Comments on: Green building earns platinum award for C-MORE building /news/2012/01/26/cmore-leed-award/ News from the University of Hawaii Wed, 19 May 2021 23:51:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: 鶹ýManoa Student /news/2012/01/26/cmore-leed-award/#comment-57312 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 23:35:02 +0000 http://www.hawaii.edu/news/?p=3689#comment-57312 That’s a good point. So the question then becomes how can this option be more affordable and/or equitable? Is there financing available to make a heavy upfront investment in property improvements? Does the conventional C&C codes allow for this as well? There are probably many property owners who do not simply elect not to do LEED type improvements but who just don’t have the funds… How equitable is LEED? From what I have read since property values increase gentrification could (and often does) take place…

]]> By: home performance energy auditor /news/2012/01/26/cmore-leed-award/#comment-5452 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:41:17 +0000 http://www.hawaii.edu/news/?p=3689#comment-5452 Congratulations to everyone that made this LEED award happen for the Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education, but especially congratulations to the person who first came up with the idea and pushed it forward. A magnificent achievement.

Another way to look at the question of going green is to ask yourself, “What it will cost you NOT to build green?” Is a zero to five percent premium yielding lower energy and maintenance costs over time worth it? Property owners electing to save a little bit of money now by ignoring available green options could be throwing away money for years to come, as well as decreasing the marketability and value of their property for future buyers.
Bob

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