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Education is the foundation of ability to implement our values. The establishment of sustainable-principles in this place of personal-growth helps create inherent and intuitive sustainability values in the student's life and career; which in turn they themselves teach.

Like many of the reasons we build quality into our own homes, pride of long-term and measurable benefits will outweigh the potential initial increase in cost and coordination. Thinking strictly in terms of monetary value, we know that one dollar today will go a lot further than one dollar 10 years from now. Energy demand and costs will only escalate, so taking relatively inexpensive measures now (while you get more for your dollar), will offset the inherent building costs in the future. These are measured steps - projected value, not immediate satisfaction. A central concept of sustainability is its projected value (dollar standpoint) - direct and indirect benefits (on all levels).

Quantifiable results are generally requested before a "new" concept is administered into any building design. Some elements that may be measured as listed in Environmental Design and Construction are:

Profitability
Product Quality
Customer Satisfaction
Capacity for Innovation
Quality of work life (including employee work attitudes and satisfaction)
Employee retention
Perceived value of goods and services
Operational efficiency
Social Responsibility

Construction systems that have been established many years ago are still in use today. But as the dynamics of society change, so too must the systems that account for it or else its effectiveness is greatly diminished, and hence its value.

http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/sustainableschools/