2. Consider the following statement: "It is very expensive to build eco-friend/y buildings, so expenditures like these should generally not be made.

Rather, companies should focus on upgrading their production facilities so they can make higher quality, lower-priced products for consumers and more profits for their shareholders." Do you agree or disagree with the statement? Explain your reasoning. The term "organizational structure" is commonly used to explain theoretical concepts like departmentalization, authority, responsibility, and the hierarchical patterns within organizations. But organizations also need physical structures like offices and factories to do their work, and managers in both the public and private sector are beginning to realize that their physical structures present significant opportunities to be ecofriendly.

In Charlottetown, P.E.I., for example, a federal government office building has been constructed with photovoltaic panels that produce 8-10 percent of the building's power needs. Delta Whistler Village Suites installed a hybrid heating system that has reduced greenhouse gases by 45 percent and saved the hotel

$70 000 in energy costs. At the University of Toronto, over 90 percent of the heating requirements for the engineering and computer science building are being recovered from a nearby boiler plant.