Archive for June, 2007

Solar San Francisco Website

Forget about Zillow, for us, the new San Francisco Solar Map is like crack for sustainable and/or solar freaks. The new website lists most, if not all, of the installed solar systems in SF. Just type in an address and the site gives the roof size, estimated solar PV potential, estimated electricity produced, don’t […]

Green Mojo risin’

Normally we wouldn’t pay too much attention to another bike store (although we do promote the whole bike riding thing) but this new bike store slash cafe put some sustainable thought into their construction. Mojo Bicycle Cafe, on Divis near Hayes, re-used and reclaimed lots of wood for their chairs, doors and paneling in the […]

San Francisco Green school

Even though California students have lagged near the bottom in recent years for standardized test scores, perhaps the new Green campus for San Francisco’s Waldorf High School will propel those score upward. Grades will surely rise and absenteeism will certainly tumble when Phase One of the hopefully LEED Gold campus (470 West Portal Avenue) comes […]

LEED certified salads - hold the certification

We goofed earlier by calling the Mixt Greens locations LEED certified. In actuality, they followed the LEED certification standards according to co-owner, Leslie Silverglide and would likely garner a LEED Gold CI (Commercial Interior) however they determined that the pricey certification cost with be better served elsewhere. You didn’t want to pay more for that […]



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