When discussing the world most progressive “eco” cities one might toss out San Francisco for it various green initiatives (such as banning plastic bags), New York City for its effective subway system, or Munich with it’s use of alternative energy especially solar but after watching this recent documentary “A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, […]
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Film Review- A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil
Published by Keith May 16th, 2008 in Environment, Money, Movies, New York City and Solar panels. 0 CommentsFirst 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 […]
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 […]
Cheers to biodynamic wine
Published by Keith January 25th, 2008 in Environment, Mother Nature, Organic Food and Solar panels. 1 CommentLast week as we overnighted in the LEED Gold Gaia Hotel in American Valley, we thought that we should take advantage of what everyone else in the region does – wine tasting. But we figured to be a little different. We hit a few wineries of varying organic, green, sustainable qualities and found a few […]
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 […]
OpenEco 2008 in San Francisco
Published by Keith January 11th, 2008 in Coal, Environment, Mission Bay, San Francisco and Solar panels. 0 CommentsWhat do you get you when you put four experts in a San Francisco energy camp called OpenEco 2008? You get something between a bar brawl and poetry recital. Actually the opening segment for yesterday’s Sun Microsystems sponsored-UCSF based-camp began with Dave Douglas, VP of Eco Responsibility at Sun Microsystems leading a spirited discussion panel […]
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 […]
Zero Energy Home for West Coast Green
Published by Keith August 3rd, 2007 in Eco Homes, Environment, Green Building, San Francisco, Solar panels, Water Recapture System and West Coast Green. 0 CommentsIt won’t solve the housing problem here in the City but when West Coast Green occurs next month attendees will get a chance to tour a “zero energy” Green home right smack in the Civic Center across from City Hall. Yes, it’s a prefabricated house but not that nasty “Prefab” often associated with temporary replacement […]