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| Environmental Protection Agency |
Green building research is being
done by national laboratories, private companies, universities, and
industry. According to a USGBC report published in 2006, over 70 percent
of the green building research is focused on energy and atmosphere
research. The next largest category of research is materials and
resources. Indoor environmental quality, including issues pertaining to
air, is also being studied. The USGBC report, Green Building Research
Funding: An Assessment of Current Activity in the United States (PDF)
(37 pp, 316 KB, About PDF) , have additional information.
Green Building and EPA
EPA Programs |
| EPA Programs |
EPA
has a number of programs that provide resources to help you learn more
about the components of green building and how to incorporate these
green building concepts into different types of buildings.
EPA adopted a new Green Building Strategy (2 pp, 697KB, About PDF) in 2008 to guide the Agency's green building activities.
Green Building Workgroup
EPA's
Green Building Workgroup was formed in July 2003 to bring together the
many programs across the Agency that work with the building and
development sectors to improve their environmental performance. The
Workgroup seeks to build effective EPA leadership in the green building
movement by jointly informing, coordinating, and guiding the development
of Agency policies, programs, partnerships, communications, and
operations that influence building and development.
Greening EPA Buildings
To ensure that EPA's buildings and
practices reflect the mission of protecting human health and the
environment, EPA continuously works to reduce the environmental impact
of its facilities and operations, from building new, environmentally
sustainable structures to improving the energy efficiency of older
buildings. A number of EPA facilities are actively pursuing or
demonstrating green building principles.
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| EPA Buildings |
The buildings
in which we live, work, and play protect us from nature's extremes, yet
they also affect our health and environment in countless ways. As the
environmental impact of buildings becomes more apparent, a new field
called "green building" is gaining momentum.
Green, or
sustainable, building is the practice of creating and using healthier
and more resource-efficient models of construction, renovation,
operation, maintenance and demolition.
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