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| A process of continual improvement by which today's "best practices" become tomorrow's standard practices |
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| Any environment that is man made and proves a structure for human activity. |
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Economic Prosperity
Social Responsibility
Environmental Stewardship |
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| Costs/benefits incurred by parties who are not a part of a transaction |
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| Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design |
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| Percent of an office building's energy use that is due to worker's commute |
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| Designing and building a structure in a way that makes it suitable for a future use different from its original use. |
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| Use no more energy from the grid than is generated on-site. |
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| Emit no more carbon than is sequestered/offset |
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| Use no more water than which falls onto site as precipitation, or recycle and reuse all materials. |
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