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綠建築漸成主流 市場規模上看20億美元

2007年03月29日
摘譯自2007年3月26日ENS密蘇里,聖路易報導;林盈秀編譯;莫聞審校

綠建築逐漸成為房屋的主流。根據26日一份關於購屋者滿意度調查結果,購買綠建築的民眾,多滿意這項投資,有85%的買家表示,比起先前的傳統住家,綠建築住起來更舒適。報告指出,有63%的綠建築買家是因較低的維運費而購買──費用低是因為綠建築的能源與資源使用效率較高;有近50%的人為環境關懷考量及家人健康因素所吸引。

美國國家綠建築研討會24日在聖路易開幕,全美住宅建築商協會(NAHB)及美國麥格羅──希爾建築資訊公司在會中發表該研究的初步結果。

全美住宅建築商協會綠建築委員會主席湯傑(Rey Tonjes)表示,能源使用效率、水及資源保護、永續或可回收產品,及室內的空氣品質,都是房屋建築每天使用過程要綜合考量的,他指出,綠建築逐漸成為房屋的主流。

全美住宅建築商協會經濟工作團隊的一項新發現,也支持這個研究結果,他們發現最近用綠建築改建房屋的比例有增加的趨勢。麥格羅—希爾建築資訊公司的研究發現,有大約40%的人最近使用綠色產品及材料,進行房屋重建與整修。

調查還指出,全美目前僅有0.3%的建築是真正採用綠色材料搭建,它們使用數種不同的綠建築設計和產品,這顯示出綠建築房屋市場大約有20億美元的價值。超過60%調查對象指出,消費者意識、額外的費用和房屋取得不易,是使綠建築市場佔有率擴大的障礙。

Green Homebuyers Motivated by Lower Operating Costs
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, March 26, 2007 (ENS)

People who have purchased green homes say they are happy with their investments, with 85 percent saying they are more satisfied than they were with their previous, traditionally built homes, according to a home buyer survey released today.

The National Association of Home Builders, NAHB, and McGraw-Hill Construction, which conducted the research, released preliminary results of the findings at the annual National Green Building Conference that opened Sunday in St. Louis.

The survey found that that 63 percent of buyers are motivated by the lower operating and maintenance costs that come with homes that are energy and resource efficient. Nearly 50 percent said they are motivated by environmental concerns and their family's health.

Energy efficiency, water and resource conservation, sustainable or recycled products, and indoor air quality are increasingly incorporated into the everyday process of home building, Tonjes noted, demonstrating that green building is increasingly going mainstream.

The new survey also backs up recent finding by the NAHB Economics staff that interest in green remodeling continues to grow.About 40 percent of those who have recently completed home remodeling or renovation work in their homes reported that they used green products or materials, the McGraw-Hill Construction research found.

The survey found that 0.3 percent of all existing United States homes are truly green - constructed using several different green building design features and products - a market sized at approximately $2 billion. More than 60 percent of those surveyed say that consumer awareness, additional costs and the limited availability of homes are obstacles to green homes gaining a bigger market share.

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作者

林盈秀

林盈秀,財務金融系畢業,曾任職於綠建築顧問公司。2019年獲得台達電英國環境獎學金後,於英國里茲大學攻讀企業永續碩士。目前研究主題為永續金融與氣候金融。