As you might have heard, California’s residential housing market has a new legal entrant: the Accessory Dwelling Unit or ADU, also known as an in-law unit, granny flat, casita, or garage conversion. also...
Can the housing crisis be addressed while also tackling global climate change? After all, California needs 3.5 million new homes by 2025 to meet demand and address affordability issues. But construction...
Historically, important information on a home such a energy ratings, third-party building certifications or solar electricity generation have not made it into for sale listings. Thousands of dollars of...
Build It Green’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce the selection of Jeremy Madsen to serve as BIG’s Executive Director.
Madsen is a nonprofit executive with over two decades of...
If you are tired of living a wasteful lifestyle and are resolved to create a more eco-friendly home this new year, you may be feeling a little overwhelmed or unsure where to start. Rest assured, you’ve...
GreenPoint Rated (GPR) is a third-party rating system for healthy, energy-, and resource-efficient homes. GPR began in California and is the state’s leading residential green building rating system with...
A Message from Build It Green's Board President
Late last year, after the sale of Build It Green (BIG)’s utility business to Franklin Energy, BIG’s Board and staff embarked on a strategic visioning...
Build It Green staff members, Hannah Bruegmann and Chloe Chapman, spoke with the Orange County Realtors Association® about how ADUs can be used to meet the housing and environmental needs of individuals...
Keeping to their mission of creating stable, vibrant and healthy communities, Mercy Housing California set out to build and strengthen healthy communities through quality, affordable, service-enriching...
We are supporting homeowners and developers rebuilding after the recent California wildfires. For the first 100 applications submitted for homes that were damaged or destroyed in the recent Kincade, Camp,...
Affirmed Housing opens 83 supportive housing homes at Villas on the Park in Downtown San Jose for formally homeless. This six-story, GreenPoint Rated building offers large communal spaces, a rooftop...
This month we attended Carbon Positive '20. We learned a ton and met amazing people contributing to de-carbonizing our built environment. There are several resources you can start using today...
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