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

Sustainable San Diego New Home Community Expands Recycling Program (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

Del Sur, a smart-growth master-planned community in the northern part of the City of San Diego, has expanded its recycling efforts with a new green initiative. Del Sur homeowners may now visit the Platinum LEED-rated Ranch House to safely dispose of toxic mercury-containing compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs).

   

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