Project Journal

$143.91 Net Energy Credit on Latest Edison Bill Proves What We Built Work$. Check it out!
by Robert Fortunato on September 7th, 2012 2 Comments »

With the adoption of the feed in tariff we will be getting a check at the end of the year for the amount of energy we generate beyond what we use. Edisoncurrently owe us $506.72 for the cumulative generation.
Do it because it makes sense (dollars and cents) – and all the
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Green Idea House Presentation at Northrop Grumman HQ in El Segundo Today!
by Robert Fortunato on August 13th, 2012 No Comments »

As part of their GreenNG initiative, Nothrop Grumman invited Robert for their quarterly guest speaker series.  Very high security only added to the drama…  The hour long presentation was recorded and will be available on the NG intranet for their 40,000+ employees!

$160 Net Energy Credit on Latest Edison Bill Proves What We Built Work$. Check it out!
by Robert Fortunato on August 11th, 2012 No Comments »

With the adoption of the feed in tariff we will be getting a check at the end of the year for the amount of energy we generate beyond what we use.  It is easy to do and it makes sense (dollars and cents)…

GIH Goes 100 Percent
by Robert Fortunato on August 1st, 2012 No Comments »

The Green Idea House is now featured on the Go100Percent.org site, the first web portal to comprehensively map, track, and aim to form global community around 100% renewable energy projects from around the world. Go100Percent is a project of the Renewables 100 Policy Institute and, like the Green Idea House,
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Shocking News for Edison Engineers, Architects and Planners Touring the GIH Yesterday – It Works and We Don’t Have to Wait until 2020!
by Robert Fortunato on July 10th, 2012 No Comments »

A great group from one of our key partners, Southern California Edison, came to tour the house yesterday.  These are the thoughtful people at SCE who are working on getting us all to two key energy efficiency goals:
The PUC guideline that all new construction is net zero energy by 2020
California
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TeachingGreen Idea House
by Robert Fortunato on June 26th, 2012 No Comments »

Kathleen Jacecko, Founder/Director of TeachingGreen, posted an excellent interview about the Green Idea House at: http://teachinggreen.org/the_green_idea_house.html

Influencing Policy, Codes and Incentives
by Robert Fortunato on June 18th, 2012 No Comments »

At the prompting of Pam Townsend, Senior Planner for our City, last week we hosted a meeting with city officials and residents who are experts in green building.  The focus of the meeting was to start to capture what we are learning and see how planning policy, codes and incentives
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“Bridges the Stylistic Gap between Stilettos and Earth Shoes”
by Robert Fortunato on June 11th, 2012 No Comments »

The very sophisticated LA Confidential magazine used that quote to describe our house in this months issue:
http://la-confidential-magazine.com/living/articles/eco-friendly-home-hermos
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Special thanks to Kathy McDonald for the excellent article.

Presenting the GIH at the USGBC’s 2nd Annual Valley Green Building Education Conference
by Robert Fortunato on June 9th, 2012 No Comments »

It was a joy talking about the GIH project at the USGBC’s 2nd Annual Valley Green Building Education Conference this week.  Robert was honored to be presenting with Charisse Bartholomew from Healing Spaces by Design, Aravind Batra from P2S Engineering and Arthur Renault from The Reuse People, people who made
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Monica & Robert on the Radio this Morning!
by Robert Fortunato on June 2nd, 2012 No Comments »

We are honored to have a guest spot in the studio on the Home Wizards show with Cindy Dole and Eric Stromer on KFWB –CBS Radio Los Angeles.
Tune in around 8:45am – 980 on your AM Radio dial.  We will be with the hosts and Janine Kubert from Build it
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