Ways of going green
December 16, 2007
 Click here to take a virtual tour of Susan Smith’s home |
 Click here to take a virtual tour of Robin and Dave Rittenhouse’s home |
Here are two Lake Tahoe homes that demonstrate two markedly different ways of going green and reducing our impact on the environment.
On the left, Susan Smith of Rubicon Bay shares with us how she has used green technologies to reduce her energy consumption and harness the power of the sun. (She also hasn’t paid a power or heating bill in a year and a half).
On the right, Robin and Dave Rittenhouse show us how they live a low impact life at home by increasing their efficiency while reducing their use of energy. (They have one or two “low impact” days a month where they try not to use electricity or drive anywhere).
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