4. Importance of Building Green In the year 2040, 75% of the U.S. built environment will be either new or renovated (300 billion sq.ft.), compared with today. We can transform our energy consumption and CO 2 production by constructing and renovating these buildings to green standards. Source: AIA Research Corporation
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To exploit the full capability of our analysis tools, we must transform our design approach from a sequential process – where one discipline completes work and hands off the design to the next – to a collaborative process – where all of the disciplines involved in the building design and construction work as a team from the beginning to evaluate options and optimize the design. When we become involved early in the design process, we have a vastly greater ability to impact cost and functional capabilities while minimizing the cost of changes to design