Kudos to all those who supported HB in getting a $410K grant to draw up a carbon neutral plan for the city. Doug Morino from the Easy reader did a great job of covering the story.
As contemplated in an earlier post, a carbon neutral Hermosa Beach is the next logical
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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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Enter the Green Label Sweepstakes. In this sweepstakes, one lucky Los Angeles County homeowner will win a free GreenPoint Rating. A GreenPoint Rater will help you evaluate your home and the points awarded for your green home features. Your home must achieve a minimum point value in order to qualify
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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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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
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://solarworld.com/
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
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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Check out the attached article: Green Matters2
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
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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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!
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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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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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
Read about it in Eric Michael Stitt’s Beach Reporter article published this week.
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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Eric Michael Stitt very kindly marked our first big milestone: Owners save 97.5 percent of razed home
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
The groundbreaking ceremony of the Green Idea House was covered by CBS news and the local press and can be seen at the following links:
CBS News a 6:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFfsYUiaWyc
CBS News at 11:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt660JF3R1A
Easy Reader:
http://www.easyreadernews.com/2010/10/news/hermosa-beach/ground-broken-innovative-house
The Daily Breeze”
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_16260936
Hermosa Beach Patch:
http://hermosabeach.patch.com/articles/green-idea-house-is-now-shovel-ready
The Green Idea House is mentioned on pg 44 of Angelino Magazine’s August issue!
Congresswoman Jane Harman is the Green Idea House’s BFF. See the 11th paragraph of her Earth Day Newsletter!
http://harman.congressnewsletter.net/common/mailings/?id=54
Mayor Michael DiVirgilio wrote an excellent Op Ed piece on the City of Hermosa Beach’s commitment to go carbon neutral. Why Hermosa Beach is going carbon neutral
Easy Reader Article
Beach Reporter Article
Congresswoman Jane Harman and her dedicated staff have been very supportive of our project and we are grateful. The Congresswoman kindly mentions our project in the hearing on the Homestar legislation to fund energy efficient home retrofits and also in her newsletter.
Ms. {Harman.} Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
This committee is not
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HermosaBeachPatch, a new local news organization backed by AOL did a couple of stories of how our project is unfolding and influencing the City of Hermosa Beach to become carbon neutral.
“Green Idea” Grows in Hermosa Beach
Plan Aims to Turn Hermosa Beach Into Area’s First Carbon Neutral City
Green Idea House was mentioned in the City of Hermosa Beach’s Monthly Newsletter. The Green Building Corner is written by Dency Nelson, a passionate environmental activist and former Chair of the Hermosa Beach Green Building Committee.
We were honored to be featured by our Mayor, Michael DiVirgilio, in his inspirational State of the City address recently (see minutes 6 – 8 of this link).
Congresswoman Harman very kindly mentions our project (look for highlighted text) in an article she wrote on environmental leadership in the South Bay.
http://www.greenideahouse.com/share/Harman%20Torrance.pdf
