in our NEW "Green Building Solution"
Online Forum...What Makes a Building Green?
A green building, also known as a sustainable building, is a structure that is designed, built, renovated, operated, or reused in an ecological and resource-efficient manner. Green buildings are designed to meet certain objectives such as protecting occupant health; improving employee productivity; using energy, water, and other resources more efficiently; and reducing the overall impact to the environment.
What Are the Economic Benefits of Green Buildings?
A green building may cost more up front, but saves through lower operating costs over the life of the building. The green building approach applies a project life cycle cost analysis for determining the appropriate up-front expenditure. This analytical method calculates costs over the useful life of the asset.
These and other cost savings can only be fully realized when they are incorporated at the project's conceptual design phase with the assistance of an integrated team of professionals. The integrated systems approach ensures that the building is designed as one system rather than a collection of stand-alone systems.
For more information on Green Building Solutions and the use of Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF) to provide solid, sensible solutions for energy efficient construction, we invite you to visit www.NHICF.net.
Green Building Solutions is a division of NHICF. Contact us at:
Kent Ruesswick • 99 Old Tilton Road • Canterbury, NH 03224 • 603-731-8863
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