Archive for March, 2007

How Green is this Gas Station?

We know what you’re thinking. Why are you guys blogging this Divis Junction (Nopa meets Divisidero) gas station? Certainly oil companies and gas stations represent all that is not Green but here one of our photogs spotted the solar panels on this station. We now pose this question: How Green is this gas station? Solar […]

Feng Shui but not Green condos

The new feng shui condos at 1521 Sutter don’t exactly fit into the Green category but we thought we’d give them a mention. It didn’t seem good chi to see workers picketing in front of the construction site about a month ago.
We’re all about flow and holistic design but it seems that this feng […]

SF Federal building - not on schedule but at least it’s Green

We all experience delays at almost every government agency (waiting in DMV lines, passport renewals) so why wouldn’t we all expect delays for the San Francisco Federal Building. Enough picking on the government. They will more than make up for the delays because when finally open the 18-story Federal workers home it will be the […]

Academy of Sciences hopes to go Platinum

If only all buildings could be like the still under construction California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park. In the building world, there exists light green (like Kermit the Frog) buildings up to what we like to call spinach green. The Academy seeks to obtain that dark green spectrum with the highest LEED rating […]



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