AIA Surveys Show Green Building on the Rise

AIA Consensus Construction Forecast

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) released two surveys in January 2007, both pointing to growing interest in green building. The first, “Business in Architecture: 2006 Firm Survey,” found that 34% of firms surveyed characterized some of their nonresidential projects as green, adding up to 14% of their projects by dollar value. About a third of those projects were certified in the LEED^® Rating System, less than 5% of projects by dollar value. In addition, 25% of firms surveyed had completed new green residential projects, and 22% had completed green residential remodeling projects. The second report, the quarterly “

Home Design Trends Survey,” did not ask about green building specifically but found that residential architects were seeing a rise in the number of requests for high-density, mixed-use development with easy access to transportation, shopping, and public services. The results of both surveys are available at www.aia.org/aiarchitect (January 5, 2007 and December 15, 2006 issues).