| Green building is a phrase which refers to the | | | | show the extent or levels to which green building |
| implementation and use of environmentally-friendly | | | | exists in the marketplace. |
| practices and materials in the location, design, | | | | Applying Green Building Concepts Help Create |
| construction, operation and disposal of buildings | | | | Superior Work Environments |
| and homes. | | | | It's a fact that buildings and structures created |
| This noble concept applies to both renovation and | | | | using green building principles have a lesser |
| retrofitting of existing buildings and construction of | | | | negative impact on the environment than |
| new buildings, whether residential or commercial, | | | | conventional buildings. Applying |
| public or private. The trend for creating greener | | | | environment-friendly construction methods help in |
| buildings and structures is now viewed as an | | | | minimizing the use of natural resources by using |
| important instrument for positive change in the | | | | alternative building materials, and also recycles |
| building industry. | | | | construction waste rather than sending these to |
| Building Green Helps To Improve The Overall | | | | landfills. |
| Quality Of Life | | | | Majority of a green building's interior spaces are |
| By continuously improving the process of locating, | | | | also equipped with natural lighting and outdoor |
| designing, building, operating and retrofitting | | | | views, efficient heating, ventilating, and |
| buildings and homes, developers and policy makers | | | | air-conditioning systems, as well as in using |
| would do a lot in improving the well-being of the | | | | low-VOC (volatile organic compound) materials like |
| community. The use of advanced energy-saving | | | | paint, flooring, and furniture to create a superior |
| technologies applied in buildings could in effect | | | | and much healthier indoor air quality. |
| result in considerable reductions in demand for | | | | Just a few years ago, the term "green building" |
| fossil fuels and emissions of greenhouse gases. | | | | would generally evoke visions of tree-hugging, |
| Implementing more-improved design and building | | | | granola-munching individual who walks barefoot |
| practices can also aid in addressing environmental | | | | and sleeps on straw mats. These days however, |
| concerns like natural resource depletion, sewage | | | | the term goes beyond the usual hype, and offers |
| and waste disposal, as well as air, water, and soil | | | | developers and home builders concrete benefits |
| pollution. The concepts behind green building can | | | | like lower overhead costs, increased employee |
| also help assist the gains in human health and | | | | productivity, less absenteeism, and better |
| prosperity. | | | | employee attraction and retention. |
| However, despite the huge potentials for | | | | Being green is not simply about attaining more |
| transformation, going green in building homes and | | | | respect; however it's rapidly becoming a necessity |
| structures still represents a small percentage of | | | | for large firms as well, which would help in pushing |
| building in North America. Some estimate that | | | | green building concepts fully into the mainstream |
| green building currently accounts for just around | | | | within the coming years. Financial institutions and |
| two percent of the new non-residential building | | | | investors soon will also be using new valuation |
| segment in the US, and 0.3 percent of the | | | | methodologies to quantify vital green building |
| residential market. In Canada, green building trends | | | | factors like productivity and long-term life cycle |
| are generally thought to be similar to those in the | | | | costs when verifying and analyzing real estate |
| US, while in Mexico, there are no reliable figures to | | | | values as well. |