GE Appliances & lighting has recently opened a new data center at its headquarters in Kentucky, equipped with innovative high-efficiency cooling systems. It also uses high density containing more computing power per square foot, thus, reduce the amount of energy, central cooling needs. The company has installed even save fixtures to reduce water consumption in the building of 42% water.
Burj Dubai, the highest of the world building, Khalifa last year announced its intention to meet more water heating needs by relying on 378 solar panels, which will be heat 140,000 litres of water each day. Under his management, sustainable investment is expected to save 3 200 kWh of energy per day, accumulating on 690MWh of energy per year.
Riviera Resort Hervey Bay beat a record solar panel in Queensland this month by installing more solar panels on his six-story building that any other interpretation in the Australian State. The owner of the station claims that he received $ 16,000 for energy savings - a reasonable return on its sustainable investment.
Companies are not only taking advantage of the eco-friendly of adjustments and innovations. ZeroCottage in San Francisco, a zero net energy project-under-construction by David Baker and partners Architecture, employs the benefits of high performance windows, folding doors sealed and wall Assembly, State of rain water and efficient water heating. Kelly and Matt Grocoff, a couple of Michigan, rebuilt their house style Victorian feet square of 1901 2200 and transformed into an investment sustainable zero. Cost the family a total of $47 130, with a return of $104 000 more than 20 years.
According to calculations by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), buildings in most countries took place at less than 40 per cent of national energy consumption. In the European Union, the construction industry eats up to 42% of EU final energy consumption and represents about 35 percent of all gas emissions greenhouse (GHG), estimates of the European Commission. In an economy where businesses and homes are reducing overall costs, energy is one of the first to feel the slash. Governments are taking into account of this trend and encouraging saving energy of sustainable investment incentives such as tax relief tools and feed in tariffs.
2010 Deutsche Bank Research figures indicate that green buildings benefit from savings of approximately 30% more than conventional buildings. In General, sustainable buildings tend to use less water and are less expensive to maintain. Report of the McGraw - Hill Construction Green Outlook 2011 the values of the U.S. green building construction 50% growth between 2008 and 2010. Green buildings represent 25% of all new construction in 2010 and, according to McGraw-Hillprojections, market size will probably rise to about 135 billion by 2015. Will the UK probably see increases in the sector as well as the Government has set up the goal to increase energy savings in the country `nd to achieve carbon neutrality in all new English homes by 2016, by WBCSD.
Before undertaking the greening of home or office space and take advantage of the benefits of the energy cost of Cup, the incentives and maintenance of the buildings more affordable, investors must carefully to learn about industry standards and regulations of their nation. As the investment market sustainable constructions picks up speed, it brings with it the need ongoing quality assurance.
There are several entities of third party who has implemented standards and certify buildings constructed in sustainable investment projects. To the United States, the Green main system of certification of buildings is Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) developed LEED in 2000, to provide residential and commercial owners and operators with a set of measurable criteria that assess the practical efficiency, design, efficiency and building management.In the European Union and UK in particular, the regulatory system widely used is the method of environmental assessment BRE (BREEAM). Created in 1990 by the UK Building Research Establishment (BRE), BREEAM was designed to assess the viability of new commercial buildings. It has since expanded to include residential buildings under its umbrella. In 2003, the Green Building Council of Australia launched Green Star - a system of notation for quantifying the environmental effects of the constructions and improvements made by the innovations in the building sector.
