Sustainable Design, High Performance Buildings, Energy Efficient Buildings and Green Design are all terms that are used somewhat interchangeable to describe projects that are more focused on their environmental impact than their non-sustainable counterparts. There are many issues associated with sustainable design such as:

• Indoor Air Quality
• Indoor Environmental Quality
• Healthy Building
• Durability
• Life Cycle Costs
• Cradle-to-Cradle analysis
• Energy Efficiency
• Water Conservation
• Material Re-use
• Recycle and Rapidly Renewable Materials
• Project Location

Some projects focus on one or more of the above while others choose a more holistic approach and try to encompass as many of these environmental issues into the project as possible.

For some projects third party certification to attest to their environmental commitment is desirable. In those cases programs such as the U.S. Green Building Council LEED^® certification program is used.

There are also self-certification programs available such as Hawaii Built Green.

No matter what the goal of the project Green Sand Inc. can assist you in meeting your environmental goals. We can make your project a LEED^® Platinum project or we can focus on indoor air quality or durability.

Green Sand Inc. can be your sustainability strategist. We can help transform your project into a sustainable project, we can be your LEED^® Consultant.