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PRINTBrad Pitt: “Build Green”
In a recent article in Esquire, Brad Pritt clearly spells out the argument for “building green”. Whether his stats are 100% accurate or not, he makes a wonderful case for constructing more energy-efficient homes and buildings.
- Building Green
America uses 25 percent of the world’s oil; we produce 3 percent. Everybody knows that. What people don’t know about is how inefficient our buildings are. Our buildings—our homes, offices, stores, businesses—use up 40 percent of all our energy. And they are responsible for 45 percent of the pollution in the air—meaning how we make the materials for buildings, how we produce our buildings, and then how our buildings operate. In a year, the average home is responsible for as much pollution as any car.
Farmers’ Almanac TV staff
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