More than $1Trillion Invested In Green Development

January 13, 2010 on 12:02 am | In Fascinating Information, Green, Market Trends, Statistics, Uncategorized, World, all |

More than $1Trillion Invested In Green Development

By Jodi Summers

Did you know that Toyota, Boeing and Samsung have each invested more than $4 billion in green technology? They’re part of a growing trend. Experts say that more than $1.248 trillion has been invested in green projects since 2007. Tallies are now available from the Global Climate Prosperity Scoreboard, which tracks private investment in companies growing the green economy globally.

This newly calculated number shows $1,248,740,645,993.00 in total investment in solar, wind, geothermal, ocean/hydro, energy efficiency and storage, and agriculture  since 2007. The details indicate how investors and entrepreneurs are leading governments in promoting sustainable growth.

The scoreboard, posted by Ethical Markets Media and The Climate Prosperity Alliance

indicates which investments have been publicly announced and committed by major companies for 2010 and beyond. For example, the Egyptian company Desertec, is behind a 400 billion Euro plan to power Europe with sunlight from North Africa and the Middle East. If their project goes as planned, Desertec could supply 15 percent of Europe’s power needs by 2050.

“Private capital investment is now leading globally in promoting technological innovation and resource efficiency that will accelerate environmentally and socially sustainable industrial growth and economic development throughout the world,” noted Dr. Marc A. Weiss, Chairman and CEO of Global Urban Development and Chair of the Climate Prosperity Alliance.

The Climate Prosperity Alliance uses the Climate Solutions 2 computer model of Australia’s Climate Risk Party, concludes that if $1 trillion is invested every year for the next 10 years can assure the global transition to sustainable prosperity and job growth.

Check out the Global Climate Prosperity Scoreboard @ http://www.ethicalmarkets.com/wp-content/uploads/Global-Climate-Prosperity-Scoreboard.pdf

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  1. Hi Jodi,

    I know this email is out of the blue, but I just posted an article on my blog entitled “*50 Must-Read Green Engineering Blogs*”
    http://toponlineengineeringdegree.com?page_id=98 . Anyway I figured I’d bring it to your attention in case you thought it interesting enough to drop
    a quick mention on your site about it as I’m trying to increase readership of my blog.

    Comment by Betty Jones — February 6, 2010 #

  2. The article, “Risk of LEED Decertification Looms Large for Real Estate,” stated that “… a little known provision in LEED 2009, which allows LEED certifications to be challenged and removed at any time after they have been certified, presents a threat to all existing and future LEED 2009-certified projects.”

    “The idea that there is this new thing call decertification is inaccurate,” says Scot Horst, USGBC’s senior vice president for LEED. “The way LEED works is we have a rating system; you send us information about your project, and we certify to that. But let’s say that there was someone out there who lied about the prerequisite information or unintentionally provided inaccurate information. We have always had a policy to go back and say this wasn’t what it was represented to be. That is nothing new.”

    Potential ramifications of not meeting LEED’s prerequisites include losing a credit and potentially dropping to a lower LEED certification level. The only way you would ever lose a certification that you’ve already been awarded is if you didn’t meet the prerequisites of the system; USGBC currently does not evaluate or monitor the ongoing operations of a building, Horst adds.

    Comment by MULTIFAMILY EXECUTIVE 2010 — February 18, 2010 #

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  4. According to the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), the country is all set to become the global leader by 2015 with over 1 billion sq ft of green building footprint.

    “Until 2007 January, there were only 40 green buildings registered by the IGBC, of which only four were certified. We now have 532 green buildings registered, of which 77 have been certified (Of these 532, around 350 are commercial buildings and the rest are residential). Mumbai is the forerunner, followed by Chennai and then Bengaluru” aver-red Dr Prem C. Jain, chairman, IGBC.

    Comment by Deccan Chronicle — May 22, 2010 #

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