Hill argues green design is essential, regardless of cost.

1 2

70%

30%

1. True

2. False

GOOD GREEN DESIGN

• Enable a biological function important to the ecological health of its regional and local setting

• More cost-effective than existing methods

• Form fulfills ecological, social, and cultural

BETTER

• Address functions strategically critical to the health of a given bioregion

BEST

• Show benefits in measurable ways

• In touch with science, engineering, social, ethics, etc.

Would you prefer to live on this street?

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32%

68%1. Yes

2. No

Good backyard view?

1 2

39%

61%1. Yes

2. No

Have you taken a class in this building?

1 2

19%

81%1. Yes

2. No

Would you pick this dorm?

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61%

39%

1. Yes

2. No

• LEED is a third-party certification program and the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. LEED gives building owners and operators the tools they need to have an immediate and measurable impact on their buildings’ performance. LEED promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in five key areas of human and environmental health: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality.

SER PRIMER

• What is restoration ecology?

• Look up and compare preservation and conservation.