ATLANTA — There are green plans ahead for the majority offinancial institutions.

According to the 2008 IBT Market Pulse Survey: A DifferentShade of Green, some 73% of financial institution executivessay they plan to build new or undergo a major remodel of anexisting branch in the next 12-24 months and the majority say greeninitiatives are important.

The study finds that 58% of financial institutions are planningnew building projects, and of that group more than 75% areconsidering the use of green building materials and practices. Some76% of executives planning new building projects say energyefficiency considerations are very important to their institutions,followed closely by indoor air quality (72%) and indoor work place(61%).

When asked which features financial institutions most want toincorporate in new and existing branches, executives tended tofocus on ways they can further deliver services to their clientele.The majority of the group said adding ATMs (69%), educational orcommunity-oriented marketing (59%), investment services (56%) andtechnology/Internet kiosks (56%) were of most interest to them.