If anyone hasn’t read this article from the New York Times, you really should. It discusses the problems with building green and not maintaining green.Read the article here
From the daily archives:
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
As more and more new buildings applied for the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED certification for new construction and renovation, the council became concerned that the standards to maintain the buildings needed definition. Why spend time, energy and money to construct or renovate a green building that would not be maintained with green standards? The [...]
Everyone seems to want a piece of the green pie. Why not? Green is the wave of the future. Green is the planet’s future. The purpose of green cleaning is to create a healthy and safe workplace in a sustainable building using sustainable products. Unfortunately not everyone understands those concepts. Suffice it to say, there [...]
