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Sustainable products are products either sustainably sourced, manufactured or processed and provide environmental, social, and economic benefits while protecting public health and the environment throughout their whole life cycle, from the extraction of raw materials to the final disposal.
Green urbanism has been defined as the practice of creating communities [1] beneficial to humans and the environment. According to Timothy Beatley , [ 2 ] it is an attempt to shape more sustainable places, communities and lifestyles, [ 3 ] and consume less of the world's resources.
Green consumer behavior is a form of pro-environmental behavior, a form of consumption that harms the environment as little as possible or even benefits the environment. [3] Research provides empirical support to the claim that green or pro-environmental consumer behavior is composed of: [ 4 ]
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Potential benefits of green affordable housing include lower energy cost burden and improved health. One challenge to green affordable housing is the tendency to prioritize short-term costs over long-term benefits, leading to higher upfront cost. The challenge for green housing advocates is to see to the life cycle cost of the building. [1]
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The UNEP 2011 Green Economy Report informs that "based on existing studies, the annual financing demand to green the global economy was estimated to be in the range US$1.05 to US$2.59 trillion. To place this demand in perspective, it is about one-tenth of total global investment per year, as measured by global Gross Capital Formation."
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