Environmentel Benefits

• Enhance and protect biodiversity and ecosystems
• Improve air and water quality
• Reduce waste streams
• Conserve and restore natural resources

Economic Benefits

• Reduce operating costs
• Create, expand, and shape markets for green products
• Improve occupant productivity
• Optimize life-cycle economic performance

Social Benefits

• Enchance occupant comfort and health
• Heighten aesthetic qualities
• Minimize strain on local infrastructure
• Improve overall quality of life

Not only does building green in Santa Rosa improve the City's economy, environment, and resident's quality of life; green building also benefits its many constituents

• The Community benefits by more efficient use of water, energy and materials and improved land use and indoor air quality.

• Builders benefit by using green building principles and practices to deliver a higher quality product, increase customer satisfaction, and to differentiate themselves in the marketplace.

• Local Utilities Benefit by gaining important peak load reductions allowing maximization of power plant, water and sewer treatment capacity and reducing the need to build new facilities. They also benefit by reduced uncollectibles (due to the lower utility bills), improved compliance with the regulations for public benefits programs and recognition as environmental stewards.

• The City of Santa Rosa benefits by keeping more money in the local economy, (via utility and operating cost savings for tax payers and occupants), reducing environmental pollution, conserving important natural resources, improving public health and safety via better indoor air quality, improving the quality of the local housing stock, and enhancing relationships with the building industry. 

• Environmental Organizations benefit from improved stewardship of natural resources and, more positive relationships with both the government and the building industry

• Building owners and Occupants benefit by getting buildings that are less expensive to maintain and operate, more comfortable and healthy, have increased future resale value, while having the satisfaction of knowing that the building has been built to meet a green standard.