Chapter 7 – Materials and Resources
THE CASE FOR GREEN BUILDING OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE Green buildings are an integral part of the solution to the environmental challenges facing the planet.Today we use the equivalent of 1.5 Earths to meet the resource needs of everyday life and absorb the resulting wastes. This measure of our planet's carrying
"Sustain Edge©: Throughout most of human history, the interaction between our built environment and the natural world has predominantly focused on nature's impact on our structures. Traditionally, since buildings serve human needs, significant attention has been paid to how natural phenomena like earthquakes, wildfires, floods, weather events, wind, climate, and