"Green" building practices save money and resources and provide healthier environments for employees and visitors. Green buildings provide a potentially promising way to help Delaware State Parks:

• Reduce energy costs
• Ease electric grid constraints and associated power quality and availability
• Avoid potential water shortage and waste disposal concerns
• Reduce pollution
• Increase workers' health and productivity, while decreasing the incidents of asthma and allergies
• Hold down the expenses of maintaining and operating state facilities over time.

Delaware State Parks is also incorporating green building products in its maintenance and repair program. Some of these include:

• New technology hand dryers that dry faster and use less power.
• Energy Star light fixtures, lamps, appliances, and heating and cooling systems
• Low VOC products such as paints and carpet
• Hands-free faucets and flush valves that save water and are more sanitary.
• Waterless urinals

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