Gottfried Green

The NY Times highlights a green home in Mount Hood, OR. I was actually surprised to learn that there aren't more LEED certified green homes in the country. There are hundreds of applications in the works, however. Some other things I learned were the added benefits of net-metered solar. "Some green-built homes do not tap the local utility grid at all. But many experts argue that being on the grid is actually a greener practice. Tapping into already-built power and water systems takes fewer resources than, say, maintaining new generators and batteries for solar energy systems." We are going to be sizing up our design to the LEED checklist and see where we stand so far.

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