- New York State has 1,262 of the nation's 20,000 LEED-certified homes, and only two of them are in what is arguably the state's richest county, Westchester.
- Real estate and construction professionals say land and building prices in the county that is home to Clintons, Kennedys and Matha Stewart are already high enough to deter investing in LEED.
- A builder on Long Island estimates that LEED materials and paperwork can bump costs 20%.
From the article:
As conscious as consumers have become in recent years of the merits of sustainable housing and the drawbacks of having a large carbon footprint, the fact remains that in all of Westchester County today, there are only two LEED-certified residential projects: a two-family market-rate condominium in Hastings-on-Hudson and a 22-unit affordable assisted-living complex in Yonkers.
