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CBuildings – Energy consumption; Construction cost; Energy consumption; Green school buildings; Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System; Non-green school buildings; School buildings – Energy conservation; School buildings – Energy consumption; School facilities – Energy conservation ; School facilities– Energy consumption; Sustainable buildings – Costs; Sustainable construction – Costs; U.S. Green Building Council
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An Empirical Comparison Of Life Cycle Cost Of Green School Buildings And Non-Green School Buildings, Nitisha Pushpala
An Empirical Comparison Of Life Cycle Cost Of Green School Buildings And Non-Green School Buildings, Nitisha Pushpala
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
One of the major economic concerns today of the world is reduction of energy consumption because of depleting energy sources in the world. The construction sector in the United States is also contributing in reducing the energy consumption and construction cost of the buildings by constructing cost and energy efficient buildings with energy efficient materials and techniques. The U.S Department of Energy introduced the Building Technologies Program that develops techniques, tools and technologies for making buildings more energy efficient. Other private bodies like the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), which is developed by the U.S. Green Building Council …