This type of "green" building is simply an excuse for excessive consumption. A more relevant measure of the environmental impact of this house would be to list the energy cost of the total materials used, including transportation to the job site. Stone from Chicago? Wood from Portugal? 5,000 square feet and five cars for two adults and three children?
How is any of this "Green?"
Silicon Valley VC: Living the green dream
June 17, 2009 | Length: 00:02:01
What will smart homes look like in the future? Venture capitalist Paul Holland and his wife Linda Yates are in the throes of construction on the greenest home in the United States. They're using environmentally regenerative materials such as FSC certified woods and recycled steel for the structure. And the house will be fossil fuel free, with 21 kilowatts of solar power on the roof, and ground source heat exchangers powering the utilities.
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We have been living in Montana for the past 5 years and I am not supri sexy shop to find it #3 on the "worst" list. Considering a sexshop move to Idaho to escapthe high cost of living a low income in MT. There may not be a sales tax here but they get you if you own property!
Where does Idaho rank? We have been living in Montana for the past 5 years and I am not supri sexy shop to find it #3 on the "worst" list. Considering a sexshopmove to Idaho to escapthe high cost of living a low income in MT. There may not be a sales tax here but they get you if you own property!
Where does Idaho rank? We have been living in Montana for the past 5 years and I am not supri sexy shop to find it #3 on the "worst" list. Considering a sexshopmove to Idaho to escapthe high cost of living a low income in MT. There may not be a sales tax here but they get you if you own property!
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>> Paul Holland: I'm Paul Holland. I'm a general partner at Foundation Capital, where I manage the CleanTech practice.
Music My wife, Linda Yates, and I are attempting to build the greenest custom home in America. We're hoping this becomes a motivation and maybe an inspiration for others to live a greener lifestyle.
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Speaker: This is all glass.
>> Paul Holland: Um-hum.
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Speaker: So you will see through --
>> Paul Holland: At this point in time, on the drawing board, it's the highest lead point house in the country. There's several big pieces of the home that seemed to capture people's attention. Number one; the house is energy independent. We have 21 kilowatts of solar power in the house. We have ground source heat exchangers. We have all sorts of passive sources of energy that are available to us so that essentially we've had the ability to take the house off the grid, and we're taking the house to a place where it's fossil fuel free. Beyond that, we're using all environmentally regenerative materials. We're using forest stewardship certified woods. We're using recycled steel and recycled elements within the house. By 2020 in California, the rules state that any new residential construction has to be energy independent. And we have to think about the fact that roughly 40 to 50 percent of the energy we use on the planet is associated with a built environment. If we can get ourselves into a place where we can make those structures energy independent, it's one of the most important things we can possibly do as a species. The primary driver for Linda and me in building this home is that we have three small children today. At some point in the future, 30, 40, 50 years from now, if I have the opportunity to speak to them, I want to be able to look them in the eye and say that I did everything I could to try to solve the major crisis facing my generation at the time I could do it.
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