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`Green’ buildings — buildings that use fewer resources to build and to sustain — are commonly thought to be too expensive to attract builders and buyers. But are they? This eye-opening book reports the results of a large-scale study based on extensive financial and technical analyses of more than 150 green buildings in the US and ten other countries. It provides detailed findings on the costs and financial benefits of building green. According to the study, green buildings cost roughly 2% more to build than conventional buildings — far less than previously assumed — and provide a wide range of financial, health and social benefits. In addition, green buildings reduce energy use by an average of 33%, resulting in significant cost savings.

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By every measure, green building is an idea whose time is now. Kats' ongoing work in this area is part of the reason, and this book will be an invaluable resource to builders, cities and companies on why and how to cost-effectively green their own built worlds. --Rick Fedrizzi President and CEO, USGBC Everyone who is serious about climate change should get this book. Greg Kats brings a deep knowledge of energy and construction to show that the benefits of green construction outweigh the costs and could jump-start a national revolution toward the use of renewable energy sources. --Don Kennedy president emeritus, Stanford University; Bing Professor of EnvScience and Policy Building green offers the potential for important health and economic benefits. As our nation faces the twin mandates to improve health and control costs, analyses such as this one-- including full benefit accounting-- are indispensable. --Howard Frumkin Director, National Center for ENV Health/ ATSTR, CDC

Building green offers the potential for important health and economic benefits. As our nation faces the twin mandates to improve health and control costs, analyses such as this one including full benefit accounting are indispensable. --Howard Frumkin Director, National Center for ENV Health/ ATSTR, CDC

Everyone who is serious about climate change should get this book. Greg Kats brings a deep knowledge of energy and construction to show that the benefits of green construction outweigh the costs and could jump-start a national revolution toward the use of renewable energy sources. --Don Kennedy president emeritus, Stanford University; Bing Professor of EnvScience and Policy

Everyone who is serious about climate change should get this book. Greg Kats brings a deep knowledge of energy and construction to show that the benefits of green construction outweigh the costs and could jump-start a national revolution toward the use of renewable energy sources. --Don Kennedy president emeritus, Stanford University; Bing Professor of EnvScience and Policy By every measure, green building is an idea whose time is now. Kats' ongoing work in this area is part of the reason, and this book will be an invaluable resource to builders, cities and companies on why and how to cost-effectively green their own built worlds. --Rick Fedrizzi President and CEO, USGBC Building green offers the potential for important health and economic benefits. As our nation faces the twin mandates to improve health and control costs, analyses such as this one-- including full benefit accounting-- are indispensable. --Howard Frumkin Director, National Center for ENV Health/ ATSTR, CDC

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Gregory Kats is a managing director of the investment firm Good Energies. He was formerly a managing principal of Capital E, a national clean energy technology consulting firm. Previously he was Director of Financing for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. In 2003 he wrote the first in depth study of the long-term economic benefits of green buildings, The Costs and Financial Benefits of Green Buildings.

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