by Brianna Crandall — October 3, 2014—Buildings account for about 40 percent of energy consumption and carbon emissions, reminds Lux Research. Green building technologies can reduce this environmental footprint significantly, but a lack of reliable information about available technologies is holding back adoption, opines the firm. To address this need, Lux Research recently announced a collaboration with Professor Richard Freeman at the Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities (HCGBC) to develop a database of green building innovations.
Richard Freeman holds the Herbert Ascherman Chair in Economics at Harvard University, directs the Science Engineering Workforce Project at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and is co-director of the HCGBC. The Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities (HCGBC) aims to transform the building industry through a commitment to design-centric strategy that directly links research outcomes to the development of new processes, systems, and products.
In order to create this Green Building Innovations Database, Lux Research will draw on its extensive knowledge of the green buildings space including 300 companies under its coverage, as well as its recently launched Green Buildings Tracker, a comprehensive database of floor space compliant with 19 major green building standards across 95 countries.
“Understanding how innovative Green Building technologies can help mitigate challenges posed by rapid urbanization will advance the global construction industry and inform prominent city policymakers,” said Dennis Philbin, CEO of Lux Research. “We are delighted to use this collaboration with HCGBC to bring the best research on Green Buildings to a broader audience.”
