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Welcome to
Monster Constructors
Green Building Division.
Mission
Statement
Our mission is to promote
environmentally-friendly, healthy, safe, efficient, and
comfortable living by restructuring the way that we, as
a society, build buildings.
Action
Plan
We will start, one
structure at a time, building buildings and homes that
are structurally sound, energy efficient, comfortable,
and healthy. These buildings and homes will have
minimum negative impact on the environment, conserve and
help restore natural resources, reduce operating and
maintenance costs, improve productivity, last much
longer than buildings built with traditional methods,
produce high indoor air quality, and improve overall
quality of life. And, we hope that these buildings will
further expand, create, and change markets to be more
green.
Right now, buildings have
the most negative impact on the environment and the
majority of water and energy consumption. According to
the U.S. Department of Energy, buildings account for
almost 40% of total U.S. energy consumption and 67.9% of
electric consumption. Buildings account for 12.2% of
total U.S. water consumption, of which residential
buildings account for 74.4%, according to a U.S.
Geological Survey. A huge 38.1% of total carbon
dioxide emissions come form buildings. This high
consumption can be cut drastically if we only take an
effort to minimize it when we build structures.
According to the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Amercians, on average,
spend 90% of their time indoors. Yet, the indoor air
quality is two to five (in some cases, up to 100) times
worse than outdoor air quality levels. We fill our
homes up with carcinogens and asthma triggers during the
building process. There is no reason for this.
Currently, buildings are
not built to last. Our natural resources are being
depleted when other renewable and restorable materials
could be used instead, yielding an even higher quality
result. This needs to change, and the change is
simple. We simply need to demand that these changes be
made.
Check out our pages on the Elements of Green Building
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