Press Coverage

Mustang Morning News Clips Features Hermosa’s Carbon Neutral Commitment, the Green Idea House and more…
by Robert Fortunato on February 4th, 2013 No Comments »

Mira Costa High School Students Cameron David, Johanna Warshaw and Claire Hunt did a couple of excellent stories on the environment and Hermosa Beach’s commitment to Carbon Neutral.  Those stories ran on the school’s Mustang Morning News and features then Mayor Jeff Duclos, award winning local activist, Dency Nelson and
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“Hermosa Beach Homeowners Redefine Green Living” in this week’s Easy Reader!
by Robert Fortunato on January 21st, 2013 No Comments »

Writer Katrina Zawojski and Photographer Brad Jacobson did a great job capturing the essence of the Green Idea House in this week’s Easy Reader.  In a beautifully done two page spread on pages 44 and 45, they hit the highlights that got us to net zero energy, zero carbon and
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“Hermosa Beach Homeowners Redefine Green Living” in this week’s Easy Reader!
by Robert Fortunato on January 21st, 2013 No Comments »

Writer Katrina Zawojski and Photographer Brad Jacobson did a great job capturing the essence of the Green Idea House in this week’s Easy Reader.  In a beautifully done two page spread on pages 44 and 45, they hit the highlights that got us to net zero energy, zero carbon and
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“Hailed as a New Standard in Green Building” in Walls and Ceilings Magazine
by Robert Fortunato on January 11th, 2013 No Comments »

We got so busy having the Green Idea House on the Sandpipers Holiday Homes Tour that we neglected to post John Wyatt’s excellent article in Walls and Ceilings Magazine.  Although the article is a good read for anyone, it is good to know that the contractor press is getting the
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Comparing Architectural Salvage to Donating Used Underwear to Goodwill??
by Robert Fortunato on December 29th, 2012 No Comments »

The GIH was recently featured in a Wall Street Journal article about architectural salvage.  Reading some of the comments that followed the article prompted us to post the following.  Chime in if you have a comment.
“The Reuse People are doing several things that have real, tangible economic value that benefits
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Wall Street Journal Features Green Idea House Today!
by Robert Fortunato on December 21st, 2012 1 Comment »

Thanks to Pui-Wing Tam for including our Green Idea House project in her excellent article on Deconstruction.  We would also like to thank Ethan Pines and his assistant Carla, who spent seven hours at our house on Saturday making sure the photos were beautiful – and featured on the front
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On CNBC and Speaking at the Emerging Technology Summit Today!
by Robert Fortunato on October 16th, 2012 1 Comment »

Robert was interviewed by CNBC for a green energy/solar story with Jane Wells that is scheduled to be on throughout the day – with airings at 8:45am Pacific Time, again in possibly Power Lunch (10am PT hour), Closing Bell (12 or 1pm PT hours), Kudlow Report (4pm PT hour), and
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Does anyone know how to Fact Check this?
by Robert Fortunato on October 11th, 2012 No Comments »

A reporter recently asked us if this was the first net zero energy, zero carbon building (or home) in Southern California.  Does anyone know how to find the answer?  CNBC is coming to the house to film tomorrow and it would be a nice thing to know.  Thanks!

GIH Goes 100 Percent
by Robert Fortunato on August 1st, 2012 No Comments »

The Green Idea House is now featured on the Go100Percent.org site, the first web portal to comprehensively map, track, and aim to form global community around 100% renewable energy projects from around the world. Go100Percent is a project of the Renewables 100 Policy Institute and, like the Green Idea House,
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TeachingGreen Idea House
by Robert Fortunato on June 26th, 2012 No Comments »

Kathleen Jacecko, Founder/Director of TeachingGreen, posted an excellent interview about the Green Idea House at: http://teachinggreen.org/the_green_idea_house.html