Building a Green House ... The Future Prospects | The Latent Benefits In Building Green | Green Buildings ... The Hidden Potential | Why You Stand To Gain By Building Green | Building a Green House ... A Revolution Curtailed | Building Green ... A Benefit
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Constructing Green houses is not easy, and certainly not low priced. A green house typically costs 0.5 % to 6.5% higher than a standard dwelling. Thus, from a pure pragmatic point of view, it perhaps feels foolish to incur additional costs. Such a view is misleading, as most people do not take into account the likely potential of building a Green house. Governments across the world are progressively becoming more and more sensitive to environmental issues. The Green Movement is slowly but surely transforming from informal pressure groups into positive governmental action by inclusion of legislations in many parts of the world. One can see that effect in the US where states have already started offering tax rebates to individuals who are opting for green houses.
The green house building phenomena is gaining credibility including a premium in the real estate market. A contributory factor has been the rising oil prices which are shortly predicted to reach $150 and then $200 resulting in an exponential rise in operating costs worldwide. The first effects of this surge in crude oil price will hit the users of electricity generated by Naptha fired plants. Electricity bills for air conditioning will cross the red mark. The cascading effect of oil price rise will increase the costs of construction in every segment. With such a scenario of the future, building a green house would seem to be a wise decision. The motives for such an action is clear. According to a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory study, building a green house right from the design stage can save as much as 40 percent of a buildings utility bills for heating, cooling, and ventilation. An assessment such as this makes building a green house a lot more appealing. It can also be extrapolated that the additional green features will add substantially to the value of the real estate. Future scarcity of land for housing is making the builders include green features in their ongoing projects. Thus common swimming pools, common rainwater harvesting plants, and common gardens, all green features are becoming a norm.
In the not too distant future, customers will insist on houses with green features. They may do so as government environmental laws may in near future start penalizing those who do not have Green houses. At present the effect of Euro IV on the automobile industry is a clear example. The same analogy may well become a reality 20 years from now for building houses. Building a Green house is therefore a prudent decision. Reference Submit rss -- Rss -- Building a green home -- Green home design -- Green home products --
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