Many thanks to reporter Kristin Agostini and Photographer Brad Graverson from the Daily Breeze for the excellent article in today’s paper
Article: http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_20404209/hermosa-beach-couples-remodel-aims-inspire-eco-friendly
Photo Gallery: http://lang.dailybreeze.com/photos/photos.asp?a=1449552#id=1449552&num=0
We have been invited to speak about what we learned in the process of designing and building the GIH. Yesterday Robert spoke to 30 leaders and managers at the City of Manhattan Beach about how what we learned could impact the city’s operations and help them save taxpayer’s money. The
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Check out the attached article: Green Matters2
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 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 City of Hermosa Beach very kindly submitted an application to nominate the Green Idea House for the County of Los Angeles’ Green Leadership Award (http://qpc.co.la.ca.us/cms1_172198.pdf).
Pam Townsend from the City did a great job with the application and we have been selected as finalists.
The judges are coming for a tour
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Eric Michael Stitt, a journalist for The Beach Reporter, very kindly featured our house tours event in the Hermosa Beach section of the paper this week: http://www.tbrnews.com/articles/2012/02/16/hermosa_beach_news/news09.prt
We also wanted to make sure the other key sponsors of the event, the U.S. Green Building Council/South Bay Branch and Energy Upgrade California,
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We want to express our sincere appreciation to all of you for making Saturday a huge success. The event was booked solid a week in advance and over 200 people came out for tours and the educational expo. We had to turn people away to ensure the safety of everyone
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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 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 start at noon, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm and will be followed by a networking/ green networking event at one of the local
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