www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/green/6060052.html
Thursday, October 16, 2008
House of Sun and Water
This story was in the Houston Chronicle, about an eco-friendly house in Austin, Texas. The couple, Laurel Trevino and Carlos Torres-Verdín, recently built Austin's first LEED Platinum house, the greenest rating a home can receive from the U.S. Green Building Council. I enjoyed reading the story because it interested me, however, the most descriptive part of the story was the picture. The reporter described how the house functioned, but there was no real human interest aspect to the story. I would have like to read about why the couple built the house and what other people thought about it. Also, the first quote comes too late in the story; I would have liked to see a human come in earlier than the fourth paragraph. I would have also like to have read about what the house looked like and not just how it works.
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I think this was a great post. I think the recent focus within the government toward improving environmental awareness and efficiency. Homes and vehicles are two of the most environmentally-damaging items humans can waste energy on. It seems that, like you were saying, there is a trend for "greener" homes and, more importantly, greener lives.
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