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Community Changemakers: Bronwyn Barry

Meet Bronwyn Barry, the principal architect and founder of Passive House BB: a full-service architecture and design firm that helps homeowners navigate the process of high-performance homes that meet the Passive House standard. A self-described Passive House fangirl, Bronwyn was a founding member of Passive House California in 2007 and served as the board chair of the Passive House Network for a decade before stepping down this year.

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ADU Innovation Tour

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

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Next Steps in Building Our Future

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.

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Community Changemakers: Crisand Giles

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.

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Community Changemakers: Adam Sgrenci

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.

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Meeting to Build Our Future

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.

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Regenerative Neighborhoods

Regenerative Neighborhood Highlight: Watts Rising

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.

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Highlight Map: California’s Local Commitments to Decarbonization

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.

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Alex Coba

Communication Associate

As a proud California native from Stockton, Alex brings a wealth of experience and a versatile skill set. He has a solid communication background with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Public Relations from California State University, Chico. Alex is adept at strategic communications and media relations, with experience gathering and sharing stories from his local communities that uplift the unique spirit and values of those places. He is excited to join Build It Green, where he can apply his talents to further BIG’s mission to help communities across California thrive