A comprehensive process of design and construction that employs techniques to minimize adverse environmental impacts and reduce the energy consumption of a building, while contributing to the health and productivity of its occupants.
A common metric for green buildings is the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification.
Anything that costs less to dispose of than it’s commercial worth. In many cases, these materials are the same being handled by manufacturers in the production of goods but because...
Gender Inequality Index (GII) measures gender inequalities in three aspects of human development: reproductive health, measured by maternal mortality ratio and adolescent birth rat...
The Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) is a measure of economic progress that takes into account whether a country's economic growth has resulted in the improvement of well being...