Green Affordable Housing
If people are working toward making housing affordable in Chicago, why don’t they go ahead and kill two birds with one stone and make it green as well?
Buildings account for 30 percent of greenhouse gas emissions and therefore, developers and architects need to be mindful of placing more eco-friendly structures within the city. On top of high levels of greenhouse gas emissions, costs of energy and housing in general seem to always be on the rise. Buyers and renters need help finding accessible green options for their current and future homes.
One company is showing Chicagoans how to put that notion into practice.
At the Greenbuild Conference coming up in Chicago on November 5, Global Green USA will discuss some viable solutions to meeting the rapidly growing need for green affordable housing in the area.
An expert on building green, Walker Wells, will join developers from Chicago and throughout the Midwest to explain how to avoid using toxic chemicals and reduce energy bills for residents.
Events like this are important to the Chicago community because environmental experts coach average citizens, who are interested in doing more to sustain a healthy living environment, how to go beyond changing a lightbulb.
October 30 2007 12:58 am | Green Places and Green Events
