The whole-life sustainability of a building should be underpinned with a demonstration of functional value and an awareness of the direct environmental impact. While a great deal of energy and resources are consumed in the construction of buildings, this is marginal when compared to the operation costs and associated energy used during a building's life cycle. Many reports identify the build costs and associated resources to be less than 1 % of the whole-life operation costs. The exact energy use of a building can vary widely, depending on the use, energy efficiency of the building and occupant behaviour; thus, a greater deal of attention should be given to understanding the energy used in buildings and how energy efficient operation is achieved.
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Gorse, C., Johnston, D., Glew, D., Fylan, F., Thomas, F., Shenton, D. M., … Stafford, A. (2015). Monitoring and measuring building performance. In Building Sustainable Futures: Design and the Built Environment (pp. 35–61). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19348-9_3
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