Green Homes in Pasadena: Builders Getting Eco-Friendly with LEED system
By Keller Williams
(Keller Williams Realty)
It seems like everyone's "going green" these days, from car makers, to educational institutions, to big companies trying to save on paper costs for bills. Now home builders are jumping on board too. Nationally, builders expect that by 2010 as many as 40-50% of homes being built will be "green," according to the National Association of Home Builders in March 2007. Even in Pasadena we have seen the eco-friendly Wilson Residences listed recently, and construction has begun on the "Pasadena Eco-House." So what is a "green" home? The US Green Building Council has provided a useful rating system called the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating SystemTM. The LEED ratings begin with the assumption that a home is a system, just like the human body or the...
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