Do Green Design Strategies Really Cost More?

摘要

The concept of building "green" has certainly moved out or the realm of the theoretical and into the mainstream of current construction practices, and as with many economic models, familiarity and general acceptance drive down the costs of new technology. But the question remains, "Are the costs of building green marginal or extensive?" Certainly many sustainable design strategies cost no more than conventional building techniques, but the real goal of interdependence between strategies, sometimes called holistic design, makes determining the true cost difficult to determine.