The 52-page “Green Jobs Study,” produced by the USGBC and the consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), was released recently at the Greenbuild International Conference & Expo, held November 11 to 13 in Phoenix, . About $554 billion will be spent between 2009 and 2013 on construction of buildings that have multiple sustainable features or are LEED-certified. It will take 7.9 million jobs to create these buildings, according to the report.

“The study demonstrates that investing...