Green Building movement sweeping the country
“Pepsi Co. Facility Goes Green, Gets Gold”. “PNC Bank is in the Green”. ” Buildings Go Green to Save Energy”. “New Standard to Bring Green Building Practices to the Mainstream”.
Headlines from coast to coast are heralding the tidal wave of green building. Until recently the domain of environmentalists, academics, scientists, government agencies and a minority of building professionals, the green building movement now counts developers, building owners, property managers and business executives among its adherents. The reason – as recently expressed by a developer client – “It’s good business”.
Three fundamental elements of green building define “good business”:
Economic. Studies of high performance green buildings show:
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