Green Housing 101

Inhabitat.com is starting a series purporting to explain the in's and out's of green housing and the associated LEED certifications. So far, so good... although I've said it once and I'll say it again: Americans hate public transportation. It's viewed by anyone with a car as lower-class or demeaning, even when it's simply a good idea. There are plenty of other legitimate arguments against it, but I feel like it's this root problem that prevents the other ones from being solved...