Besides lower greenhouse gas emissions, are there other environmental benefits to implementing a Federal Buildings Initiative (FBI) project?
Using the FBI model to improve energy efficiency can have far reaching environmental benefits. In addition to producing carbon dioxide emissions, the combustion of fossil fuels also produces nitrous oxide and sulphur dioxide emissions. Both of these gases contribute to air pollution and cause health problems. New equipment installed as part of an FBI project may meet higher standards for these emissions which can be tied to your organization’s environmental management system and sustainable development commitments. In addition, by improving your building’s energy performance, you also contribute indirectly to emissions reductions for a broad range of emissions by using less electricity produced by generating stations.
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- Besides lower greenhouse gas emissions, are there other environmental benefits to implementing a Federal Buildings Initiative (FBI) project?
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