"Brad Pitt Tours N.O. Green Project"

[GreenPartyVoter]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Brad Pitt toured the construction site of a house in the city's Lower 9th Ward that is based on the winning design in a competition he launched to help the area recover from Hurricane Katrina.

Wearing khaki pants, T-shirt and hard hat, the 43-year-old actor walked through the house Tuesday, pointing out its many "green" features, including blue walls treated with a nontoxic repellant for mold and termites.

"There's light coming in from all sides and a lot of ventilation," said Pitt, standing in what will be the living room. "A lot of thought has gone into this house."

The three-bedroom, single-family home is the first of five slated for the Holy Cross section of the Lower 9th Ward based on the winning design in a competition launched in 2006 by Pitt and the environmental organization Global Green USA.

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20070822/D8R633IG1.html

[Kolesar]

1. affordable green homes, not just in rent and mortgage costs, but operating costs and reduced health

The first home at the Holy Cross project is a showcase. All the final 5 single family homes and 18 apartments will be affordable green homes, not just in rent and mortgage costs, but operating costs and reduced health impacts as well. http://holycrossproject.globalgreen.org/

See the cool animation on the website