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Georgia Manufactured Home Gets LEED Platinum, Skips Costly Green Gizmos

SanFranciscoPlumbingReviews — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:13:04 +0000

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

76 Ways to Save Money While Saving the Environment

SanFranciscoPlumbingReviews — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Going green – or saving the environment – can be extremely expensive. When you think about what it means to “go green”, you probably visualize huge solar panels on the roof, personal water treatment plans with fancy rain water collection barrels and a purification system in your backyard, or a windmill fueling your home with all the electricity it needs. These options would undoubtedly help you do your part to save the environment – and they would even save money for you over the long term – but