by Robert Fortunato on February 24th, 2011 No Comments »
The advice and support of all the incredible people in Hermosa Beach’s Planning and Public Work’s Departments makes the impossible possible.
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Permit Issued!
by Robert Fortunato on February 24th, 2011 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on February 24th, 2011 No Comments »
Robert Asked to Speak about the GIH at Upcoming Conference. Discounted Admission Available Here.
by Robert Fortunato on February 15th, 2011 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on February 15th, 2011 No Comments »
The conference, Green Building: Legal and Regulatory Realities is on March 18, 2011 in Santa Monica, CA. A discount of $100 off your regular tuition rate is available when you register by phone using the code “FAC101” to 206-463-4400 or 800-574-4852.
Read more about the conference here: http://www.theseminargroup.net/brochures/11.GRNCA%20Brochure%20ni.pdf
Getting the Lead (and asbestos) Out
by Robert Fortunato on February 9th, 2011 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on February 9th, 2011 No Comments »
In their day, lead and asbestos were seen as miracles. They worked very well for their intended purpose, were inexpensive and easy to manufacture. Only later were they found to be dangerous. What materials will be the lead and asbestos of the future?
Prior to starting demolition, we had the house
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Green Moving Alternatives Makes Moving Day Easier
by Robert Fortunato on February 2nd, 2011 1 Comment »
by Robert Fortunato on February 2nd, 2011 1 Comment »
Moving is never easy and usually not green (e.g. cardboard boxes, diesel trucks…). Thankfully we found some very good local companies with affordable products and services that are environmentally friendly – and made the process easier.
Rent a Green Box reinvented how we loaded up our stuff with recycled and recyclable
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Get up to $4,500 to make your house more comfortable, healthy and reduce your bills!
by Robert Fortunato on January 21st, 2011 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on January 21st, 2011 No Comments »
Hermosa Beach is hosting an event on Jan 26th. Find one near you. http://www.sbesc.com/programs/residential
Green Patriot Raises the Flag on the Green Idea House
by Robert Fortunato on January 5th, 2011 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on January 5th, 2011 No Comments »
Over the holiday, David Steinman an acclaimed environmentalist, consumer health advocate, publisher and author featured the Green Idea House in an article about Koch Development: http://www.greenpatriot.us./blog/?id=1027&showEntry=1
Recycled Christmas Tree Cycles Back
by Robert Fortunato on December 22nd, 2010 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on December 22nd, 2010 No Comments »
Our son Carter is very happy to see his old friend from last year (see photo), thanks to Scotty Claus and his elves at The Living Christmas Company. This is an amazing group that helps cut carbon – not trees. Their innovative business makes it easy to support a forest.
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Greywater gets Clearer
by Robert Fortunato on October 21st, 2010 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on October 21st, 2010 No Comments »
Last week we hosted a meeting with Leigh Jerrard from Greywater Corps who is doing innovative, yet simple and affordable things in the water conservation arena. Leigh led six of us through a very informative dialogue on making the reuse of laundry and shower water for irrigation easy, practical and
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Our Website Gets an Award!
by Robert Fortunato on October 17th, 2010 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on October 17th, 2010 No Comments »
Congratulations to our excellent web development firm, Primitive Spark. The Green Idea House website won a silver medal in best Green Website for the W3C awards! Special thanks to local residents Wendy Ficklin and Brett Ex. They are superheroes in their field.
Digging in to the Project
by Robert Fortunato on October 14th, 2010 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on October 14th, 2010 No Comments »
Over the past year, many friends and neighbors like Patrick Moore and Jim Catella of the Manhattan Beach Botanical Garden adopted the plants and large stones from our yard. As a result we managed to divert tons of material from the landfill. Thank you!
But we still had a
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