Monday, March 10, 2008

Green Subdivision in Silicon Valley

From the SJ Mercury News - San Jose's first "green certified" subdivision and the definition of this.

Keypoints:
1. Houses start at a Million. Of course in Silicon Valley the prices are still hard to believe. My family a couple of years ago rented a 900 square foot house in Cupertino and it was around $800K last I checked.
2. For the associated permits, it cost $1000.
3. The extra cost for being green did not add to the total cost of the house.
4. Still issues with green standards (which ones to go buy).
5. Main green features seems to be Solar and Double Pane Windows.

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