What Does it Mean to Build Green?

Green or Sustainable Building and Development is a way of building residential and commercial buildings, which reduces the impact this construction and development has on the natural environment.

Green Building also focuses on creating healthy indoors living environments for the people living in these homes and working in these commercial offices. These goals are accomplished by adopting a variety of new construction and development techniques and philosophies all of which emphasize preservation of the environment, water conservation, energy efficiency, and healthy, non-toxic interior living spaces.