Green Houses, The New Real Estate Renaissance?

August 28, 2008 by Greg Saunders  

Green homes!  Okay, okay, maybe you don’t see it clearly right now but you gotta take your thoughts off your gas-guzzling truck or SUV for a moment and see if you can get the correct answer to this question.  Okay, true or false, the average U.S. home causes twice as much greenhouse emissions as a single car.  The answer is True.  No this does not qualify you for are you smarter than a 5th grader! 

According to the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency, a typical house requires power for heating, air conditioning, hot water and lighting.  that’s enough to cause the emission of three tons of polluting carbon gases each year compared with about 1.5 tons for the typical car on the road. 

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