Scottsdale housing on green streak
According to a Scottsdale green building progress report, about a quarter of the 891 homes built in Scottsdale last year included enough energy-saving and sustainable-building features to earn a green rating.
The city’s report said the green building program has reduced greenhouse-gas emissions annually by about 2,700 pounds of carbon dioxide per home.
In 2007, the American Institute of Architects issued a Local Leaders in Sustainability report praising green-building programs in Scottsdale and five other cities - Austin, Atlanta, Chicago, San Francisco and Portland, Ore. The report said, “Scottsdale is a pioneering community that has helped lead the way on green building.”
Story courtesy of the The Arizona Republic.
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