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Green building

Green building (also known as green construction, sustainable building, or eco-friendly building) refers to both a structure and the application of processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building's life cycle: from planning to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and demolition. This…

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Reducing environmental impact

Goals of green building

Cost and payoff

Regulation and operation

International frameworks and assessment tools

Development history

Green building by country

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Green building

Nodes153
Edges152
Triples198
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Green building

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related to history · 34
Green building → American, At, Bauen, BCA Green Building Mark, Berkeley National Laboratory, Britain, Canada, China, Design Integrates Nature, Development, Environment, France, German Federal Environment Agency, Germany, Green Building Association, Green Building Evaluation Standards, Hong Kong, Ian McHarg, Iceland, In
related to Regulation and operation · 18
Green building → As, BREEAM, Canada, CASBEE, DGNB, Germany, Green, GRIHA, In, India, Japan, LEED, Spain, The, They, United Kingdom, United States, VERDEGBCe
related to Cost and payoff · 17
Green building → Also, And, EPA, GHGs, Green Building Council, In, It, LEED-certified, Most, Numerous, Over, People, Photovoltaics, Regarding, Specifically, The, The Business Case
related to Green building by country · 16
Green building → AustraliaGreen, Austria, BangladeshGreen, CanadaThe Model, Denmark, France, FranceGreen, Germany, GermanyGreen, Green, IndiaGreen, IsraelGreen, South AfricaGreen, UK, United KingdomGreen, United StatesGreen
see also · 10
Green building → Alternative, Building ChallengeLow-energy, Building CouncilGreen, Eco, Energy, Environmental DesignList, Green Building CouncilYakhchālZero-energy, Green Building StandardNatural, Interactive Research, SustainabilityDeconstruction
related to Goals of green building · 9
Green building → Also, Green, However, It, Many, Silent Spring, The, The Rachel Carson, There
related to Materials and sustainable architecture · 9
Green building → For, Green, Health, HVAC, In, Reduction, The, There, They
has impact · 7
Green building → Electricity, Green, It, Peak, Residential, These, When
related to Operations and maintenance optimization · 6
Green building → Although, Education, Ensuring, Every, No, The
related to Green neighborhoods and villages · 5
Green building → At, Green, India, The, They

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Green buildingis aoptimization of one or more of these principles0.90text
NABERS or Green Star in Australiainstance ofThere are also other tools0.80text
Global Sustainability Assessment Systeminstance ofThere are also other tools0.80text
BRE in the UKinstance ofresearch organizations0.80text
the Athena Sustainable Materials Institute in North America are working to make it more accessible.In the UKinstance ofresearch organizations0.80text
the BRE Green Guide to Specifications offers ratings for 1instance ofresearch organizations0.80text
500 building materials based on LCA.Sitinginstance ofresearch organizations0.80text
structure design efficiencyThe foundation of any construction project is rooted in the conceptinstance ofresearch organizations0.80text
design stagesinstance ofresearch organizations0.80text
heatinginstance ofand install building materials and operating energy to provide services0.80text
power for equipment.As high-performance buildings use less operating energyinstance ofand install building materials and operating energy to provide services0.80text
embodied energy has assumed much greater importanceinstance ofand install building materials and operating energy to provide services0.80text

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