SFO Will Be Green
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Greenstrides says that San Francisco International Airport (SFO) will be reconstructed using green building materials.
And according to the San Mateo Times, it will be more than just green building materials in use:
In addition, many elements of “green” design will be incorporated. The terminal’s builders aim to use green building materials and regional products, while its designers are planning to reduce carbon emissions by 12,000 tons annually, use high-efficiency lighting and recycle much of the water used in the facility.
“We want to do this as environmentally friendly as possible,” said McCarron, who added that the terminal’s price tag comes in at $383 million.
Terminal 2, the airport’s former hub for international travel, once was the busiest terminal in the Bay Area’s busiest airport. But when SFO opened its new billion-dollar international terminal six years ago, Terminal 2 was left closed.
This was due mostly to the sharp dropoff of air travel in the wake of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Interesting news, for sure. Especially considering all of the construction that has happened to date.
My question: aren’t they undoing the entire set of construction they already did? Won’t it be less green if they have to dump a huge volume of previous building materials?
