Mule:
It is a common misconception that energy conservation and green are one and the same, they are not and in fact are contrary to each other. The studies of
Henry Gifford in New York show that green buildings consume 29% more energy than normal buildings, these studies are backed up by the eminent building scientist
Joe Lstiburek. The USGBC is a massive money making fraud started by a real estate developer and an air conditioning salesman (see Gifford article linked above).
Many green homes are
making people sick, in several Silicon Valley communities that have adopted green codes there are several vacant multimillion dollar homes and people are suing their builders, all the poor builders did was build what their green raters dictated, I sure wish I could come up with a theory (that would pass legal muster) to sue the communities that have adopted these ordinances. Sealing buildings up to save energy while building them with chemically laden junk to clean up the forest floor is crazy. To a large degree it's the formaldehyde in engineered wood that is making people sick, California is forcing them to reduce the formaldehyde content but now we are getting mold growing in new engineered wood products with reduced formaldehyde that have only been exposed to atmospheric moisture.
LEED buildings are costing, on average, three times more than normal buildings, the Town of Portola Valley built a beautiful
Town Center but it cost so much that they were bailed out by voluntary million dollar contributions from several billionaires living in town, many of whom are invested in green technology hoping to make fortunes off the fraud. The government can build green buildings becasue it has unlimited funds, the taxpayers' money, San Francisco's new Federal Building is nicknamed Hugh G. Rection and workers work under umbrellas inside.
And finally: First, the big new Federal Building in San Francisco was late and over budget. Then workers complained about needing sunglasses and umbrellas indoors to shield them from the glaring sun.Now comes word about another bit of embarrassment at the $144 million "green" behemoth at Seventh and Mission streets.
Officials recently installed four giant, stainless-steel plaques near the entryway in recognition of the many planners, architects and others who helped make the eco-friendly building possible.
Only it wasn't long before office workers were making pilgrimages to the wall - and snickering at the engraved name of one "Hugh G. Rection."
That plaque is now gone. Of course, so are all the others, temporarily - seems they were installed crooked. ¹
This massive push to green is nothing but a commercial and political movement, much of it financed by venture capitalists, Kleiner Perkins alone has invested a billion dollars, and even hired idiots Al Gore and Colin Powell as "vice presidents" to promote their fraud. Better stop now, I could go on all day about this massive fraud.
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http://www.yelp.com/topic/san-francisco-gotta-love-architects-and-their-sense-of-humor
