North Bay Business Journal

  • North Bay recycled water projects to get $2 million more

    August 18th, 2011

    NOVATO — North Bay Water Reuse Authority is on track to receive a $2 million state grant, as part of the San Francisco Bay Area Clean Water Agencies being awarded their full grant request of $30.1 million.

  • Sonoma County approves $48 million ‘farms to fuel’ project

    June 21st, 2011

    SANTA ROSA — The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, acting as the board for the Sonoma County Water Agency, today approved an energy purchase agreement and land lease for a 1.4-megawatt biogas plant to be built near Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport.

  • Construction Conference 2011: Questions for the Green Construction Panel

    May 9th, 2011

    The Green Construction Panel at North Bay Business Journal’s Construction Conference 2011 on Tuesday will explore the new environmental-quality requirements at various government levels and how the construction industry is meeting the challenge.

  • Sonoma County to study community renewable-energy program

    March 22nd, 2011

    SANTA ROSA — The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, acting as the Sonoma County Water Agency board of directors, today approved funding for the development of a feasibility study to develop a local community choice aggregation, or CCA, program.

  • Spotlight: Leaders in Green Technology

    March 21st, 2011

    This report highlights 46 North Bay professionals in various fields who have been leading development and implementation of environmentally sustainable technologies, such as solar electric and geothermal energy, erosion control for better stream water quality and energy-efficient construction.

  • Regional water recycling program awarded $7.3 million to begin construction

    May 13th, 2010

    The North Bay Water Reuse Authority has been awarded $7.3 million by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) towards the construction of projects that will expand recycled water use in the region. The funds are the first increment of a $25 million federal authorization by Congress in March 2009.

  • SCWA program ends

    April 19th, 2010

    SANTA ROSA — The Sonoma County Water Agency will close its High-Efficiency Fixture Direct-Installation Program on April 30. The program provided funding for plumbing contractors to install high-efficiency toilets and other water-saving devices at no charge to homes and businesses within the agency’s sanitation districts and zones.

  • Energy program sets debt limit for home improvements

    March 8th, 2010

    SONOMA COUNTY – The Sonoma County Energy Independence Program has set a new ceiling on how much debt homeowners can hold when they seek to participate in the energy-improvement loan program.

  • Water agency names interim chief

    February 2nd, 2010

    SANTA ROSA — The Sonoma County Water Agency board of directors today announced that it will appoint Assistant General Manager Grant Davis as the agency’s interim general manger beginning Feb. 23.

  • Santa Rosa Plain groundwater management study to start

    January 12th, 2010

    On Jan. 12 the Board of Directors of the Sonoma County Water Agency took an important step forward on a project to address groundwater issues in the Santa Rosa Plain. … The board’s action is the continuation of a process that began in 2005 when a study of the groundwater basin was initiated. The study, conducted by the United States Geological Survey, will be complete in December 2010 and published in the early 2011.

  • Sonoma County energy program getting attention in Washington, D.C.

    December 21st, 2009

    SONOMA COUNTY — Across the country, states are rushing to pass AB 811 energy-efficiency programs, buoyed by numbers coming out of California and particularly Sonoma County, the first to adapt AB 811 on a county-wide basis.

  • Study: Energy program could be jobs booster

    December 14th, 2009

    A Sonoma County program allowing for energy-efficient upgrades to buildings has already begun to create much needed contracting jobs, and according to a recent outlook report could create thousands more.

  • Napa sanitation looks at options for winery wastewater

    November 16th, 2009

    NAPA – A new study of existing and planned winery process wastewater disposal in the industrial areas around Napa County Airport recommends Napa Sanitation District keep better tabs on the winery waste stream reaching the Soscol treatment plant and offer a lower-cost, local option for disposal of high-strength production effluent.

  • $21.5M in energy loan applications

    October 5th, 2009

    NORTH BAY – Cary Buxton, an estimator for Second Generation Roofing in Santa Rosa, has already seen the impact of the Sonoma County Energy Independence Program on his business.

  • Business Journal conference to explore green initiatives, business impacts

    September 16th, 2009

    NORTH BAY – The Business Journal will hold its second-annual Going Green Conference on Oct. 8 at the Doubletree Hotel in Rohnert Park. Two panel discussions will look at how new regulations and policy changes are transforming the sustainability movement from a trend to a reality and what resources are available for business owners and managers to prepare for compliance.

  • Property owners scramble to meet irrigation cuts

    July 27th, 2009

    NORTH BAY – Landscapers and commercial property owners are making tough choices on how to maintain curb appeal while complying with new local rules for cutting irrigation by up to half this summer to avoid a state ban next year on watering.

  • Federal officials approve wave energy research

    July 16th, 2009

    SANTA ROSA, July 16, 2009 — The Sonoma County Water Agency has gotten the green light from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to investigate wave energy off the Sonoma Coast. Terms of the permits allow SCWA to study the feasibility of developing 2 to 5 megawatts of wave power at each location and to assess [...]

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Green Business: Businesses join PG&E’s ‘climate-neutral’ program

    February 2nd, 2009

    M.A. Silva Corks USA joined a number of North Bay businesses that are opting to pay extra on their utility bills to “zero out” the greenhouse-gas emissions attributed to their operations. The Santa Rosa-based wine closure importer is participating in Pacific Gas & Electric Co.’s ClimateSmart program.

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