Round table discussion
This post is a brief summary of the two articles that I read on Green Buildings and the roundtable conference that took place on the 5th of March. The topic our group had chosen for roundtable discussion was to identify a technology or set of technologies which certain groups have either fully resisted or partially adopted and to discuss the pros and cons of implementing such technologies. With this background, members of the group came up with thoughts on Green buildings.
The main reason against adoption of green buildings is the initial cost invloved. The article “Do green buildings cost more?” focuses on the expenses involved in incorporating green features in a building. It gives statistical data that proves green buildings are not as expensive as we think it is. In fact, green buildings do have financial benefits in the long run; primarily attributed to low operational costs and the absence of maintenance costs during their lifetime. Profits as high at 10 times the initial investment can be obtained.
Some of our points supporting green buildings focused on the environmental advantages of adopting green buildings. Green buildings have less impact on the environment owing to efficient use of energy, water and other resource. Additionally, green buildings produce less green house gases, thereby reducing the effects of global warming. Green buildings also have less heat (thermal pollution) impact on the environment.
In conclusion, the roundtable conference helped us structure our argumentative essay. Everyone got a chance to voice their opinions hence providing different perspectives to a problem, which helped us develop a basic idea of the essay.
Be careful with sentence structure. In paragraph 2, you wrote the following: In fact, green buildings do have financial benefits in the long run; primarily attributed to low operational costs and the absence of maintenance costs during their lifetime.
ReplyDeleteThe second part is a fragment because you used a semi-colon. Clauses that come after a semi-colon must be independent, which means they need a subject. You can fix the sentence in several ways. One way is to add a subject: In fact, green buildings do have financial benefits in the long run; this is primarily attributed to low operational costs and the absence of maintenance costs during their lifetime.
You could also use a comma and a relative clause instead: In fact, green buildings do have financial benefits in the long run, which are primarily attributed to low operational costs and the absence of maintenance costs during their lifetime.