Building sustainable developments not only benefits the neighbourhoods and communities where they are located, but they also directly benefit the consumer in many ways:
- Savings in energy costs
- Improved air quality
- Enhanced access to green spaces
- Recycling facilities to make it easy to reduce, reuse and recycle
- Ability to walk to work or to local amenities
- Enjoyment of retained wildlife habitats
- Ability to take pleasure in retained Greenfields
- Ability to enter the market due to mixed-income housing choices
- Ability to take part in community interaction and involvement
- Benefits from direct and indirect job creation