A 'Green' Home or Workplace is a high performance home that is built to exceed the requirements of the building code especially in the areas of environmental quality and resource efficiency. (For example: Texada Restaurant)
The higher initial cost of building a greener, more sustainable home/workplace is outweighed by the long-term health and savings benefits of incorporating renewable energy systems and healthier building materials.
Sustainability in Architecture and Design, we need to look at site development:
- recycling
- water savings
- energy efficiency
- material selection
- indoor environment quality
