ADU Innovation Tour While there is no singular housing solution for the multifaceted challenges faced in California today, accessory dwelling units (ADUs) have the potential to shape resilient and diverse
In late 2021, Build It Green hosted Building Our Future, a pair of meetings that brought together nearly 100 leaders, thinkers, innovators, and doers for thought-provoking dialogue on the challenges and opportunities facing California’s housing ecosystem. Learn more about the cross-sector working group topics we are moving forward to continue the collective dialogue and idea generation around the intersection of housing affordability, the environment, and social equity.
Earlier this year, we had the pleasure of meeting with Crisand Giles, HomeAid Northern California’s new Executive Director. Before taking on this role in August 2021, Crisand worked as a housing advocate and forward planner for several homebuilding companies.
We recently had the honor of sitting down with Adam Sgrenci, Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Infrastructure and Society (CIS). Based in the Bay Area, CIS is working to cultivate a construction ecosystem that can leverage traditional building knowledge to visualize and implement new regenerative practices.
What happens when a wide range of players tackling California’s housing opportunities and challenges come together? In December 2021, Build It Green (BIG) set out to find out. We hosted two virtual meetings with nearly 100 people from across the housing ecosystem: contractors and builders, government officials, community organizers, advocates, urban planners, building science innovators, and more. Read on to find out more and how to participate in the next steps.
Watts Rising is a community-driven initiative to revitalize a Black and Latinx neighborhood that has dealt with intense pollution and discriminatory policies for years. Funded through the Transformative Climate Communities Program (TCC) and leveraged money, it consists of 24 resident-led projects to address climate change.
Over the last few years, more than 50 California jurisdictions have formally committed to decarbonizing new construction. This map highlights these cities and counties that have set requirements for moving away from gas to show how far the state has already come in prioritizing sustainable, healthy, and resilient buildings and the opportunity that still remains to be done.
To kick off our Community Changemaker series, we sat down for a talk with Julia Hatton, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Rising Sun Center for Opportunity (Rising Sun).
Build It Green Welcomes Five New Staff Members We are delighted to announce that the Build It Green (BIG) team has more than doubled since the beginning of August! Our
California’s goal of carbon neutrality by 2045 will only be achieved by embracing electrification for new and existing buildings. The 2019 building code already mandates solar panels for new construction and offers compliance benefits for installing electric appliances; pro-decarbonization changes like these will only continue in the 2022 cycle.
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