Monday, August 23, 2010

Deforest City Blues: Headline - “Builders Officially Go Green”

Really?

Get out of town.

I mean it. Get out of town if you believe the headline. (June 9, London Free Press)

Yes, London home builders occasionally embrace energy-efficient technologies in home construction.

But, “officially,” they’re a long way from going green.

Why do I say that?

Because Deforest City builders still ignore the greenest option of all - smaller homes.

If we built homes that were 20% smaller than the average, what would happen?

We’d use 20% fewer building materials. That’s energy-efficient, eh.

We’d require less fuel to heat the home.

We’d require less furniture.

We’d likely require fewer electric appliances.

We’d have a smaller mortgage and not use as much energy sweating about our monthly finances.

So, are our builders officially going green?

Not by a long shot.

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