Feed that Desire for More Green Building Knowledge

Infusing green building knowledge into our lives starts with a yearning to create a positive, lasting change in the way we interact with the planet. That inspiration can lead us to seek out information and guidance from others to join a movement to a more sustainable lifestyle. We know that, although we may not be able to build or renovate a home or business so that it’s 100% sustainable, we can approach green building spaces with a goal to accomplish as much progress as we can. We can be open to new mindsets, materials, and approaches to sustainable living as a starting point to gaining green building knowledge.

Building and renovating spaces to make them more sustainable creates living and working areas that are cheaper to operate, better for the environment, more comfortable, and healthier for the individuals within them. To get started, you might look to the example set by Ontario’s Casey Grey, whose company, the Conscious Builder, helps people to move toward “conscious” construction decisions to create a positive, lasting change, such as the home featured above. The company’s mantra is to be aware of how each decision we make and every action we take will have an impact on something and someone, somewhere.

Making the move toward creating sustainable living and working spaces does take a new body of green building knowledge. Often, that starts with understandng an integrated design process (IDP) — a holistic approach to high-performance building design and construction. That means every member of your green building project should share a vision of sustainability and should agree to work collaboratively to implement sustainability goals. When an IDP is successful. your green building project will optimize systems, reduce operating and maintenance costs, and minimize the need for incremental capital.
But where do you start? Learning about sustainable building is a process, so give yourself the freedom to absorb a variety of sources, principles, and ideas.

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