With the opening pre-sales event of the LEED certified Arterra in San Francisco coming up on Sept. 30th we’re not exactly convinced that perspective buyers are placing their deposits because of the LEED certification or even the whole “Green Lifestyle” that the Arterra continues to promote.
Apparently, the sales office has pre-sales reservations booked for Saturday, […]
Archive for September, 2006
The Green That Brings the Buyers
Published by Keith September 27th, 2006 in Arterra, Eco Homes, Green Building, Green Condos, Green Real Estate, LEED-NC, Mission Bay, Money, Real Estate, San Francisco, Uncategorized and condos. 1 CommentGet the Lead Out
Published by Keith September 25th, 2006 in Environment, Grants, HUD, Health, Lead Paint and Money. 0 CommentsLooking for some extra spending money to spruce up your house? Forget digging though the old sofas, just hit up Uncle Sam. If that sprucing up includes removing that nasty, not to mention dangerous, lead-based-paint from rental properties or one that you actually live in then it might be worth downloading and filling out some […]
Who’ll Stop the Rain?
Published by Keith September 21st, 2006 in Arterra, Bamboo, Eco Homes, Environment, Green Building, Green Condos, Green Real Estate, Health, LEED-NC, Mold, Mother Nature, Overcladding, Rainscreen, Real Estate, San Francisco, Scandinavia, Trespa and Uncategorized. 1 CommentWith the Arterra, San Francisco’s first LEED certified San Francisco condos, just about ready to go into pre-sales it’s no surprise that some visitors in the sales office appear from curious to confused.
Some prospective buyers who drifted around the sales office came for the Green factor but others don’t know green from pink. The salesroom […]
Ashes to Ashes
Published by Keith September 16th, 2006 in CHPS, Coal, Environment, Flyash, Foundations, Green Building, Green Real Estate, Health, LEED-AP, Las Vegas, Portland Cement, Real Estate, Structural Engineer and Uncategorized. 0 CommentsNormally the thought of ash brings to mind volcano eruptions, funerals, and maybe religious holidays but for us and green builders it’s about flyash and foundations. So, when discussing the topic with one of San Francisco’s up and coming LEED-AP architects (Melanie Jacobson) she mentioned that the CHPS school they are building in the Sacramento area […]
Where do we Sleep now?
Published by Keith September 13th, 2006 in Eco Hotels, Environment, Golden Gate Park, Green Building, Green Hotels, LEED-NC, Orchard Garden Hotel, Photovoltaic Panels, San Francisco, Solar panels and West Coast Green. 0 CommentsWe can’t check in yet but we’re already giddy to sleep in one of the 86 rooms in the USA’s first LEED-NC certified hotel. San Francisco’s own Orchard Garden Hotel which represents the first in what will hopefully be a long line of green hotels will open in October. Green Roof Inns anyone?
Originally scheduled to […]
Green Saves Money
Published by Keith September 11th, 2006 in Eco Homes, Environment, Fly Ash Foundation, Green Building, Green Real Estate, Money, No VOC Paint, Photovoltaic Panels, Real Estate, Uncategorized and Water Recapture System. 0 CommentsAnswer C)
Finally there’s the green that can save green. Did all you capitalists just get excited? It’s not just about photovoltaic panels, although if you’re not a fan of PG&E or the equivalent megalopolis energy supplier then the fact that an energy company can actually send you a check each month may excite your bank […]
Who Cares About the Environment?
Published by Keith September 7th, 2006 in Environment, Greenhouse Gases, Los Angeles, Movies, New York City and San Francisco. 0 CommentsAnswer B)
Who cares about the environment (besides Gore)?
Even if you haven’t seen Al Gore’s docu pic “An Inconvenient Truth” it doesn’t take a rocket scientist or in this case a meteorologist to know that something’s screwy with the environment and the weather. Anyone who spent any time in San Francisco this past summer can tell […]
Who Cares About Your Health?
Published by Keith September 5th, 2006 in Eco Homes, Environment, Green Building, Green Real Estate, Health, Lead Paint, Money, Organic Food, Real Estate, Uncategorized and Vegetarian. 0 CommentsQuotes from Tom Brokaw and Kermit the Frog to lead off a blog? We can hear this echo from some of our former editors and high school teachers about not leading off story, article and the like with a quote. Cut us some editorial blog slack.
Where are we going with this? We hope to get […]
“It’s easy to make a buck, it’s a lot tougher to make a difference”- Tom Brokaw
“It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green” – Kermit The Frog