What is Green Building/
Sustainable Design?

• An integrated and interdisciplinary approach to the design and construction of facilities

• Proper planning for and locating of facilities

• Efficient utilization of natural resources

• Optimization of systems

• Protection of employee health and safety

• Mitigation of the generation of waste

• Reuse and recycling of waste materials

• Applying life-cycle analysis (LCA) to evaluate a facility's performance and make smarter decisions