[Greenbuilding] size of award winning houses

[Lynelle Hamilton]

Hi Sacie:

I'm with you on this.  When I lived north of Toronto, a neighbour built 
a 10,800 sq.ft. "low energy" home--for 3 people!  While it was 
well-insulated, energy-starred out the ying-yang, the concept was such 
an affront to sustainable living.

Lynelle
On 23/04/2013 5:37 PM, Sacie Lambertson wrote:
> Seeing Alan's query about mass, reminded my of my disgust in reading 
> about the cost of one of the recipients of AIA's top ten green awards, 
> a house in Venice CA which measures 3800 sq ft and cost well over $1.5 
> million to build.  Not only is this an outsized cost for a green house 
> but if you look at the place on its lot you can see it is far more 
> than twice the size of its neighbors, who must be most happy about 
> that.  (Of course it could cost $1 mil, just to buy a lot in Venice).
>
> http://www.buildinggreen.com/auth/article.cfm/2013/4/22/New-Top-Ten-Plus-Award-Crowns-AIA-s-2013-Green-Projects/?utm_source=BuildingGreen.com+Mailing+List&utm_campaign=c56441dc0b-BGB_2013_04_224_22_2013&utm_medium=email&mc_cid=c56441dc0b&mc_eid=94d551ef67
>
> The article in Building Green says the cost of this 'Yin Yang' house 
> was justified thusly:
>
> / The owner and designers chose both materials and technologies based 
> on a 50-year anticipated time before major renovations, which 
> justified significant investments in quality and efficiency. /
>
> What superb rationalization.
>
> Compare this house to another award winning one: 'A New Norris' house, 
> reported to be 'tiny' by the article.
>
> Honest to Pete.
>
> Sacie
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