Common Denominators - 1

I have been scouring through articles in my Google Reader and most commonly these data stands out -

• Buildings constitute 30-40% energy consumed in this earth
• Savings up to 30-40% for both water and energy savings due to green implementation.
• Market for eco-friendly materials - +ve sign for industrializing countries( read India)
• Lot of big companies going all the way to a carbon neutral building(extremely expensive as of now) like Google (who have a extremely big bank balance).
• Green buildings cost generally 3-20% more than traditional buildings.
  
• Payback period varies from 3-7 years depending on the intensity of green mplementation.

I hope to continue this series as I see trends in green news!