Skip Navigation  Cost-Effective Green Building Strategies:
Healthcare and Federal Government Applications  March 18, 2009
Through the years, sustainability and sustainable design have
earned the stigma of being very expensive to implement because
the first thing the general public thinks of when they picture
sustainable design is photovoltaics and highly complex automated
control systems.  This common misconception continues to hinder
the incorporation of sustainable design strategies today, even
though there is a multitude of simple, cost-effective strategies
that can be incorporated.  They do not have to cost any more
and, when incorporated early in the design phase, can even be
included with cost savings, particularly when lifecycle costing
is considered.  Institutional and Government funded projects
more often than not include considerable budget constraints
compared to privately funded developments.  These constraints,
plus security (AT/FP) and Health and Safety requirements,
inherently reduce the poten