Jetson Green

Future Energy Use, Prefab Green Homes, Recycled Toilets, + a Model Cottage

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Energy use in 2035.
Where floors are made of recycled toilets.
Cottage retrofitted as model of sustainability.
Builder goes west with prefab, green homes.
Next generation of green living.
Three green homes.

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Tiny American Dream, Homestyle Robot, Booming Small Wind, + Google Solar Panels

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Home efficiency utility bills.
Google: rent your solar panels from us.
Affordable: doing good while looking good.
Report: small wind heading into boom period.
The American Dream in 96 square feet.
Not a science project, but a home.
A robot in every home.

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Dodging a Draft, Connecticut Prefab, Italian Job Housing, + Little Big Houses

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Tiny houses, big ideas.
Italian Job leads to flat-pack housing.
Dodge the draft, cut home heating costs.
Study: energy codes improve energy efficiency.
In Connecticut, making a prefab home their own.
Tax plan to green old buildings finds favor.
The bicycle crowd.

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Thinking Small, Cohousing EcoVillage, Greener Cities, + Ending Suburbia

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Start by thinking small.
The beginning of the end of suburbia.
Is it possible to build a home for $1000?
How do you actually build a Passive House?
Ithaca grows a cohousing EcoVillage.
How to build a greener city.
LEDs as task lights.

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New Housing Trend, Home Power Demand, Efficient Improvements, + Green MLS

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The hidden housing trend.
Oklahoma City gets a green MLS.
Cradle to Cradle paradigm gets competitive.
Green building advancements seen nationwide.
Custom home builder sees value in green.
The market is ripe for green home loans.
Power demand from US homes is falling.
Audits improve home efficiency.

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