A typical home uses about one megawatt of energy per month, and would require a solar-panel system of about 50 square meters to completely eliminate its electricity bill. A system like this costs approximately $15,000 to $20,000.
Green Architecture
Government regulations and consumer demand has taken architecture into a whole new realm: green. In the video below, Bruce Kuwabara and Kael Opie, of KPMB Architects, discuss the benefits and challenges of designing one of the greenest buildings in the Toronto for the Elementary Teacher’s Federation of Ontario. Venture capitalist Tom Rand also takes us on a tour behind the scenes of the Planet Traveler, the greenest hotel in North America.
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