Business: Home Green Home: Affordable Green Living - NYTimes

A development in Western Massachusetts features solar powered, tightly sealed and super-insulated homes, which are nearly off the grid and affordable.

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[BourbonRealty]

Good to see people living "off the grid".

More home builders need go in this direction.

[wildpeachatl737]

With banks planning to tear down many of the abandoned and/or foreclosed homes in their inventory, wouldn't it be lovely to see developments such as this go up in their place?

I can dream, can't I?

[margowolfenbarger]

great video..thank you for sharing!

[mattandpatti222]

That boy looks like a cave boy!

[havenjm]

I can help you go one better than getting off-grid. Help turn the grid green, follow @fundgreenpower

[3dsolutions]

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I like the video very much, please participate, for we would like to have as many designs from all over the world as possible!

[ComfortAirCompany]

I work on a lot of green home, but they all need ventilation to make them healthy. Even using a green product like a heat recovery ventilator it will increase the heat load. A gas space heater doesn’t distribution the heat it produces, so every room would need its own heater or they wouldn't get heat. I going to guess those homes are very uncomfortable and unhealthy. Going green takes money or sacrifice; apparently they choose sacrifice.

[voodoochild2u]

say no to subsidizing!!.......call it what it is anouther form of welfare......geesh can our govt stop spending on stuff it has no buisness in? grrr i want a home like that but since me and my wife could not afford to pay the taxes for the subsidizing and buy one too i guess we will have to keep our high bills, keep working, and let someone who works less enjoy the fruits of our labor. gotta love socialism. sorry if i offended anyone im just tired of people worshiping at the alter of green!

[RMCrowley]

pushing those stupid bulbs.. LEDs are the future.

[HorizSvcs]

These are not just buildings! They are architectural inspirations.

[bugg777]

What a great plan, giving people 240k homes that they pay 110k for. Maybe we should fully subsidise these and hand them out to everybody on welfare. Whats one more entitlement?