Does a Green Building Renovation Cost More Than Traditional New Construction?
Now that you are looking into Green Building you may want to know how much more it’s going to cost you to build green compared to everyone else today that is planning on traditional building standards. The answer is it’s only going to cost you what you feel comfortable spending and every little bit of green building products you choose to incorporate into your building project will be sure to help our environment for years to come and usually not for much more than traditional building expenses. Deciding how far to take Green Building When you choose to consider our environment during your new construction or home renovation project, you can also decide on what aspects you would like to do your best at achieving green building success or LEED standards. In Canada there has been LEED Accredited Professionals (AP) for the past ten years and as of April 22, 2010 The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) in Ottawa, Ontario has set launch dates for LEED AP specialty exams in Canada to expan
