I Explode Things.
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System has been around now since 1998, and lots of people are talking about it. But just incase there are others out there like me (who talk alot about things they don’t know much about) I thought there could be some more to say … Read more What is LEED, and will it work?
I know that many see it as a fool’s quest, but I long to see the barrier broken. Can “green” homes be built without subsidy for under $100 a sq. ft.? I am glad to see that there are folks out there working to do just that. I am especially interested in the work being … Read more The Pursuit of $100 a sq. ft.
The March issue of The Atlantic Monthly included an article titled, “How the Crash Will Reshape America.” I agreed with much of this article especially the author’s conclusions that suburban American must undergo drastic changes if we are to successfully move into the future economically. But one main conclusion of the article caught me short. The … Read more Should Home Ownership Be American?