Green Buildings BC

For building owner-developers:

• Much lower operating costs (energy, water, maintenance)
• Enhanced marketability and higher return on assets

For building users:

• Functional, healthy, safe and comfortable indoor environments that contribute to program outcomes through:
  • increased worker productivity and reduced absenteeism
  • a competitive edge in attracting and retaining skilled workers
  • better health outcomes in health care facilities
  • better learning outcomes in educational facilities

For the community:

• Smaller demands on the local infrastructure (e.g., energy and water utilities, transportation, etc.)
• Increased local economic activity

For the environment:

• Efficient use of resources and reduced waste/greenhouse gases
• Low site impacts

All without necessarily increasing capital costs.