A green condominium?

MINI Cooper S Comparison
Originally uploaded by themullett

because they provide automatic leases for smaller cars? See "MINI Cooper Promo Gears Up to Drive Traffic to Downtown Lofts," from Multi-Housing News.

OTOH, a proposal for a development in East Falls in Philadelphia provided a carsharing membership for each dwelling unit. See "Teams vie to develop an East Falls site," from the Philadelphia Business Journal.

After all, according to the Green Car Journal, it's all relative.

Note that I am slowly skimming the second volume of the Urban Design Compendium, Delivering Quality Places, and one of the case studies on sustainability describes a rating system with six levels, with the best level having zero carbon emissions. I suppose if the Green Car Journal did this kind of nuanced rating system, and included carbon emissions, not just mileage improvements, SUVs probably wouldn't win car of the year...

(Flickr photo by themullett.)