Who Deserves the Prize for the Greenest Home in the U.S.?

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Journalists love to announce the latest, greatest, greenest home ever built

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It's not unusual for an architect to announce, with great fanfare, that he or she has just designed "the greenest home in America" — nor is it unusual for journalists to rush these stories to print. The phenomenon has been going on for years — so long, in fact, that I decided to do a small survey of the "greenest homes."

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* The $2.2 million house at 2020 Alton Road in Miami Beach has been called [ "the greenest home in South Florida."](http://www.miamibeachcondosandhomes.com/blog/2012/7/2020-alton-road,-the-greenest-home-in-south-florida.htm)

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