The Art and Economics of Building Green March 11, 2011

Building green is seen as a way to reduce operating expenses and help recruit and retain quality workers in a competitive economy. Globally, there is a heightened demand for green building practices in public and private sectors. This seminar focuses on the many facets of building green. To lay a solid foundation, the fundamentals of building green are discussed seeking to answer such questions as what we mean by building green, why we should bother, and how it is done. Links between sustainability and climate change are explored, as well as the art of building green that incorporates unique systems and forms that evolve from sustainable design practice, process, void, symbiosis, infrastructure, and post-industrial urbanism. Also addressed are the economics of building green, with emphasis on both the value of major policy-based incentives and the increasing reality of market-driven demand. Case studies of public, commercial, and residential projects are shared.

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