by Robert Fortunato on March 22nd, 2012 No Comments »
Check out the attached article: Green Matters2
Press Coverage
Tile Magazine Features Recycled Content Stone Peak Tiles in the GIH
by Robert Fortunato on March 22nd, 2012 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on March 22nd, 2012 No Comments »
GIH Event Makes the Papers!
by Robert Fortunato on February 17th, 2012 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on February 17th, 2012 No Comments »
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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GIH Featured in Merlex Blog Spot
by Robert Fortunato on November 16th, 2011 No Comments »
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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SolarWorld Sends Ogilvy Advertising Pros for a Video Shoot!
by Robert Fortunato on November 4th, 2011 1 Comment »
by Robert Fortunato on November 4th, 2011 1 Comment »
On Wednesday, a video production crew from Ogilvy Advertising came to interview us re our choice to use SolarWorld PV panels on the GIH. Their Marketing Manager, Minnie Dimesa and the Ogilvy team made the whole thing fun. We look forward to seeing what they make of it!
Patch Article Today and Presentation to City Council Tomorrow
by Robert Fortunato on October 10th, 2011 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on October 10th, 2011 No Comments »
AOL’s Patch Press service published an article on the Green Idea House this morning: http://hermosabeach.patch.com/articles/hermosas-greenest-house-of-them-all Eric Farrell, the Hermosa Beach Patch reporter, did a very nice job summarizing the conversation we had last week.
On a related note, we will be giving one of our periodic construction updates to City Council
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The Real Issue
by Robert Fortunato on August 31st, 2011 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on August 31st, 2011 No Comments »
Yesterday’s paper printed our letter (http://tinyurl.com/3e3jtb4) combined with a response from one of the uphill neighbors in the article from Saturday’s front page (http://tinyurl.com/3lketza). We are glad to see the neighbors are starting to understand that our solar array will be BELOW the height limit and we are building in
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Southern California Edison Tour Yields an Article in the Daily Breeze!
by Robert Fortunato on July 12th, 2011 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on July 12th, 2011 No Comments »
Yesterday about 20 Southern California Edison Energy Efficiency Interns came to the GIH for a construction site tour. They were very interested and asked great questions. Doug Morino and Robert Casillas from the Daily Breeze also joined the group and got their piece published in today’s paper: http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_18457632
Create your own Green Idea House with a $6K boost from Uncle Sam
by Robert Fortunato on June 5th, 2011 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on June 5th, 2011 No Comments »
Read about it in Eric Michael Stitt’s Beach Reporter article published this week.
Easy Reader Covers GIH Participation in the EPN Solar and Green Homes Tour!
by Robert Fortunato on May 28th, 2011 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on May 28th, 2011 No Comments »
Many thanks to the Easy Reader reporter Rebecca Zisser for a great article. During the tour she was very engaged, asked great questions and ultimately turned in a wonderful report. Thank you for your interest in spreading the word.
P.S. One small correction: “Fortunato first became interested in green technology
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Happy Earth Day! Beach Reporter Prints Article on GIH Progress
by Robert Fortunato on April 22nd, 2011 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on April 22nd, 2011 No Comments »
Eric Michael Stitt very kindly marked our first big milestone: Owners save 97.5 percent of razed home