What Has Green Certification Achieved?

摘要

Readers of BUILDINGS publications have long reported high interest in articles on green certification, and the editorial staff has delivered them. This issue, for example, has an article on the GreenCircle program (page 15) as well as an article on Sustainable SITES (page 18). But how many building owners and facility managers have actually achieved green certification for a building? And has green certification significantly reduced the environmental impacts of buildings?