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1. What Should You Know About
Green Building?
• A green building is an
environmentally sustainable building,
designed, constructed and operated
to minimise the total environmental
impacts.
• It is not something odd or unusual
like many of the publicized rarities
(straw bale, rammed earth,
composting toilets, greywater, etc.)
• Green Building is about educating
consumers about what they are
buying and teaching them to
understand that they have choices
• Green Building can be done at every
budget level

4. THE BENEFITS OF
GREENBUILDING TOWARDS
OUR FUTURE CITY
TO THE ENVIRONMENT:
• Greenhouse gas reduction
• Improved water quality
• Solid waste reduction
• Resource conservation
• Improved air quality
TO BUILDERS:
• Lower waste disposal cost
• More efficient use of materials
• Higher quality standard
• Happier clients
• Unique marketing potential
TO OWNERS:
• Healthier/more productive
• living/working environment
• Reduced maintenance costs
• Lower utility bills
• Possibility of increased resale value

5. TO OUR LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS:
• Preserve local quality of life
• Economic Development
• Demonstrating leadership