Why You Stand To Gain By Building Green

Building a Green house is challenging and may well burn a hole in your pocket. A green house typically costs 0.5 % to 6.5% higher than a standard dwelling. Thus, from a pure pragmatic point of view, it perhaps feels foolish to incur additional costs. However, the vital point which most people miss is a critical analysis of the future prospects of Green buildings. As ecological concerns acquire a global magnitude, many nations are examining them seriously. The Green Movement is slowly but surely transforming from informal pressure groups into positive governmental action by inclusion of legislations in many parts of the world. One can see that effect in the US where states have already started offering tax rebates to individuals who are opting for green houses.

Building a Green house is fast gaining acceptance with the market value is gradually appreciating. A contributory factor has been the rising oil prices which are shortly predicted to reach $150 and then $200 resulting in an exponential rise in operating costs worldwide. The first effects of this surge in crude oil price will hit the users of electricity generated by Naptha fired plants. Electricity bills for air conditioning will cross the red mark. The cascading effect of oil price rise will increase the costs of construction in every segment. Under these circumstances, an early investment in building a green house would stand in good stead. The motives for such an action is clear. According to a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory study, building a green house right from the design stage can save as much as 40 percent of a buildings utility bills for heating, cooling, and ventilation. Such a prediction will make building green houses an attractive proposition in the future. It can also be extrapolated that the additional green features will add substantially to the value of the real estate. The amount of land available for construction is getting increasingly dear, forcing developers to squeeze in more features in the available plots. Standard green features such as shared pools, a general rainwater harvesting plant, and common gardens are a de rigueur now a days.

In the not too distant future, customers will insist on houses with green features. They may do so as government environmental laws may in near future start penalizing those who do not have Green houses. We already see the effect of Euro IV standard on the automobile industry. 20 years ahead, such a happenstance may become true. Therefore, building a Green House is a safe and a wise proposition.