We just found out that the Green Idea House was selected to receive the GreenPoint Rated Award for Custom Builder of the year from Build It Green at their annual celebration and fundraiser on December 6th. Build It Green is a Bay Area nonprofit that works with building and real estate professionals, local and
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Last weekend, Professor Marcela Oliva sent her students on assignment last weekend to understand how the GIH works. Not only did they get a lesson in green building, but our excellent landscape designer, Tracy Worth, gave them on overview of the sustainable landscape.
After talking theory, we all went out and
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We’re excited to be one of the four homes featured on Sandpiper’s 20th Holiday Home Tour in Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach. Each distinctive home on the tour will be beautifully decorated for the holidays by local designers and retailers. Green Idea House tours will take place on Saturday and Sunday, December
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Terranea, fellow 2012 SEED Award Winner, very generously offered us accommodation during Sandpipers Tour. They found out that we were in need of a place to stay during the tour and stepped in to help. After all the work necessary to get the house ready for the tour, we are
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Representatives from Mitsubishi found out that Green Idea House is making a lot more energy than we are using. As a result, they very generously gave us a long term loaner of their new i-MiEV electric vehicle to start to make our carbon neutral lifestyle a reality.
Mitsubishi has a long
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While Robert was working in Denmark, Monica and Carter accepted the South Bay Business Environmental Coalition’s SEED Award for Environmental Leadership. We are honored that the business community would recognize a family project in this way and are touched that so many of the people who supported the Green Idea
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Robert was interviewed by CNBC for a green energy/solar story with Jane Wells that is scheduled to be on throughout the day – with airings at 8:45am Pacific Time, again in possibly Power Lunch (10am PT hour), Closing Bell (12 or 1pm PT hours), Kudlow Report (4pm PT hour), and
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A reporter recently asked us if this was the first net zero energy, zero carbon building (or home) in Southern California. Does anyone know how to find the answer? CNBC is coming to the house to film tomorrow and it would be a nice thing to know. Thanks!
The GIH will be on the very prestigious Sandpipers Holiday Homes Tour (see flyer link below). This all volunteer group raises money for local charities and we are honored to be a part of it. Typically, about 3,000 people go through the homes during the tour weekend and, as a
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Just getting back from Denmarkand four full days of lectures at the international innovation and entrepreneurship school KaosPilot. Long days – but very rewarding to see the light bulbs go on in the students’ eyes. It is also rewarding to know they will be using the leadership and strategy work
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