Would You Believe Steel Buildings Are Green?

Whether you’re a business who wants to get extra tax credits or a homeowner who wants to reduce your carbon footprint – or a little of both – you can’t do better than choosing steel buildings when you need additional storage or work space on your property. While your typical steel building may not look environmentally friendly, it actually has a number of features that make it a green choice. Here are just a few of the things you’re doing when you choose a metal building instead of masonry, wood or vinyl.

Preserving Natural Resources

Wood and other building materials use precious natural resources that take decades and even centuries to replace. By contrast, the steel used to fabricate steel buildings is recycled metal that was taken from the ground decades ago. Your new metal building won’t be using up more natural resources.

Reducing Solid Waste

In fact, when you choose a steel building, you’ll be keeping all of the materials used in your structure out of the waste stream. That helps preserve land instead of adding to the waste choking our landfills.

Reducing Your Carbon Footprint

The major components of your steel building will all come from the same factory and location, usually all on the same truck in one shipment. That greatly reduces the amount of carbon put into the air in delivering your building products to you.

Using Fewer Chemicals

Because steel buildings require so little maintenance, you won’t be using harmful chemicals to clean, paint and refinish them every few years. All you need to keep them looking their best is water to clean off the accumulated dirt.

Reducing Energy Requirements for Heating and Cooling

Steel buildings are precision-engineered to fit tightly together. The snug fit reduces heat transfer between the inside and outside of the building, making them easier and less expensive to heat. As an added bonus, you’ll also be using less fuel to heat the building, so reducing your carbon footprint even further.

In addition, you can lower your energy requirements even further by choosing energy efficient roofs, putting solar panels on the building or adding windows and skylights for natural lighting.

Believe it or not, steel buildings can be a very green choice. They’re an excellent choice for garages, barns, workshops, factory buildings and just about any other use you can imagine. Be kind to the earth. Choose a metal building for your next building project.