New green building materials
Yeah, California may be a dysfunctional mess. But it’s still ahead of the Southeast in developing affordable green building materials.
There are a lot of great sustainable products out there. Before the housing downturn, more and more of them — from insulating concrete forms to solar hot water systems — were being produced within 100 miles of Atlanta. And I imagine that the trend will continue even through this recession.
One of the big frustrations for green homebuilding, however, remains the cost of transporting the really heavy stuff that’s only available from some distant innovator on the West Coast. Read more
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