Author(s)

F. Patania, G. Buonanno, A. Gagliano & F. Nocera

Abstract

Economic aspect of houses' green design as the main key to success in the building market F. Patania, G. Buonanno, A. Gagliano & F. Nocera Applied Physics Group-DIIM, Catania University, Italy Abstract Building construction costs are regularly said to be the biggest obstacle to ecofriendly design. It is common opinion that eco designed buildings are more expensive than conventionally constructed ones. Our personal observation is that 'certain' kinds of design are at least as expensive as a normal construction. The aim of this paper is to range all the green possibility correlations among expenses and efficiency achieved to show evidence that green constructions may not be too expensive as general opinion may think. 1 Introduction The future of our development could not be based just on the aesthetic beauty as it used to be. The architecture should change from an appearance-driven process to a performance-driven art by applying natural and biological scientific discoveries, which are very impor

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