[SustainableTompkins] Global Survey Shows "Green" Construction Costs Dramatically Lower Than Believed

[GayNicholson at aol.com]

from the World Business Council for Sustainable  Development
 
Global  Survey Shows "Green" Construction Costs Dramatically Lower Than  
Believed  
Geneva, 21 August 2007 - Survey finds  green costs overestimated by 300% and 
a need to foster zero net energy  construction. Key players in real estate and 
construction misjudge the costs and  benefits of "green" buildings, creating 
a major barrier to more energy  efficiency in the building sector, a new study 
by the _World  Business Council for Sustainable Development_ 
(http://www.wbcsd.org/)  (WBCSD)  reports. 
_Full  Text_ 
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Gay  Nicholson, Ph.D. 

607-533-7312 (home office)
607-279-6618  (cell)

1 Maple Avenue
Lansing, NY  14882
gaynicholson at aol.com

Sustainable Tompkins 
Program  Coordinator 
w_ww.sustainabletompkins.org_ (http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/) 

Southern Tier Energy$mart Communities
Regional  Coordinator
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County
615 Willow  Ave., Ithaca, NY 14850
agn1 at cornell.edu




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