North Bay Business Journal

  • Builder seeks the perfect energy-efficient home

    May 30th, 2011

    SANTA ROSA — Homebuilder Meritage Homes worked for two years on research and development to create an energy-efficient home that could have a zero carbon footprint but not cost more or reduce comfort.

  • Napa startup to factory-build green homes

    January 31st, 2011

    NAPA — Bob Massaro, long a strong advocate for green-building projects and standards in Napa Valley, has constructed a new venture to bring environmentally conscious features more affordably to homes, apartments and classrooms via factory-built building panels.

  • Building industry prepares for CalGreen

    August 30th, 2010

    NORTH BAY — The California Green Building Standards Code, or CalGreen, is set to be implemented in January 2011, and education for industry professionals is starting to ramp up.

  • The homes are green even if paperwork isn’t

    August 9th, 2010

    NORTH BAY — Homebuilding in the North Bay has slowed to a trickle in the past few years, but a number of the custom homes are being built greener than even the newly increased state green-building standards.

  • Construction: Culinary Institute completing new facility

    May 17th, 2010

    Teaching kitchen, ‘Flavor Bar;’ also, Napa considers green building standards

  • Green-building group explores Napa branch

    February 15th, 2010

    NAPA — The Redwood Empire chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council is considering whether to create a Napa Valley branch.

  • Spotlight on innovators in green technology

    February 1st, 2010

    This spotlight focuses on some of the North Bay people and companies that are creating new green technologies that are being put to work in the field daily. Know someone who should be here? Let us know. Listed alphabetically by innovator name.

  • Construction: Prospect of energy retrofits raises stir

    July 30th, 2009

    A group calling itself the Santa Rosa Neighborhood Association created a furor in the West End portion of the city early this summer by circulating fliers claiming “the city of Santa Rosa is in the process of imposing green building requirements on all existing buildings that will impact your home and business.”

  • Who’s Who in Green Industries

    May 19th, 2009

    The 31 people selected here for the Business Journal’s first Who’s Who in Green Industries are widely recognized as being among the pioneers and visionaries in an industry that today includes many hundreds if not thousands of creative professionals.

  • Green Building Council releases regional ‘bonus point’ criteria

    May 18th, 2009

    NORTH BAY – The U.S. Green Building Council released details on regional “bonus points” available as part of the major 2009 revision to the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green-building standards. .art_main_pic { width:250px; float:left; clear:left; } “They are not going to be new credits,” said Elizabeth Durney, senior green-building consultant for Kema Sustainable [...]

  • Sonoma County preparing rules for green building

    February 16th, 2009

    SONOMA COUNTY – The county of Sonoma plans to adopt a green-building ordinance in time for more stringently water- and energy-efficient state building codes and project-rating standards to take effect this summer.

  • Changes set for green ratings

    February 16th, 2009

    NORTH BAY – The two green-building standards several local governments use are set to undergo major changes this year.

  • Sonoma County hopes to OK program for green loans next month

    February 16th, 2009

    NORTH BAY – The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors is set to vote in late March on whether to establish a program to fund loans for residential and commercial property owners in order for them to make energy-efficient and water-conserving upgrades to their properties.

  • LEED rules studied for health care

    December 15th, 2008

    The U.S. Green Building Council will soon launch the first-ever LEED rating system for health care that awards points not only for environmental benefits but also for efforts to improve human health.

  • Ghilotti Construction upgrades to green HQ

    December 8th, 2008

    SANTA ROSA – General engineering contractor Ghilotti Construction Co., one of the North Bay’s largest such companies, significantly upgraded its corporate address as the headquarters staff has outgrown trailers in its main yard over the past 18 years.

  • Autodesk buys Santa Rosa’s Green Building Studio

    February 12th, 2008

    SAN RAFAEL & SANTA ROSA — San Rafael-based design software developer Autodesk Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSK) today announced a big step further into green building with the acquisitions of two North Bay software companies.

  • Green Building Studio offers designers Web-based tools

    February 4th, 2008

    SANTA ROSA — Green Building Studio, formerly GeoPraxis, is gaining a reputation among local architects and building designers for its Web-based energy analysis solutions.

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