Gottfried Green

Although we aren't in this price range, a June NYTimes article (at the Link) highlights secondary home owners going green mostly out of guilt that they waste so much energy in their primary residence. Instead of retrofitting what they have, they are putting that money into building green from scratch. Although this house is 2 hours outside of Chicago, the article has a few comments from people in various locations stating their stand on what it means to be green. "Here in Manhattan, we have no control over the heating or the insulation or the windows in our apartment," said Mr. Messerschmidt, 46. "And I can't afford to buy a hybrid car. So we use organic cleaning products and eat organically, and in High Falls, we're trying to be as green as possible — do the best that we can with what we've got."

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