Posts Tagged ‘Community’

Presenting the GIH at The Alt Build Conference and the Solar HomesToursYesterday!
by Robert Fortunato on May 13th, 2012 No Comments »

Interesting and interested participants on the tours and panel presentation made it a joy to share our experiences designing and building the GIH.  It was great connecting with old and new friends of the project.
At 9am and 10am we ran tours (outside only) as part of the South Bay Solar
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Two FREE Opportunities This Saturday to See How the GIH Works!
by Robert Fortunato on May 9th, 2012 No Comments »

At 9am and 10am on Saturday May 9th we will be running tours (outside only) as part of the South Bay Solar and Green Homes Tour put on by the Environmental Priorities Network.  Nine other families will be opening their houses for the tour as well: SolarGreenHomesTour 2012
Also on Saturday at
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Green Idea House and Green Idea City Featured in International Innovation School Book
by Robert Fortunato on May 8th, 2012 1 Comment »

Robert is a guest lecturer at the international social and business innovation school KaosPilot.  While finishing up an all-day class during his most recent series of lectures in Aarhus Denmark, the Director of the school asked him if he would write a piece for the school’s 20th anniversary book.  Robert said
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Green Idea House Presents at the Municipal Green Building Conference
by Robert Fortunato on May 1st, 2012 No Comments »

One of Robert’s favorite Green Conferences is the MGBCE sponsored by the USGBC. Robert has been going for the last five years and has been learning something new that he has applied to the project every year.  So it was a real pleasure to be able to give back during
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Green Idea House Receives Los Angeles County’s 2012 Green Leadership Award
by Robert Fortunato on April 29th, 2012 1 Comment »

We are honored to receive the award on behalf of all of you who have supported us over the last five years in bringing this to fruition.
It was a pleasure meeting the other award winners at the County Supervisor’s meeting and our son, Carter, was thrilled to get the morning
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Happy Earth Day! The Beach Reporter Celebrates with a Green Idea House Update in its Green Edition.
by Robert Fortunato on April 22nd, 2012 No Comments »

Thanks to Dawnya Bartsch and Chris Miller for wonderful the article and photo.
http://www.tbrnews.com/articles/2012/04/21/hermosa_beach_news/news02.txt
A number of you have asked, so we did want to clarify a few points from the article:
–          instead of radiant floor heating, we used Runtal baseboard heaters.  They are much less expensive and operate more efficiently in
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The Green Idea House won Los Angeles County’s Green Leadership Award for 2012!
by Robert Fortunato on April 20th, 2012 No Comments »

This was only possible because all of you came together as a community around the idea that anyone can and should build with energy efficiency and sustainability in mind.  Thank you!
Special thanks go out to the City of Hermosa Beach’s Senior Planner, Pam Townsend who used her own personal time
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Daily Breeze Features GIH in Today’s Paper!
by Robert Fortunato on April 16th, 2012 No Comments »

Many thanks to reporter Kristin Agostini and Photographer Brad Graverson from the Daily Breeze for the excellent article in today’s paper
Article: http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_20404209/hermosa-beach-couples-remodel-aims-inspire-eco-friendly
Photo Gallery: http://lang.dailybreeze.com/photos/photos.asp?a=1449552#id=1449552&num=0
 
 

Like a Ray of Sunshine, Monica Brightens the SolarWorld Website and their Video Segments!
by Robert Fortunato on April 12th, 2012 No Comments »

Check out Monica on Ogilvy Advertising’s SolarWorld spots.  They shot portions of it at the GIH.  We are happy to support a company that is producing affordable, high quality solar panels locally, in an environmentally sensitive way.
http://www.solarworld-usa.com/?source=GIH
http://www.solarworld-usa.com/solar-for-home/best-choice-for-solar-panels.aspx
http://solarworld-usa.com/solar-for-home/why-go-solar.aspx#facts1

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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