organic a natural home
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TOPICcommunity planning
got energy?Two developments are being built in our neighborhood on the next block. Developers took out 4 homes and are replacing them with 24. A six-fold increase in population in an established neighborhood. On the surface it seems like a victory in the prevention of sprawl but there is an underlying evil. The homes they took out, averaged about 2000 square feet each or about 8,000 total square feet. The 24 they are replacing them with, average 3500 square feet, or about 84,000 total square feet. In other words, while the population density increased by 6 fold, the energy requirements (and the resultant pollution generated producing that energy) to heat, cool and power those homes increased by MORE THAN 10-fold. That is a ratio that is becoming very common and as California's energy woes have illustrated, it is not a trend that we can continue. |
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