Green
The word ‘green’ refers primarily to a colour of light with a wavelength between 495–570 nm.
However, it may also refer to grassed land, something which is relatively new, or to something that is considered sustainable.
In the construction industry, ‘green’ might be used to refer to:
- Green belt
- Green book
- Green bridge
- Green building
- Green chain
- Green corridor
- Green deal
- Green design
- Green grid
- Green industries
- Green infrastructure
- Green lease
- Green legislation
- Green materials
- Green mortgage
- Green paving
- Green rating systems
- Green roofs
- Green space
- Green timber
- Green tunnel
- Green walls
- Greenway.
- Urban greening
- Village green
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