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= __//**GREEN BUILDING**//__ = "green building is about building better buildings — better and healthier for the occupants, better and less expensive for the owners and operators, better and less demanding of the environment. In part because it just makes sense, green building is rapidly entering the mainstream" (http://www.greencitybluelake.com/).

what is green building?
--A "green building" does not have to look "green" or show through the exterior of the architecture that it is a "green building" like many people think (but it can be and sometimes does, hence the picture below). ^^ a stereotypical thought on "what a green building should look like" ^^

--A green building is simply a building which to "enhance the well-being of their occupants and support a healthy community and natural environment"(http://www.builditgreen.org/green-building). A green building is a building which is either built or has features which will keep the building efficient and current while also saving energy and using more natural resources to obtain the daily needs of the building. Green buildings use things such as solar panels and solar energy or geothermal energy ("earth-powered heat", an alternative to electrical heating, the heat from within the earth is made into steam or hot water which is recovered and used in houses or buildings for heat) in order to use environmental resources rather than things such as gas which is not recyclable and also is not //enviormentally friendly//, which is a green building's main goal.

What Makes a Building a __//Green Building//__?
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Five Main Principles of Green Building:

 * +[|livable communities]
 * -so people can use the building and the building has a purpose
 * +[|energy efficiency]
 * -to save energy but still keeping comfort, but also lowering energy bills :D
 * +[|indoor air quality]
 * -the air quality is safe because it is all natural making a healthy environment
 * +[|resource conservation]
 * -while building, you use up all materials therefore not allowing unnecessary waste
 * +[|water conservation]
 * -water supply is protected and conserved therefore making it environmentally friendly and also safe

Green Jobs of the Future (dealing with green building)
media type="youtube" key="rr0IAWO9lnk" height="405" width="660" ^^This video is about all of the new "green building" jobs which are becoming more and more important to have in society. In the video, there are tips and guidance on how to become qualified for these jobs, how to find the jobs, and why these jobs are so important.

What Problem(s) is Green Building Trying to Address?
Green building is trying to make buildings and homes more environmentally friendly and also safer. Green Building is trying to reduce the use of wired electricity in buildings and making use of things such as geothermal power and solar panels. Also, green building is trying to reduce the amount of waste that goes into building buildings by recycling unused material for later projects. Green building's main goal is to make living and work spaces more healthy and energy-efficient places to be.

How Does Green Building Relate to One or More of the Nutrient Cycles (carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous, water) Discussed in Class?
Green building incorporates the water cycle. This is because one of the ways a building can become a green building is through geothermal power which uses the water from the earth, turns it into steam and through these natural resources heats a building.

^^picture of the water cycle. the water is brought down to the earth by rain through percipitation. the rain fills up oceans, rivers, lakes and brings nutrients to the earth's soil. the run off from the earth is brought to bodies of water. the water from the earth rises through evaporatoin and the water from this clumps changes into steam and clumps into clouds through condensation. the clouds become too heavy to carry all of the water, and rain falls starting the cycle over again^^

Is Green Building a Viable Solution to Protect the Biosphere & When is it Useful?
Yes, green building is a viable solution to protect the biosphere. Also, green building is always useful! The only downsides to green building is the expense. Cost of things such as solar panels and geothermal's are pricey and people become un-supportive because of this reason, but in reality the money you spend putting these things into your house or building is brought back to you when you don't have as high of an electrical or heat bill every month. Also, the way these small things really do help the environment is enough reason to spend a little extra cash. Imagine if everyone used green building? The world would be a cleaner, safer, and better place to live.



^^this is a diagram of a completely green building. The things this building has that makes it "green" are photovoltaic generation (helps with generating things such as temperature), rooftop planting (plants help provide oxygen for the earth), improved isolation and automated ventilation control (so that you can save money on heating and air conditioning by saving and controlling airflow), lighting control using natural light, high efficiency light fixtures and light from sunlight coming through windows (alternative to using electricity and is also natural to the earth), lighting control using motion detection sensors (saves energy by not over-using the energy when it is not needed), restriction of sunlight (stops unwanted sunlight from coming into building), rainwater utilization systems (natural and energy-efficient way to use rainwater which comes naturally and use it for things such as heating), high efficiency heating equipment (saves energy).^^

^^an example of rooftop planting^^

^^this photo shows how a green building will work with the natural environment of the earth and because of the natural resources green buildings use, the building and the earth become synergized and help each other^^

work cited in APA:
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