NEW YORK — Brad Pitt took to the podium at the fifth annual Clinton Global Initiative to give an update on his Make It Right Foundation’s progress in New Orleans, according to ecorazzi.

“I don’t know how we build any other way anywhere else,” Pitt said to the audience. “We can no longer tell ourselves that implementing this technology is too complex a problem because it’s just been proven on this little spot on the map.”

He also received an honor from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for all the work he has done in expanding awareness on sustainable building in New Orleans.

“Make It Right has exceeded my expectations,” Pitt added. “Our criteria from the beginning were at odds, to say the least. We demanded that these homes be sustainable, that they have aesthetic qualities … that they be storm resilient and take safety in mind of the families who live there and that they would be affordable.”

While only 13 of the expected 150 homes have been built, Pitt reported that the benefits are already substantial. The average family pays only $35 a month for electricity in one of the homes created by Make It Right. Plans are already underway for the next stage of the project — which will include eco-friendly duplex designs.

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