The cost of NOT building green
If you do not already know the news, building green is not more expensive than conventional building. If by chance it ends up to be, it is on average less than 1% more! After the actual building costs are out of the way, what is the maintaining cost difference? More than you might think! Green buildings on average are between 40-60% less expensive to upkeep with energy costs. That cost is only going to make more and more of a difference as the cost of the conventional energy methods becomes more expensive. Also, it is important to realize that the cost of green energy is not going to proportionately get more expensive with conventional methods. This is due to the fact that the cost of equipment to collect is the initial cost (and often times the largest) and the energy sources are renewable.