What do you get when you combine an Organic Architect and an old brewery? It’s sounds tasty to us but in reality San Francisco gets one of its newest Green buildings. The new Sports Basement recently opened over on Bryant and 15th Street without much Green fanfare but we’re here to dole out some props.
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Green Sports Basement
Published by Keith July 28th, 2007 in FSC, Green Building, LEED-AP, No VOC Paint, Photovoltaic Panels and San Francisco. 0 CommentsLEED certified salads - hold the certification
Published by Keith June 6th, 2007 in Green Building, Health, LEED-AP, Organic Food, San Francisco and Vegetarian. 0 CommentsWe 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 […]
Green SF Highrise
Published by Keith January 15th, 2007 in Environment, Green Building, Green Real Estate, LEED-AP, Real Estate and San Francisco. 0 CommentsCommercial building giant Tishman Speyer wants to construct a 33-story Green highrise at the corner of Second and Howard streets. We’re not just talking Green but Gold as in LEED(Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold standard which represents the second highest level. This high level thinking could mean that the highrise contains elements such as: […]
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 […]