What Makes a Building ‘Eco-Friendly’ or Not?

A building is eco-friendly if it helps the planet. Imagine a house that drinks sunlight like a plant and uses water from the sky instead of running taps all day, that's eco-friendly! But if it eats up lots of energy, makes pollution, or uses too much water, then it’s not so friendly to Earth.

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A house with big windows that let in sunlight during the day
A school building that uses collected rainwater for its toilets
An office that turns off lights when no one is there

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