‘Building Green Homes … The Way Forward’ read one ad for a construction company. Is it for real? Do you really need to waste your time over some foggy, expensive idea? Well think again. spicyrss.com Even if Al Gore in his movie An Inconvenient Truth was only marginally correct, there is no doubt that our reckless exploitation of natural resources is putting the planet in danger. Oh yes! You too can contribute towards providing some respite - try living in a green home.
Building green homes is not a passing fancy anymore. Just look around and see the world wide initiatives such as the LEED standard of USA, Code for Sustainable Homes … UK, Green Star in Australia, R2000 in Canada - the list goes on. Obviously, people are serious. Is it pricey? Well I understand from the literature available on the net, that Green homes do cost up to 6-7% more than normal homes initially. Syndiate rss Perhaps others have a better estimate. Those initial costs are more than recovered as green buildings consume almost 30% less energy. Boy, wouldn’t I like to see those fat water and electricity bills go South!!! As far as I am concerned, Green is the way to go.