Sustainability - what are the benefits?

The environmental benefits are probably fairly obvious:

• Enhance and protect biodiversity and ecosystems - ranging from local parks and water courses to the Amazon rainforest

• Improve air and water quality - keeping the local paddling areas clean for those warm summer days

• Reduce waste streams - reducing the swathes of land used for landfill, freeing it up for better uses

• Conserve and restore natural resources - allowing us to replenish forests and farm sustainably 

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Some of the economic benefits are well known:

• Reduce operating costs - keeping those ever-rising energy bills down

• Improve occupant productivity - keeping employees healthy and happy goes a long way 

• Enhance asset value and profits - making your home or workplace a more desirable prospect when it comes to sell

• Optimise life-cycle economic performance - factoring in future maintenance and designing for deconstruction

The social benefits are often left unconsidered but are no less important:

• Enhance occupant health and comfort - keeping family members and employees alike healthy and happy

• Improve indoor air quality - helping to mitigate against health problems such as asthma and reducing damp 

• Minimise strain on local utility infrastructure - freeing up energy to binge-watch the latest Netflix series

• Improve overall quality of life - who doesn't want to feel happier?!

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