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Article: Implementing green building programs.
- Article from:
- Westchester County Business Journal
- Article date:
- October 7, 2002
- Author:
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Local communities have a unique opportunity to improve the quality of life in their respective communities by implementing green building programs.
* While not widely recognized the construction and operation of buildings of all kinds results in enormous detrimental impacts on the environment and human health:
* The building industry consumes approximately three billion tons of raw materials annually - or approximately 40% of the total consumption of raw materials.
* Heating, cooling and lighting buildings consumes approximately thirty percent of the energy generated in the United States.
* The use of energy in buildings results in the ...