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Tile Magazine Features Recycled Content Stone Peak Tiles in the GIH
by Robert Fortunato on March 22nd, 2012 No Comments »

Check out the attached article: Green Matters2

Moving is Hell; But Green Moving Made it Easy and Put $35 in Our Pockets
by Robert Fortunato on March 20th, 2012 No Comments »

After a bit more than a year of construction, we are very happy to be back in our house! As we did when we moved out, we contracted with Go Green Moving. They use biodiesel trucks and look for ways to reduce, reuse and recycle. Their movers were great and
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Judges and City Officials Made Us Feel Like Winners
by Robert Fortunato on March 18th, 2012 No Comments »

Judges for the Green Leadership Award and officials from the City of Hermosa Beach came for a visit last week. We were honored to have them at the house. Irrespective of the outcome, we appreciated their interest and attention. They already made us feel like winners!

The U.S. Green Building Council, Energy Upgrade CA and Leadership Hermosa Beach have asked us to give a series of construction tours on February 11th. The tours will showcase the innovative technologies that make the Green Idea House net zero energy, zero carbon and responsive to the environment in terms
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The Green Idea House Unwrapped from its Scaffolding
by Robert Fortunato on January 29th, 2012 No Comments »

It is not nearly done; but what do you think?

Revolutionary Drywall
by Robert Fortunato on January 20th, 2012 No Comments »

In addition to allowing us to be a case study for their ThermalCore product (which should cut our heating and cooling needs significantly), National Gypsum did something simple, yet revolutionary this week.
Hanging drywall inevitably leads to a giant pile of scrap drywall. Normally that scrap goes into the landfill where
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In Hot Water Yesterday
by Robert Fortunato on December 7th, 2011 2 Comments »

Many thanks to Gary Klein for sharing his genius with us yesterday. In two hours Gary took us through all the water related systems that are so crucial for us in hitting our net zero energy goals.
Gary is great at debunking myths about things like tankless water heaters and solar
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New Video of Green Idea House City Council Update
by Robert Fortunato on November 28th, 2011 No Comments »

Now that he is back from Japan, Robert hopes to get caught up on his postings! The first is a video clip taken from the November City Council meeting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQqizZ02Vik
GIH updates to the City Council include:
Steel vs. Wood
Certified vs Non-certified wood
Low V.O.C. vs. Low Toxicity
Reuse vs New
View vs. Solar Panels

Nothing More Sustainable than Peace
by Robert Fortunato on November 17th, 2011 No Comments »

As part of his regular day job, Robert is honored to be invited to Japan next week to work with the Rotary Peace Fellows on leadership and strategy for their master’s level studies. It will be hard to be away from the GIH project for the week; but versus war,
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GIH Featured in Merlex Blog Spot
by Robert Fortunato on November 16th, 2011 No Comments »

GIH Featured in Merlex Blog Spot
We are fortunate to have many bright, talented people supporting our project. Interestingly, they tend to know one another. Wes Harding from Harding Construction recently, introduced us to Nick Brown, the President of Merlex Stucco.
Nick came for a tour, instantly got the project and wanted
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