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AS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL  GREEN BUILDING GROUPS ON LONG ISLAND, PETER CARADONNA ARCHITECTS AIMS TO PROVIDE CLIENTS WITH THE MOST EFFICIENT AND COST EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO CREATE AN AESTHETIC AND SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

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DID YOU KNOW?

BUILDINGS REPRESENT 38.9% OF U.S. PRIMARY ENERGY USE. (EIA ENERGY OUTLOOK 2008)

BUILDINGS IN THE U.S. ACCOUNT FOR 38% OF ALL CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS. (EIA ENERGY OUTLOOK 2008)

BUILDINGS USE 13.6% OF ALL POTABLE WATER, OR 15 TRILLION GALLONS PER YEAR. (U.S. GEOLOGY SURVEY 2000)

BUILDINGS USE 40% OF RAW MATERIALS GLOBALLY (3 BILLION TONS ANNUALLY) (LENSSEN AND ROODMAN 1995)

WHY BUILD GREEN?

BUILDING GREEN SAVES MONEY: AN UPFRONT INVESTMENT OF 2% IN GREEN BUILDING DESIGN, ON AVERAGE, RESULTS IN LIFE CYCLE SAVINGS OF 20% OF THE TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

ON AVERAGE BUILDING OPERATING COSTS DECREASE 8-9%, BUILDING VALUE INCREASES 7.5%, AND RETURN ON INVESTMENT IMPROVES 6.6%.

GREEN BUILDINGS CONSUME LESS ENERGY: COMPARED TO THE AVERAGE COMMERCIAL BUILDING GREEN BUILDINGS CONSUME 26% LESS ENERGY, HAVE 13% LOWER MAINTENANCE COSTS, HAVE 27% HIGHER OCCUPANT SATISFACTION AND PRODUCE 33% LESS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.