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Green buildings are designed, built, renovated, or reused to be environmentally responsible and economically beneficial, and to provide healthy living and work spaces. Sustainable energy, a key element of Green Buildings is clean, renewable, reliable, and unlimited. It ensures energy supplies for future generations.
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Saves Energy
Energy efficient structures reduce the amount of electricity required and use electricity more cost-effectively. A good "building envelope", for example, protects the interior from external elements such as mositure and temperature, and prevents leakage of heat or cooled air from the building. |
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Creates Energy
Energy sources that constantly renew themselves or are practically inexhaustible include the sun and wind. Systems that use these resources to generate energy, such as photovoltaic and thermal solar energy systems minimize dependence on fossil fuel energy sources. They provide reliable on site energy generation. |
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Ensures Healthy Environments
Systems and materials used reduce or eliminate hazards such as volatile organic chemicals. |
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Energy Production
and Energy Conservation
While there's much focus on energy production using renewable resources such as the sun, minimizing the amount of energy consumed is also important.
"Megawatt" energy production needs can be replaced with "megawatt" principles for energy conservation.
These solutions can be applied in new construction as well as existing buildings. Reducing energy consumption - and your energy $ cost - is often the first step and the most cost effective solution. |
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