According to a report mentioned on Sustainable Life Media, there is tremendous growth in the clean energy field. From their site -

“Global markets for biofuels, wind power, solar photovoltaics, and fuel cells jumped 40% last year to a total of $77.3 billion. If the current growth rates continue, these four key sectors are expected to more than triple over the next ten years to a total of $254.5 billion by 2017, according to a new report from research firm Clean Edge.

Biofuels, wind, and solar were the biggest winners, with revenues topping $20 billion each for the first time last year.

One key factor that will continue to boost clean-energy markets in the coming year is the growing interest in green building. Increasingly, residential homes and commercial facilities are being designed and built according to sustainability principles, according to the report.

“Amid last year’s plummeting housing prices, rising foreclosure rates, and record high oil prices, clean energy continued to provide a bright spot in an otherwise sluggish economy,” says Clean Edge co-founder and principal Ron Pernick.

Venture capital investment in clean technologies spiked 43% last year, according Dow Jones VentureSource.”

Download the report here

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Apparently the new owners of treehugger.com were feeling some internal rumblings to turn the mammoth building into something a little more treehugger-ish. According to another article by our friend Lloyd over at treehugger, the Discovery HQ in Silver Spring, MD just achieved LEED platinum certification. The building “is one of only nine LEED platinum existing buildings in the USA, and got it for new lighting, HVAC controls that minimize off-peak use, a “top to bottom effort to become carbon neutral through the use of carbon offsets and wind power renewable energy certificates, and a robust employee engagement program to challenge and motivate employees to become involved in recycling and reduction programs.” Discovery now saves over 24,000 gallons of water annually and reduces carbon emissions by more than 260 tons each year.