Rock ‘n’ roll, rap, hip hop, and funk filled the air of the Outside Lands festival but while the throngs packed San Francisco’s great Golden Gate Park, we took time from the audio overload to explore the some of the green aspects of the festival.
It actually didn’t take long as a set of solar panels […]
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Outside Lands Music Festival Gets Down and Green
Published by Keith August 29th, 2008 in Environment, Golden Gate Park, Photovoltaic Panels, San Francisco and Solar panels. 0 CommentsRichmond Youth Help Solar Power the Eco Village Farm Center
Published by Keith August 8th, 2008 in Alt Energy, Organic Food, Photovoltaic Panels and Solar panels. 0 CommentsWhen San Franciscans and anyone else living in the Bay Area hear about Richmond the first thing that comes to mind certainly isn’t anything related to Green, Eco, or Sustainable anything. That will hopefully change as the semi-rural farm Eco Village Farm Center, which already teaches sustainable farming and growing practices to underprivileged local youth, […]
Sustainability on the Slopes: Kirkwood Ski Resort
Published by Keith March 21st, 2008 in Alt Energy, Environment, Photovoltaic Panels and Snow Resorts. 0 CommentsEven though the calendar displays spring, a lot of us aren’t ready to hit the beach just yet. In fact, we’re still hitting the slopes. Is it possible to think sustainably when we strap on our bindings? There’s no way around the fact that snowboarding and skiing (much like golf) aren’t sustainable but the world […]
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 […]
Eco Ego in the Sunset Idea House
Published by Keith November 6th, 2007 in Eco Homes, Environment, Green Building, Green Condos, Green Real Estate, Photovoltaic Panels, Real Estate, San Francisco, Solar panels, Water Recapture System and condos. 1 CommentIn a city known for its architecture and now Green building, the Sunset Idea House hasn’t stirred up so many “ideas” since the Transamerica Pyramid made its way into the SF skyline. We’re all about tossing the Green spotlight on Green building but we had to step back from this one before going on a […]
First Annual City Solar Awards
Published by Keith October 19th, 2007 in Green Building, Photovoltaic Panels and Solar panels. 0 CommentsIt wasn’t exactly the Oscars or even the mostly defunct Bammies but the solarati rolled down the green carpet for the First Annual City Solar Awards to pick up their awards (not sure what they are called) for Bay Area cities with the largest number of Solar Homes and Businesses.
Before the festivities, the crowd dined […]
The not so Green Sunset Idea House TIC
Published by Keith October 8th, 2007 in Eco Homes, Green Building, Green Real Estate, Health, Photovoltaic Panels, Real Estate, San Francisco, Solar panels and Water Recapture System. 1 CommentWhile everyone’s all abuzz about the Sunset Idea House, we thought that we would comment on the Greenness of the attached TIC. True the bargain priced $1,089,000 two-bedroom TIC has received a lot of interest because of the Mission location, and its Green attributes. Sure, the new owner will undoubtedly pay close to nothing to […]
Green Sports Basement
Published by Keith July 28th, 2007 in FSC, Green Building, LEED-AP, No VOC Paint, Photovoltaic Panels and San Francisco. 0 CommentsWhat 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.
With […]
Solar San Francisco Website
Published by Keith June 27th, 2007 in Green Savings, Photovoltaic Panels, Quotes, Real Estate, San Francisco and Solar panels. 0 CommentsForget 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 Mission Corridor
Published by Keith April 30th, 2007 in Arterra, Fly Ash Foundation, Flyash, Foundations, Green Building, Green Condos, Green Real Estate, LEED-NC, Mission Bay, No VOC Paint, Photovoltaic Panels, San Francisco, Solar panels, Water Recapture System and condos. 0 CommentsWith all the Green condo hoopla focusing on the Arterra in South Beach, it would be easy to overlook the Green Valencia corridor. On 22nd and Valencia, the Lorax guys have quietly erected a darker green building. The carbon imprint of this mixed use project should be much lower than the highly marketed Arterra. Don’t […]