You only get one change to build a building. But how green is the building you're in right now?
There are more than 4.5 million existing buildings in the U.S., many of which were built on bid for the absolute lowest cost and few, if any, considered the building's life cycle use, maintenance and operations. Building owners can now look to their existing stock of buildings to cut costs and improve facility performance by adopting green principles for building operations, periodic upgrades of building systems, minor space use changes and building processes of their buildings. LEED for Existing Buildings can help. |
