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What is the Green Building?
A green building is a structure that is designed, built, improved, operated in an resource efficient manner. Green buildings are designed to protect and save energy cost, health, improve employee productivity by using energy, water, and other resources more efficiently, and reducing the overall impact to the environment.
%18 of the world's fresh water withdrawals,
%25 of the world’s wood harvest,
%30 of material and energy flows.
Building "green" is an opportunity to use our resources efficiently while creating healthier buildings that improve human health, build a better environment, and provide cost savings.
A green building may cost more up front, but saves through lower operating costs over the life of the building. Some benefits, such as improving occupant health, comfort, productivity, reducing pollution are not easily quantified.
Green Home Improvements
Improvements that will cut your energy bill, improve health, comfort, productivity, reduce pollution and save environment
Low cost green home improvements
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Air sealing (calking exterior doors, windows and moldings, weather stripping exterior doors) Save up to
Air sealing (calking exterior doors, windows and moldings, weather stripping exterior doors) Save up to •Wrap Hot Water Heater with Insulation Blanket
Wrap Hot Water Heater with Insulation Blanket•Water conservation
Water conservation •Faucet aerator
Faucet aerator•Low flow toilets
Low flow toilets•Solar power roof vents
Solar power roof vents •Programmable Thermostat
Programmable Thermostat•Efficient CFL light bulbs
Efficient CFL light bulbs•Dimmer switches
Dimmer switches•Exterior motion sensors
Exterior motion sensors•More Attic Insulation
More Attic Insulation•Electrical outlets insulation
Electrical outlets insulation•Add a ceiling fan
Add a ceiling fan•Insulate hot water lines and air ducts
Insulate hot water lines and air ducts•Sun Tubes
Sun TubesMore expensive green home improvements
•Tank less Water Heater
Tank less Water Heater•Energy efficient windows and doors
Energy efficient windows and doors•Bamboo Flooring
Bamboo Flooring•Recycled building materials
Recycled building materials•Low VOC Paint
Low VOC Paint•Solar Roof Panels
Solar Roof Panels•Wind turbines
Wind turbines•Radiant heat
Radiant heat•Geothermal systems
Geothermal systems•Solar water heaters
Solar water heatersBuilding green
Building "green" is an opportunity to use our resources efficiently, while creating healthier buildings that improve human health, better environment, and provide cost savings.
What Makes it Green?
A green building, is a structure that is designed, built or renovated in an ecological and resource-efficient way. 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?
Some of the benefits, such as improving occupant health, reducing pollution and waste are not easily estimates.
Even with a tight budget, many green building measures can be incorporated with minimal up-front costs and they can give big savings in energy cost and residents health.
Green building practices
Water Efficiency
Install hot water heating systems for more distant locations.Use recirculating systems for centralized hot water distribution.Minimize wastewater by using ultra low-flush toilets, low-flow shower heads.Dual plumbing to use recycled water for toilet flushing or a gray water system that recovers rainwater.
Materials Efficiency
Reused construction materials, low toxicity, high recyclability, durability,and local production.Reuse and recycle construction and demolition materials.
Energy Efficiency
Building shape and orientation, solar design, and the use of natural lighting. Install high-efficiency lighting systems with dim lighting controls. Include motion sensors, dimmable lighting controls. Use a properly sized and energy-efficient heat/cooling system .Light colors for roofing and wall finish materials; install high R-value wall and ceiling nsulation;Use less windows on east and west side.Minimize the electric loads from lighting and equipment.Alternative energy sources. Renewable energy sources.
Some Facts
- About 80% of the world's forests are gone.
- The USA has less than 4% of the forests left.
- 40% of world waterways are undrinkable.
- The US has 5% of the world's population and 30% of the wolds waste.
- Food with highest level of contaminants is mother's milk.
- About 200,000 people a day are moving to cities from environments that no longer support them.
- US industry admits to about 4 billion pounds of toxic pollution released a year.
- Average American creates about 4.5 lbs. garbage a day .
- About 99% of all those things we buy are not in use after 6 months.
- The amount of wood and paper we throw away each year is enough to heat 50 million homes for 20 years.
- We throw away enough paper to build a wall 12 feet high from LA to New York.
- Low-flow toilets and showerheads can save the average household about 30 gallons of water each day.
- American food travels about 1200 miles from farmer to consumer, on average.
- In one day the sun gives more energy than our current population would use in 30 years
- About 75,000 chemicals are now in use. Less than 10% has been tested for the threats they pose to humans and wildlife.
Green day event at PNC bank
