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The Business Case for Sustainable Design in Federal Facilities

The Business Case for Sustainable Design in Federal Facilities provides significant financial evidence from research findings and case studies that sustainable design is a smart business choice. Both the 20-page brochure and the longer resource document provide data and information indicating that sustainable design does not have to increase first costs and yields economic, social, and environmental benefits to building owners and society. Benefits include annual energy, water and O&M cost savings; better productivity of building occupants; lower churn (reconfiguration) costs; better resale value; lower liability; reduced environmental impact; and increased safety and security, health and well-being of building occupants. The report illustrates many innovative ways that federal agencies are using sustainable design principles to extract greater efficiencies from our public buildings and the tax dollars that pay for them. This document was sponsored by FEMP and was published in fiscal year 2003.

For additional information about The Business Case for Sustainable Design in Federal Facilities, please contact Anne Sprunt Crawley. The following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

  • The Business Case for Sustainable Design in Federal Facilities, 20-page brochure with case studies (PDF 713 KB, 24 pp)
  • The Business Case for Sustainable Design in Federal Facilities—Resource Document—Final Report, October 2003