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To Help Save Money and Resources Down the Road, a Growing Number of Americans Are Willing to Pay More Now for Energy-Efficient and Less-Wasteful Infrastructure
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NEWLY RELEASED FIGURES FROM H-N-T-B CORPORATION'S LATEST
"AMERICA THINKS" SURVEY SHOW THAT 64-PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS ARE
WILLING TO PAY MORE, TODAY, FOR NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S
ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND LESS WASTEFUL--IN ORDER TO SAVE BOTH MONEY AND
RESOURCES, IN THE FUTURE. THAT'S UP FROM 58-PERCENT, IN NOVEMBER.
AND, 96-PERCENT OF AMERICANS NOW AGREE THAT ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION SHOULD
TAKE SUSTAINABILITY INTO CONSIDERATION. H-N-T-B'S URBAN-DESIGN-
AND PLANNING-CHAIR, DAVID WENZEL, HAS MORE...
(WENZEL):
"WHETHER IT'S ON THE TRANSPORTATION-INFRASTRUCTURE- OR
BUILDINGS-SIDE OF OUR BUSINESS, WE'RE FINDING THAT SUSTAINABILITY HAS
BECOME A REQUIREMENT, FOR MANY OF OUR CLIENTS. PARTICULARLY WITH
LARGE, COMPLEX PROJECTS, OUR CLIENTS ARE GRAPPLING WITH UNDERSTANDING
THIS ISSUE--AS THEY FORESEE NEW LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL MANDATES, ON
THE HORIZON. MANY IN THE INDUSTRY BELIEVE THAT A 'SEA CHANGE'
IS COMING, IN THE MANNER THAT AMERICA MOVES PEOPLE AND GOODS.
AND, THE GENERAL-PUBLIC SEEMS TO AGREE WITH THEM."
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THE SURVEY ALSO FINDS THAT 47-PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE
IN THEIR AREA WILL BE USING PUBLIC-TRANSIT MUCH MORE OFTEN, WITHIN FIVE
YEARS--AND 56-PERCENT THINK THAT IT WILL HAPPEN, WITHIN 20 YEARS.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE SURVEY, VISIT
"H-N-T-B"-DOT-COM.
