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ABSTRACT The environment has been badly deteriorated since the industrial revolution. According to Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, major global environmental issues include: soil and soil protection, desertification, damage of the tropical forest, safeguarding of water resources, fish and wile life preservation, and suitability of resources. (Guan-Xiong Wang 2004)
Ever since the hosting of United Nation Conference for Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio Brazil in 1992, the subject of “sustainable development” and “Environmentalism” have become mine stream topics around the globe. The building industry in Taiwan is responsible for the highest density of the concrete all of the world, and it’s CO2 emission has accounted 27.22% of the entire nation.(ABRI, MOI, 2001). In order to progress on the Green Building Policies, ABRI, MOI initiated “Introduction and Audition of Green building Handbook” in 1999, as the indicating reference for assessing green buildings.
This research aims to re-evaluate cases of Primary and junior high schools in Taiwan that did pass the Green Building auditions, by the cost-efficiency point of view on different Green Building techniques that were applied. Empirical data of which is presented as the cost-effective diagrams to give an overview of green buildings in Primary and junior high schools in Taiwan. The cost and effectiveness analysis indicates that green buildings are not necessarily more expensive then buildings of other techniques.
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