Green building is a hot topic these days. According to the U.S. Green Building Council, the annual U.S. market in green building products and services is now over $12 billion dollars, with more than 3 billion square feet of building space involved with the LEED program (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design).

The December issue of Environmental Design+Construction magazine (67,000 pass-along readership) gathers industry leaders to address the past, present, and future of green building issues in their annual Sustainable Perspectives series. Playa Viva developer David Leventhal was asked to reflect on the future of green building.

We encourage you to read his article – Participatory Green Building is Regenerative.