Green Term Defined: Carbon Neutral Building

Green Term Defined: Carbon Neutral Building

Carbon Neutral Building is the process of taking into account measuring, reducing, and offsetting carbon energy used by the building.  A typical carbon neutral building integrates passive design, high performance building envelope, energy-efficient systems, and on-site renewable energy.

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In order to measure carbon neutrality the building must have system boundaries – meaning an understanding of what is being measured. Are building material manufacturing processes included? What about travel to and from the building during construction or post-construction? What parameters are most important should be carefully considered and transparent to the client.

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Carbon Neutrality for buildings can be supplemented by purchasing of green power. However, this misses the intent in my opinion.

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