The NY Times profiles an Oregon couple who built a "compact green home" in the shadow of Mt. Hood. Included in the article are descriptions of the techniques they used to deal with building on the flood plain.
i don't see anything green about a second home you built on a floodplain which you visit once a month.
solartube, takagi water heaters, low flush toilets and what, disposible baby diapers? bah... standart details even in city of los angeles proper.
where are the cisterns, self generated electricity, waste manegement, self sustaining food production? that would be worthy of an article on sustainability focused article.
this one should be in business section on second income investments.
i have seen this house before. it was in holland or something? nice house but haven't i seen this article before with the same details?
i don't know? maybe i am just responding to the way it is written up. seems like nothing worthy of newspaper article unless it has acres of wood facade screen screwed and a picture of family in front of it.
wk, i am just shooting at the messege not the messenger. you know i respect you a great deal. i am already feeling like a same old tune, but i think most of my points are valid.
points are valid, there is absolutely nothing green about a second home...i have no problem with having a second home...just don't call the process GREEN.
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i don't see anything green about a second home you built on a floodplain which you visit once a month.
solartube, takagi water heaters, low flush toilets and what, disposible baby diapers? bah... standart details even in city of los angeles proper.
where are the cisterns, self generated electricity, waste manegement, self sustaining food production? that would be worthy of an article on sustainability focused article.
this one should be in business section on second income investments.
i have seen this house before. it was in holland or something? nice house but haven't i seen this article before with the same details?
i don't know? maybe i am just responding to the way it is written up. seems like nothing worthy of newspaper article unless it has acres of wood facade screen screwed and a picture of family in front of it.
wk, i am just shooting at the messege not the messenger. you know i respect you a great deal. i am already feeling like a same old tune, but i think most of my points are valid.
points are valid, there is absolutely nothing green about a second home...i have no problem with having a second home...just don't call the process GREEN.
orhan, your points are very valid. good critique.
what if that second home is one you bike to, that is really just a small hut in the woods?
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