House building
techniques that promote building
efficiencies. prudent use of resources,
durability in component products, and sound
environmental concepts and strategies.
Green building is the practice of
increasing the efficiency with which
buildings use resources;
energy, water, and materials
- while reducing building impacts on
human health and the environment, through
better sitting, design, construction,
operation, maintenance, and removal
- the complete
building life cycle.
The related concepts of sustainable
development and sustainability are integral
to green building. Effective green building
can lead to 1) reduced operating costs
by increasing productivity and using less
energy and water, 2) improved public and
occupant health due to improved indoor
air quality, and 3) reduced environmental
impacts by, for example, lessening storm
water runoff and the heat island effect.
Practitioners of green building often seek
to achieve not only ecological but aesthetic
harmony between a structure and its
surrounding natural and built environment,
although the appearance and style of
sustainable buildings is not necessarily
distinguishable from their less sustainable
counterparts.
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