The rapidly growing segment of industry professionals incorporating elements of sustainable or “green” design in construction is creating buildings that meet today’s needs without compromising future potential.
Reaching your sustainable design goals may provide a variety of benefits, including:
- Reducing energy usage and waste to help lower operating costs
- Possibly limiting growth of mold and other airborne contaminants that can affect worker productivity and/or health
- Qualifying for various tax rebates, zoning allowances and other incentives in many cities
- Becoming a selling point to potential buyers
- Increasing the market for an engineer’s or contractor’s skills
- Lowering a building’s overall lifecycle cost
These advantages have made green building design mainstream, and have increased the number of companies striving to obtain LEED certification to prove their building meets the highest standards for sustainability.
Learn more about LEED certification, and how Lennox can help obtain points toward certification.
