Stephen Stetzler director of the Green building resource center. They were certified as LEED gold. They had 5 types of carpet, a raised floor they obtained from Enron building, and 85% of the materials were reused from the Houston Library. All the display tables were on wheels. There was underfloor air-conditioning. It made sense to give rooms flexibility seeing that corporates move every 5-10 yrs. They had a solar panel which converted high voltage from DC to AC.
Commercial green building has paved the way for residential. Enviroglass is a company that makes recycled glass products.
"Wasa tile" a green tile making company charges $20 per square foot. 1 yr ago carpet was 10% recycled, 2 yrs from now it will be up to 30% recycled carpet.
Stetzler says, "It's important to get the design build community in the game. Get stuff locally! There has to be a demand for it to work though."
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