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    and Cost Efficiency of Green Buildings in India” Executive Summary Property investors and developers are constantly seeking new strategies to deliver sustainable buildings that attract tenants and buyers while maximizing “green value.” Investments in green buildings can produce measureable financial value‚ such as increased rental rates and asset value‚ reduced risk of depreciation‚ and higher tenant attraction and retention rates. Meanwhile‚ occupants want buildings that help them attract

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    Bim in Interior Design

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    ... Date: 30.03.2012 D31MI – Management Information Systems in Construction BIM for Green Design in Interior Design D31MI –Construction Practice and IT Jamila Taher Merchant Reg. No. H00128399 Abstract: Designing green building design is a growing field that requires technologies and computer simulations created on Building Information Modeling (BIM) design process. To achieve a green building design‚ project teams are using BIM of its ability to analyze and simulate several interior

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    Green Building Benefits

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    (Enviromental Business Inc.) DATE: November 17‚ 2006 SUBJECT: Green Building Benefits INTRODUCTION There is a problem with the buildings created today because they are not environmentally-friendly. The solution to this problem is green buildings. Green building is the term used to describe the selection of environmentally-friendly building materials‚ as well as an environmentally-conscious building design. There are many kinds of available building materials on the market today that are less-toxic‚ create

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    Alternative proposal

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    Masterplan that was just adopted by Stonington Council this week. Alternative Proposal The Fashionista Cove development is an alternative proposed development to the original development. The concept of The Fashionista is based on the youth of today and also integrating green concept into it. The Fashionista Cove development is a mixed-used development on the 381-sqm block located in the same location as the original proposal. Therefore building requirements and control policies are not much

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    Construction The construction of buildings in the United States accounts for thirty percent of waste output annually. The construction of these buildings also consume seventy-one percent of the total electrical energy in the U.S. Due to the diminishing health of our planet‚ it is evident that sustainability in construction is a necessity. Sustainable‚ or greenbuildings are not only beneficial to the planet‚ but also to the owner‚ the designer‚ and the builder. Sustainable buildings provide monetary benefits

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    Environmental Design (LEED) is a program that provides a third-party verification of buildings that are trying to become more environmentally friendly. The range covered with LEED varies from commercial buildings and homes‚ to entire neighborhoods and communities. It is generally recognized that buildings consume a large portion of water‚ wood‚ energy‚ and other resources used to sustain the economy. United States’ buildings alone are responsible for more CO2 emissions than those of any other country

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    Building a green home

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    Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Going Green 3/25/13 Going Green What does it even mean to build green? In 1984 LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) was released and put into use on very few homes world wide‚ but now LEED is a internationally recognized environmental program that is changing the way we build today. Over 30 countries worldwide have started to adopt the program and make it apart of their everyday

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    eco-friendly vision in terms of architecture; “Green building”. The term is now frequently used by newspapers‚ online articles‚ or even on TV‚ but what does it really mean? In Building Green in Pennsylvania‚ a green building is described as “one whose construction and lifetime of operation assure the healthiest possible environment while representing the most efficient and least disruptive use of land‚ water‚ energy and resources”(1). An example of this type of buildings would be The Change Initiative (TCI)

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    retraining workers‚ maintaining the highest of standards of quality and supporting innovation. Construction professionals must not lose sight of their commitment to issues of sustainability‚ health and safety‚ ethical business practices and improved building standards. These will future-proof the industry and allow it to grow after the economy recovers. Companies seeking to find an extra edge in an increasingly competitive marketplace are likely to employ greater innovation as they look to become

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    GROUP PROJECT GREEN INDUSTRY - Green Building - Student Name Student No. Zafirul Bin Wahab 2009193837 Affan Farhan Bin Amir 2009700873 Mohd Jauzee Bin Abdul Jalal 2008507665 Fairuz Hezny Binti Shafri 2009353771 Balqis Binti Ahmad Rosli 2009534527 Group Members Photo Zafirul Bin Wahab Affan Farhan Bin Amir Mohd Jauzee Bin Abdul

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