What is GREEN Building?

When you think Green building, think high performance home with increased efficiencies and lower operating costs.

• Increase the efficiency in which buildings use resources — energy, water, and materials.

• Reduce building impact on health and the environment, through better siting, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and removal — the complete building life cycle.

• Improve public and occupant health due to improved indoor air quality.

• Appearance and style of sustainable buildings need not be distinguishable from their less sustainable counterparts.

• Achieve not only ecological but aesthetic harmony between a structure and the surrounding natural and built environment.