{"id":3724,"date":"2018-11-08T11:31:36","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T16:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/resources_pages\/world-green-building-trends-2018\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T15:13:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T19:13:56","slug":"world-green-building-trends-2018","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/resource\/world-green-building-trends-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"World Green Building and Construction Trends 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This SmartMarket report is the fourth in a series examining green building trends globally, including unique data from 19 countries. 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