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​ Green Building Green construction is construction that uses alternate materials that are more efficient and better for the environment. The materials it uses are better for the environment and are energy efficient. Green buildings do not look any different or stick out. They can be made to look just like a regular home but they use environment efficient, energy saving materials to build the "green" house. It also has many benefits such as less expensive to heat and cool and more durable. Also, they require less maintenance (What is Green Building Science?, 2008). This picture shows how green houses can be made to look just like regular houses from []

Green construction addresses many problems that it hopes to solve. Green building improves the air quality in the building/house. This works towards helping the people who live or work in the green building to stay healthier, especially children. Green building also helps in resource management by using materials that are natural and reproduce often instead of materials that need to be made and it reduces the amount of materials by increasing the density on the land that is build able. Also it uses materials that do not harm the environment or let of any gasses that hurt the ozone layer. Also green building helps reduce any left over materials from construction and recycles those wastes. They try and use recycled material when they can when building the house. Green building also trys and reduce energy by using energy and water reducing appliances when building the house(What is Green Building?, 2007).

Green building is always useful because year round buildings are being built and if they are green then they will help out the environment every day. Anytime you are building a house or a school or any building of any type, it is useful to build it green using environmentally sound materials.

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Green building primarily helps the carbon cycle in a great way. Since humans are burning fossil fuels and cutting down trees, the carbon in the atmosphere is growing every year. The LEED( Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Committee in 2006 projected that the carbon emissions due to green building in 2007 would be reduced 50% from the normal emissions due to regular construction in 2006 (U.S. Green Building Council Proposes LEED Requirement to Slash Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 2006). This was projected in 2006, now in 2009 green building has become even more popular than ever and imagine the reduced emissions now that green building has advanced in the last 3 years. Carbon is a emission that we need to reduce or our world will soon be affected. Green building along with hybrid cars, another growing popular carbon reducing factor, will help our environment greatly

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Green building is very much so an viable solution to protecting our biosphere. With the less waste and carbon reduction and also the cleaner air that the house actual creates. Green builders use a paint without VOC( Volatile Organic Chemicals) called NO VOC paints help reduce the toxins released from the paint and also are odor free( Chadderdon). This helps the quality of the air which helps the Biosphere. This plus the Carbon reducing materials are just a few ways that help our Biosphere.

There are no environmental consequences to green building. The only downside and the factor that is preventing green building from becoming every where is the cost. It costs more to build green than to regularly build. Even though it may cost more, you will be helping the environment and creating a better world for the next generation to live in (City Green Building, 2007).This picture from [] shows different parts of a green building and the natural aspect

References (2008). What is Green Building Science? . Retrieved October 19, 2009, Web site: http://www.greenbuilding.com/knowledge-base/what- green-building-science

2007). What Is Green Building?. Retrieved October 19, 2009, from Build It Green Web site: http://www.builditgreen.org/green-building

Chadderdon, L. J. Low-VOC and No-VOC Paints. Retrieved October 19, 2009, from GreenFeet Web site: http://www.greenfeet.net/newsletter/lowvoc.shtml

(2006,November). U.S. Green Building Council Proposes LEED Requirement to Slash Carbon Dioxide Emissions. Retrieved October 19, 2009, from FacilitiesNet Web site: http://www.facilitiesnet.com/green/article/US-Green-Building-Council-Proposes-LEED-Requirement-to-Slash-Carbon-Dioxide-Emissions--5741

City Green Building. Retrieved October 19, 2009, from Seatle.gov Web site: http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/GreenBuilding/OurProgram/Resources/FAQs/default.asp

(2009). Precious Resources Preschool - Introducing a Green Preschool(Video).

(2007). Many Homeowners Turning To Green Building Materials(Video). = =