices are
still reasonable.
For investors
who get a bit woozy at the thought of betting solely on the vagaries
of the commercial-real-estate market, a mutual fund with
green-building holdings might be the safer way to go. The Spectra
Green Fund, unlike many of its socially conscious counterparts, has
consistently outperformed the Russell 3000 for the past three years.
The fund, which
among other things invests in clean-energy stocks, is putting a
small percentage of its assets in green REITs. Rashid also likes to
invest in the building segment through the back door, focusing on
the supply and equipment manufacturers that green builders rely on,
such as Johnson
Controls (JCI, news, msgs), the maker of devices
that measure and monitor energy output. At about $96 a share,
Johnson Controls has jumped in the neighborhood of 40% in the past
year. And that's a nice neighborhood to be in.
This
article was reported and written by Walecia Konrad for Fast
Company.
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