http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/business/energy-environment/26smart.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=%20%E2%80%9CCan%20We%20Build%20in%20a%20Brighter%20Shade%20of%20Green?%E2%80%9D&st=cse
Here is a story about a private home owner investing in a green home. My favorite thing about this story is how the insurance provides declined these people because they wouldn't have a furnace in their home. This just brings to reality how much more change is needed to switch from conventional to 'green' ways of building.
Hmm, I didn't know much about this! Thanks for the link! Having grown up in a 200+ y/o house I know how much they can leak!
ReplyDeleteI really like the idea of a passive house, but with their house, it looks like they would have to drive anywhere to get food or necessities. I wonder if all the trees cut down, and the commercial buildings far away are really worth the offset of energy they save. Not only that, this is their second home! Wouldn't it make more sense and be less of a footprint to refurbish an existing home? (Cool article though!)
ReplyDeleteNatalie