Cost benefits of building green

Abstract

Not just a building style, sustainable development is a design, construction, and lifestyle philosophy with both tangible and intangible benefits. Benefits from lifecycle cost savings on utility costs and maintenance costs make building green especially attractive to owners, and certain aspects of sustainable design mirror value engineering principles in right-sizing tbe building and systems. Other benefits may be gained by improvements in tbe construction process or improvements made for tbe quality of life of tbe building occupants. The feel-good factor or social value is taking the decision to build green out of the economic equation and moving it to tbe principles and values of corporate responsibility. As with most project work, eady decision-making is less costly than late change, and building green is no exception to that rule the eady involvement of professionals with experience in LEED construction is a key factor in a successful green construction project.