Comments on: Can You Build A Green McMansion?

By: Are Green McMansions Really Green? | RiverWired

Are Green McMansions Really Green? | RiverWired — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:39:14 +0000

[...] while back I wrote a post about where I stand on the mega green home issue. You can read that if you like. There’s a video about one of the biggest "green" homes [...]

By: marye

marye — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:29:08 +0000

we have a ton of really big houses around here…I mean, 10,000 sq ft and more. ALot of football players live in this area as well as..uh..high profile tv evangelists.
Then there are the *moderate* size homes that were sold 5 years ago with 0 down and 2% interest for the first 3 years. They are all sitting there with the cute foreclosure signs in the windows.
Our house is 4300 sq ft. it is 100 years old and was abandoned for a long time. It iwll take us years to make it look anything more than a large dump. But my ethics are intact. and we have people who need a place to stay stay with us..and we are a small nation all on our own…

By: Jennifer Chait

Jennifer Chait — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:49:09 +0000

Good point. Plus there is so much green remodeling techniques out there right now that it’s an even better idea. Plus you get to live with history which is always cool. But I guess some people want their big old sucking the land dry new huge homes. I’m not against building new if it’s respectful but so many of the McMansions are sitting empty that it’s depressing.

By: marye

marye — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 19:33:25 +0000

eh…. my thoughts are always to restore the beautiful, vintage (and sometimes falling apart) historic homes for ultimate recycling…and when those are ALL done…build whatever green behemoth you want.