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LEED Rating For Ready Refeence
LEED Rating For Ready Refeence
LEED Rating For Ready Refeence
Conserve natural
resources
Benefits of Green Building
Economic benefits:
Reduce operating costs
Improve employee
productivity and
satisfaction
Optimize life-cycle
economic performance
Benefits of Green Building
Health and community
benefits:
Improve air, thermal, and
acoustic environments
Enhance occupant comfort
and health
Minimize strain on local
infrastructure
Contribute to overall
quality of life
What will green cost?
The most common reason for not incorporating green
elements into building designs is the increase in first cost
Reasonable levels of sustainable design can be
incorporated into most building types at little or no
additional cost.
Sustainable materials and systems are becoming more
affordable, sustainable design elements are becoming
widely accepted in the mainstream of project design, and
building owners and tenants are beginning to demand
and value those features.
However, advanced or innovative sustainable features
can add significantly to the cost of a project and must be
valued independently to ensure that they are cost-
and/or environmentally effective.
What will green cost?
The cost for incorporating sustainable design elements
will depend greatly on a wide range of factors, including
building type, project location, local climate, site
conditions, and the familiarity of the project team with
sustainable design.
In most cases, these factors have a relatively small
but still noticeable impact on the overall cost of
sustainability.
Cumulatively, however, they can make quite a
difference
Core and shell covers base building Works to set up a synergistic relationship,
elements such as structure, envelope which allows future tenants to capitalize
and the HVAC system on green strategies implemented by the
developer
LEED for Schools
Recognizes the unique nature
of school spaces and childrens
health issues
Purposes:
Reduce urban sprawl
Encourage healthy living
Protect threatened species