Brad Pitt Making It Right in New Orleans

Brad Pitt joined President Bill Clinton on the stage at this year’s Clinton Global Initiative in New York City to talk about the Make It Right campaign , a project that Brad Pitt started in 2007 to help rebuild the lower 9 th ward in New Orleans. But he’s not just throwing his considerable star power behind a simple rebuilding process. Every house that the Make It Right puts together is certified LEED platinum – and even more amazingly each house is being built at less then $150 a squar

Georgia Manufactured Home Gets LEED Platinum, Skips Costly Green Gizmos

When you think of manufactured homes, you might think of the ranch house with vinyl siding that you gingerly pass on the interstate as it travels on the back of a wide-load truck. You might also think about a LEED Platinum home and imagine a roof spotted with photovoltaic panels, windmill in the front yard, and geothermal dug deep into the ground. The newest offering from New World Home turns both of these ideas on their heads. This home in Cobb County Georgia is the first LEED Plat

Los Vecinos: First Platinum LEED-Certified, 100% Solar Powered, Affordable Housing in San Diego

Image via: Wakeland Housing & Development CorporationLos Vecinos, the first LEED-Certified Platinum, 100% solar-powered affordable housing in San Diego, offer 42-units of state of the art in green housing. The $17.6 million USD project opened its doors today to visitors to welcome the new neighbors, who are already living in the building, to the neighborhood. The complex is located in the Chula Vista section of San Diego, and provides 3 floors of 1, 2 and 3-bedroom housing units. The complex als

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