Let’s get right into it. As we walked into the immense PCBC exhibit halls both GE and Whirlpool proudly exhibited some of their Green appliances. Granted Whirlpool displayed what we would consider a green kitchen but Whirlpool only offers about 30 percent of Energy Star and other Green appliances. The percentage for GE remains even […]
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Old School Green Meets Greenwashing at PCBC
Published by Keith July 4th, 2008 in Green Building. 0 CommentsThe Unexpected and Questionable Green Products at PCBC
Published by Keith June 27th, 2008 in Green Building, Green Savings, Money and San Francisco. 0 CommentsAs we walked into the mammoth PCBC (Pacific Coast Builder Conference) at the Moscone Center we couldn’t help but notice the hanging banners with the words - Power. Forward. Sustain. Of course we could see Power and Forward, as we wouldn’t expect Weakness and Backward but then - Sustain. That omnipresent word like Green that […]
First 100% off-grid green building in San Francisco
Published by Keith May 9th, 2008 in Alt Energy, Bay View, Environment, Grants, Green Building, Health, LEED-NC, Money, San Francisco, Solar panels and Water Recapture System. 0 CommentsIn San Francisco, some well financed and publicized condo projects like the Arterra spend big marketing dollars to push its LEED – NC status (wonder why they didn’t shoot for LEED on its other project the Hayes?) while the EcoCenter at Heron’s Head Park LEED certified facility opened in relative obscurity.
This landmark youth education facility […]
First LEED Certified MedSpa
Published by Keith May 2nd, 2008 in FSC, Green Building, LEED-NC, Organic Food and San Francisco. 0 CommentsRelaxation!
Fashion!
Celebrity!
Botox!
Booze!
Interiors!
Green!
Yes, most of this list refers to the Brit series Ab Fab but if Eddy and Patsy turned in their smokes and cocktails for organic and sustainable munchies then they too would be excited for the opening of the Epi Center MedSpa, the first LEED certified MedSpa in the country. (Another LEED spa exists in […]
Lettuce eat Green
Published by Keith April 18th, 2008 in Bamboo, FSC, Flyash, Green Building, Health, No VOC Paint and San Francisco. 0 CommentsRestaurants here in San Francisco open, and close, almost as often as the fog rolls in so we don’t usually pay an extreme amount of our precious attention to another restaurant du jour. Mixt Greens recently opened but they don’t qualify for new kid on the block status nonetheless they do deserve green props. Thus […]
Living Green Exhibit - 15 City Tour
Published by Keith March 28th, 2008 in Eco Homes, Environment, Green Building and San Francisco. 0 CommentsSan Francisco’s Union Square may be noted for it’s abundance of shopping, hotels, tourist joints and even outside movies but a Green Home? Don’t call your Green Real Estate agent quite yet. The temporary green home occupied the prime real estate last week as part of the Better Homes and Gardens & Green Works Living […]
Y2E2 at Stanford University
Published by Keith March 7th, 2008 in Fly Ash Foundation, Flyash, Green Building, Green Savings, Solar panels and Structural Engineer. 0 CommentsIt is possible to learn something in school. It’s even more possible
to learn about sustainable building if you happen to be a student at
Stanford or walk through the campus. In another push toward collegiate
sustainability Stanford University proudly unveiled the Y2E2 (or for
those less technical the Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Environment and
Energy Building). Yes, the […]
Ab Fab and Green
Published by Keith February 22nd, 2008 in Bamboo, Green Building, Health and San Francisco. 0 CommentsDaahling you look fab and Green. That’s what people may be saying after experiencing treatments in San Francisco’s eco chic Epi Center MedSpa. Yes, the whole concept sounds soooo Los Angeles to us too. Some of us don’t even get the whole mani-pedi thing so it might take a little coaxing to have some lipo […]
Kimball Office Showroom Opens Green in San Francisco
Published by Keith February 8th, 2008 in FSC, Green Building and San Francisco. 0 CommentsWithout much fanfare Kimball Office opened their new San Francisco FiDi showroom with a quiet green splash. Although they haven’t achieved LEED-CI status yet they hope to gain Gold certification soon. The architectural and design team over at Huntsman Architectural Group created a Green space that we noticed as we stepped in. The design team […]
Going LEED Gold at the Gaia Hotel
Published by Keith January 18th, 2008 in Eco Hotels, Environment, Green Building, Green Hotels, Photovoltaic Panels and Solar panels. 0 CommentsWe had heard a lot about the LEED Gold Gaia hotel in American Canyon (even we had to look up American Canyon and we live in San Fran) but we hadn’t actually visited it. Yes, we can only tell so much from a press release. The hotel, rather unassuming, sits right off busy Highway 29 […]