What is Green Building?
Green is a buzzword these days that is loosely applied to mean “eco-friendly,” although installing environmentally friendly products and building materials is only a small piece of Green Building. Green building is the practice of increasing the efficiency with which buildings use resources — energy, water, and materials — while reducing a building’s impacts on human health and the environment during the building's lifecycle. Green building incorporates practices such as ensuring that a building maintains a healthy indoor air environment, equipping buildings with efficient mechanical systems, reducing waste, installing a robust and continuous thermal barrier (high quality insulation, windows and doors), using sustainable practices and materials, and incorporating intelligent design.
