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Green Buildings
By: Greg Kats, Capital E
12.00%
Average Green
Cost Premium
Average Green Premium
10.00%
6.50%
6.00% Green
4.00%
Certification
2.00%
2.11% 1.82% 33 buildings US-
0.66%
wide
0.00%
Level 1-Certified Level 2-Silver Level 3-Gold Level 4-Platinum
(8 bldgs) (18 bldgs) (6 bldgs) (1 bldgs)
Over 20 LEED Projects at Harvard have shown that there are 40 credits that can be
achieved at no added cost if the process is managed effectively.
Included in this number are 9 credits that all Harvard projects immediately get.
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Point is no cost and Potential cost impact, Point has cost Point has additional cost
often given in Harvard but will result in reduced implication and an impact with strictly an
projects operations costs associated human environment benefit
health / comfort /
productivity benefit
STUDY 4: Green Cost Data for Two Harvard Historic
Renovation Projects
PROJECT 1