By: Modern Homes New England » Does building green cost more? : Prefab,...
[...] Inhabitat: Buildings account for 40% of greenhouse gas emissions – AND – making a building “green” costs [...]
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Links to the study are not working. What about the ongoing maintenance costs of green buildings vs. traditional buildings? How about deconstruction… there will be a time when this building will need to...
View ArticleBy: Sean
Hurrah! Good news! I’m pleased by this post, especially since it’s the field I’ll be going into. Architecture with environmental initiatives in mind. And yes, it does disturb me that we are constantly...
View ArticleBy: Bob
Trying to print Costs of Green Architecture does not seem so green as it takes 17 pages. such a waste.
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We have two chooses… 1). Pay a little more upfront for designing and building green architecture or… 2). Pay a lot more for the future costs to the: environment, skyrocking utilities, and landfills. “A...
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[...] Inhabitat links to a report that says sustainable architecture isn’t much more expensive. [...]
View ArticleBy: Naomi
In response to Orrin’s post above:… if a building has truly been contructed with “green materials”, then it ought to be very easy to deconstruct… if that should ever be the desire/need. This is because...
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[...] read a great post on Inhabitat the other day that brought this issue to light, and pointed me to a report put out by the World [...]
View ArticleBy: James
In response to Bob’s post, above, Bob … it is distributed as an electronic document … no need to print it out. That should save a bush or two.
View ArticleBy: Los costos reales de los edificios eco-friendly | Domokyo
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Link to the study: http://www.wbcsd.org/includes/getTarget.asp?type=d&id=MjU5MTI
View ArticleBy: Tanya
This is great news for us in the eco-firendly design buisness. I have found that the most common response to sustainable design is “How much more is that going to cost?” so it’s nice to have some...
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[...] Inhabitat links to a report that says sustainable architecture isn’t much more expensive. [...]
View ArticleBy: housedblog.com » Blog Archive » For Green, A Plan is Needed
[...] fashion with lots of time allocated for each phase. They say ‘green’ design might cost up to 25% more (I don’t think it is that high, but I do think you need about 25% more time to [...]
View ArticleBy: JohnnyQuestions
There’s still the question of maintenance: Can someone please inform me on long-term costs of green architecture, or is there such a diversity in framework composition that it’s hard to give a number?...
View ArticleBy: sorelledesign
I believe “green design” as a term is so overused and does not necessarily mean expensive…that being said they are costly alternatives to everyday items but there are inexpensive ways of going green....
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