Green Building Design

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Green Building Design

• Shawn Dalton

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What Is green building?

• Green building is the practice of increasing the
  efficiency with which buildings and their sites
  use and harvest energy, water, and materials, and
  reducing building impacts on human health and the
  environment, through better siting, design,
  construction, operation, maintenance, and removal
  the complete building life cycle.

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Example construction
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Example gray water system
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Examples images
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Principles of green building

• Siting
• Energy efficiency and renewable energy resources
• Environmental impact
• Resource conservation
• Indoor air quality
• Community issues

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Benefits of green building

• Human health and well-being
• Energy efficiency (i.e. climate change
  mitigation)
• Reduced resource use
• Cost-effective