A huge $29 million mansion in Florida is expected to get LEED certification. The 15, 000 square foot Florida home has floors made from renewable wood and bamboo, boasts a grass driveway, and uses solar panels to power light fixtures that are 70% more efficient than most.

The LEED folks admit that the home gets penalized given its immense size but the developer has agreed to make "super green additions" to compensate for the inherent not-so-green issues that come up when building a massive home.

While it's not known when the developer will get the LEED stamp of approval, the idea of getting any sort of green certification for a monster home seems a wee bit, well, ungreen. No matter how many environmentally friendly elements get incorporated, it's hard to ignore the problem of building a massive home for only a few people. As a commenter in this WSJ piece point out, this could only be a green house if it was the "primary and only residence for 30 or more people".

My home is only a few hundred square feet and the space is easily shared between my fiancée and our little dog. While we're not asking for LEED certification (mostly because we hate doing paperwork), we're pretty sure our home is way greener than this soon-to-be-green certified Florida mansion.

As this post on "The Wealth Report" says, could LEED become the next "organic", as in something that gets plastered on everything to the point where it doesn't mean anything?