Green Options » dumb green buildings http://greenoptions.com/tag/dumb-green-buildings Posts tagged 'dumb green buildings' Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:25:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Dear Yum! Brands: Your “Green” Taco Bell/KFC is a Joke http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/03/14/dear-yum-brands-your-green-taco-bellkfc-is-a-joke/ http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/03/14/dear-yum-brands-your-green-taco-bellkfc-is-a-joke/#comments Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:25:43 +0000 Alex Felsinger http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/03/14/dear-yum-brands-your-green-taco-bellkfc-is-a-joke/

If this had been announced before I wrote the Top 10 Dumbest Green Buildings on Earth, it would have easily taken the number one slot.

Yum! Brands has asked the United States Green Building Council to LEED-certify its Northampton, MA Taco Bell/Kentucky Fried Chicken location because the building includes rainwater collection, solar panels, LED lighting, and recycled building materials.

They neglect to mention in their press release that all food will still be packaged (regardless of whether patrons dine in or take out) and that they’ll still be serving lots and lots of factory-farmed meat — the number one known cause of global warming.

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