FHCE 3300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Green Building Council, Green Building, Whole-Life Cost
20 Feb 2017
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Healthy buildings designed and built in a resource-efficient manner, using ecologically-based principles. Sustainable construction addresses the ecological, social and economic issues of a building in the context of its community. From the perspective of the study of housing: The use of natural resources to build and live in housing. The impact of housing and the housing construction process on the natural environment. The interrelationships of the natural and built environment to provide healthy, safe and supportive housing. Consume 37% of energy produced in the u. s. Consumer 68% of the electricity produced in the u. s. Residential buildings emissions responsible for 1. 2 billion metric tons of co2 emissions, 20% of. The average leed certified home uses 30-40% less electricity, saves 100+metric tones of co2 emissions over a lifetime. Population growth (5. 2 billion in 1990, 7. 2 billion today) Desire for good quality of life among the 5 billion impoverished people on the planet. Leed - leadership in energy and environmental design.
