Vice president house size12/11/2023 ![]() ![]() WON’T hear on CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, MSNBC, or read about in the New York Times or the Washington Post. So whose house is gentler on the environment? Yet another story you It is the residence of the Ex-President of the United States, George W. HOUSE #2 is on a ranch near Crawford, Texas It is the abode of the ‘Environmentalist’ Al Gore. HOUSE #1 is outside of Nashville, Tennessee Surrounding flowers and shrubs native to the area enable the property to blend into the surrounding rural landscape. The collected water then irrigates the land surrounding the house. Wastewater from showers, sinks and toilets goes into underground purifying tanks and then into the cistern. Rainwater from the roof is collected and funneled into a 25,000 gallon underground cistern. The system uses no fossil fuels such as oil or natural gas and it consumes one-quarter electricity required for a conventional heating/cooling system. The water (usually 67 degrees F) heats the house in the winter and cools it in the summer. A central closet in the house holds geothermal heat-pumps drawing ground water through pipes sunk 300 feet into the ground. The house is 4,000 square feet (4 bedrooms) and is nestled on a high prairie in the American southwest. This house incorporates every ‘green’ feature current home construction can provide. It’s in the South.ĭesigned by an architecture professor at a leading national university. This house is not situated in a Northern or Midwestern ‘snow belt’ area. In natural gas alone, this property consumes more than 20 times the national average for an American home. The average bill for electricity and natural gas runs over $2400 per month. In one month this residence consumes more energy than the average American household does in a year. Add on a pool (and a pool house) and a separate guest house, all heated by gas. Since then, the Gores have made several changes to their home.Ī 20 room mansion (not including 8 bathrooms) heated by natural gas. The project includes constructing a new Parliament building, a Common Central Secretariat housing all the central government ministries and departments, as well as the Central Vista Avenue and the Executive Enclave.Q: Is it true that Al Gore’s mansion uses significantly more energy than the typical home?Ī: The main claim in a chain e-mail was true when the original message began making the rounds in 2007. The Central Vista revamp plan is one of the the Narendra Modi government”s most ambitious projects, aimed at giving Delhi’s power corridor a complete makeover. The new location will segregate the PM’s route and help avoid traffic disruptions,” one of the sources said.Īlso Read: From Lion Capital to Flag Code, Modi govt is shifting the meaning of India’s symbols “Any commute by the PM and his security entourage results in major disruptions to city traffic in the Central Vista area, and inconveniences the public. ![]() The sources further said that the PM’s present residence at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg is located some 3 km from the PMO. The sources added that the location of the new PM’s Residence Complex was selected with an eye not only to bringing it closer to the PMO, the Cabinet Secretariat and the National Security Council Secretariat, but also to providing better segregation of high-security routes from general public movement. The tender for the construction of the complex is likely to be completed by December, the government sources said. The housing ministry has already got environmental clearance for the project, and other clearances are in the process. In the 2022-23 Budget, Rs 70 crore was allocated for the project. The expenditure for constructing the complex will be met from the Union housing ministry’s Budget grant. All publicly funded schemes and projects must be appraised and approved by the EFC. Government sources told ThePrint that the proposal is likely to come up soon before the finance ministry’s Expenditure and Finance Committee (EFC) for approval. The Union housing and urban affairs ministry, which is piloting the Central Vista Redevelopment project, has set a September 2024 deadline to complete and hand over the PM’s Residence Complex. It will directly connect the PM’s residence to the Executive Enclave, which will house the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the new Parliament and the Vice-President’s residence.Īccording to highly-placed government sources, the proposal to have a subterranean tunnel was made to help ease frequent traffic bottlenecks in the Central Vista area because of restrictions and barricading during the movement of the PM and his entourage. An important component of the complex will be a subterranean VIP tunnel that can be accessed from the PM’s home office. ![]()
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