The Top Four Green Building Trends
With the world moving towards green products, one area that has been making a lot of strides over the last ten years is green building. Some have deemed it to be one of the main keys to economic success. There have been a lot of changes and innovations in green building, and the future seems to be filled with great possibilities. Here are the top five green building trends.
Led Lights
These kinds of lights are now becoming more popular in homes and commercial buildings. With marked improvements in design these are likely to increase in life span and by extension use.
Living buildings
These represent the one of the greatest accomplishments in building sustainability that can be attained in the built environment. These kinds of buildings tend to function as self sufficient, natural, and complete systems. This kind of building and their progress was boosted by the Living Building Challenge announced in late 2009 by the International Living Building Institute which among other things seeks to encourage the construction of buildings that are green friendly.
Greener wall construction
It started out with green roofs but now there are green walls. These days the use of these kinds of walls in the design of many buildings, helps to create some more opportunities in the use of vegetative surfaces. Typically these walls are found on the outside of buildings and are usually filled with some form of growing plant life. Some are even incorporated in the air filtration system to help improve air circulation.
Green retrofits
This help to solve some of the inefficiencies present in the delivery and use energy both at home and work. By retrofitting buildings and home with proper products and accessories energy consumption and waste can be reduced. An energy audit is usually done to find out what needs to be done. The best part is that you may be able to get rid of that ugly diesel storage tank that has been kicking around your garden for as long as you can remember!