Posts Tagged ‘Case Study’

Speaking of the GIH: City of Manhattan Beach yesterday and The Kiwanis today!
by Robert Fortunato on April 11th, 2012 No Comments »

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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Build It Green Sponsored Media Tours at the GIH Yesterday!
by Robert Fortunato on April 10th, 2012 2 Comments »

To celebrate the fact that there are now are over 10,000 Green Point Rated homes in CA, the Build it Green organization selected our home for a series of Media Tours that showcase the innovative technologies in our home and how they relate to our Green Point Rating of 195.  
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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!
 
 
 

Wish Us Luck – Judges are Coming Tomorrow!
by Robert Fortunato on March 13th, 2012 No Comments »

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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GIH Event Makes the Papers!
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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Record Crowds Gather for Construction Tours of the Green Idea House!
by Robert Fortunato on February 14th, 2012 No Comments »

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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Tours Sold Out Fast!
by Robert Fortunato on February 9th, 2012 6 Comments »

We would like everyone to know that all four tours (of 35 people ea) on Saturday have sold out!  You are still welcome to come and see the energy upgrade displays and get your name on the stand-by list for the tours.
If there are no openings on Saturday’s tours and
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Green Idea House Speaks out on behalf of Electric Vehicles Today
by Robert Fortunato on February 7th, 2012 No Comments »

We had a great experience during our four month trial of a 100% electric Local Use Vehicle (LUV) loaned to us by the South Bay Cities Council of Governments.  We are honored that they have asked us to say a few words at an event this morning at 11am.
You are
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