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According to the 2008 report Green Building in North America, published by the Montreal-based organization Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), green building accounts for approximately two per cent of the new non-residential building market in the U.S. Though the number is small, it says green building has grown significantly in recent years and is expected to increase almost five-fold (between 5 and 10 per cent) by 2010. The report acknowledges that similar comprehensive surveys of Canada’s green construction have not been conducted, but says it is generally accepted that Canada’s green building trends are comparable to the U.S.
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