Green building, does it really help the environment?

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The building, characteristics, procedure, and demolition of buildings are increasingly recognized as a foremost source of ecological impact. Without important transformation of construction and operations, such impacts are anticipated to boost with community growth and alterations in other demographic and financial factors. One scheme for accomplishing that transformation is most broadly known by the term green building. However, the period is utilised differently by different proponents and practitioners, denoting a continuum of practices, from those differing minimally from benchmark practices, to those directed at supplying structures with a smallest of ecological impact. (Young, ...