More and more people both, architects and material suppliers, are jumping onto the “green architecture” bandwagon but how many practices really follow any sort of eco-principles. Just calling something green doesn’t necessarily make it so.

The term “greenwashing” has entered the lexicon to mean giving the appearance of being green without providing substantive environmental benefit.

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