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Can Large Homes Be Green?
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9/10/2001
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WALL-TO-WALL CARPING
Can a 12,000-square-foot house really be eco-friendly? What about
Bill Gates's 40,000-square-foot house built of salvaged wood? Architect
Will Bruder says adding green features like geothermal heating and
solar panels to mondo homes with five-car garages is merely a way
"to rationalize decadent expenditures." Daniel Chiras, an enviro
professor, says, "[I]f it's a 5,000-square-foot-house, it has to
be furnished, heated, cooled, and maintained. That takes a lot of
resources and energy. They're fooling themselves if they think it's
okay." Others are all for thinking big. Architect William McDonough
says, "Size doesn't have to matter." David Warner of Redhorse Constructors
in San Rafael, Calif., agrees: "If a guy with a home over 10,000
square feet who doesn't think of himself as green still decides
to use photovoltaic power sources, I consider that a victory."
See Shades of Green: Muscle Houses Trying to Live Lean Julie
V. Iovine, New York Times, 30 Aug 2001 http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/30/garden/30BIG.html
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