Sustainability in Commercial & Industrial Construction

09 Dec Sustainability in Commercial & Industrial Construction

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Sustainability in Commercial and Industrial Construction

In the world of commercial and industrial construction, environmental impact is a growing concern. Forty percent of global carbon emissions and energy usage is used in construction, according to Forbes, meaning that builders play a large role in the stewardship of the planet’s resources and overall health.

A study by Willmot Dixon shows that the construction industry, especially in America, is responsible for significant pollution. The U.S. construction industry causes nearly a quarter of air pollution, forty percent of drinking water pollution, and half of all landfill waste. Our team is not only committed to improving our environmental impact, we also want to share some tips on how to begin the journey.

Early Considerations

Satisfying the needs of the parties involved in the project is not an easy task because it depends on what each person defines a successful build. According to Grace K.C. Ding at the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia, a building’s success could be driven by finances, while the occupants may want to focus on things such as indoor air quality, comfort, or health and safety issues. Therefore, adding in a single method for ensuring the building’s positive environmental impact can be difficult. The work, however, is in the early considerations of your project, before any construction begins.

“Considerable work has gone into developing systems to measure a building’s environmental performance over its life. They have been developed to evaluate how successful any development is with regards to balancing energy, environment and ecology, taking into account both the social and technology aspects of projects,” says Ding.

LEED

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), created in the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in 2000 and globally recognized system, is a certification process developed to create an industrial standard. The self-assessing system awards ratings of a building’s–silver, gold, and platinum–using a simple checklist format with these three categories for sustainability, according to the newest version:

1. Decarbonization
2. Quality of life
3. Ecological conservation and restoration

The LEED rating system evaluates buildings on various criteria, says Tampa’s Florida Construction Specialists, including energy-efficient lighting, green HVAC systems, sustainable landscaping, and greywater recycling. “LEED certification provides a framework for healthy, highly efficient, and cost-saving green buildings, which offer environmental, social and governance benefits,” says the USBGC.

USBGC offers online LEED certification. Visit our Consulting Services page to speak with a professional about your project’s environmental impact goals today.

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