North Bay Business Journal

  • Green Building Council to open Napa branch

    May 17th, 2010

    NAPA – The Redwood Empire chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council plans to open a Napa branch by fall, rather than sometime in late 2011, as had been anticipated by chapter officials earlier this year, according to Bob Massaro, chapter vice president and chief executive officer of Napa-based Healthy Buildings USA.

  • Warehouse goes green

    April 19th, 2010

    AMERICAN CANYON — The 650,000-square-foot Kendall Jackson Family Wines Distribution Center earned LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, making it one of the largest LEED projects in the state.

  • 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.

  • Regional green jobs program gets $1 million

    November 23rd, 2009

    SONOMA COUNTY — A diverse assembly of North Bay work force, education, business and nonprofit leaders called the GREEN council was recently approved for a $1 million grant that will be used to launch a region-wide clean-energy job program. The Green Regional Education & Employment in the North Bay council, previously called Generating Renewable Energy [...]

  • Who is liable for green building performance?

    November 2nd, 2009

    NORTH BAY – Green building performance, or rather failure to perform, has long topped the list of legal risks related to sustainability-minded construction, but developers face even greater stakes this year as government-mandated LEED standards loom and achieving certification becomes more difficult.

  • Napa’s LEED hospital project advances

    October 5th, 2009

    NAPA – St. Joseph Health System-owned Queen of the Valley Medical Center garnered final planning approval for its 72,370-square-foot expansion recently, and officials are on track to meet state seismic deadlines and earn LEED certification.

  • Green Business: Marin forum includes well-known author; Hall Wines earns LEED gold

    August 9th, 2009

    The organizers of the third-annual Marin Green Business Forum announced this year’s program, called “Green business leadership – taking local action for sustainable economic renewal,” which will feature renowned environmental author Hunter Lovins.

  • Water regulators settle Manchester reservoir action

    May 25th, 2009

    The State Water Resources Control Board agreed to drop enforcement action against operators of the 162-acre Manchester Ridge Coast Mountain Vineyards over an existing reservoir and one originally planned.

  • 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 [...]

  • Construction: Green Building Council sets up shop at cluster; Napa industrial condos would complete park

    March 23rd, 2009

    The U.S. Green Building Council now has an office for its Redwood Empire chapter among about two dozen mostly renewable-resource clean-technology and other startups in Rohnert Park. … Bill Rossi of William Rossi Construction wants to close out a 17-acre south Napa industrial condominium development with a 33,700-square-foot building at 55 Enterprise Court. … The planned expansion of the asphalt plant in south Petaluma by The Dutra Group of San Rafael is set to be back before the Sonoma County Planning Commission on April 16, after being deferred at the March 5 meeting. … About four years after San Rafael Airport LLC, operator of Gnoss Field, proposed a 71,000-square-foot athletic center on airport grounds, a draft environmental impact report on the project was released. … G&C Autobody of Santa Rosa is looking to award a construction contract for its Windsor location by the end of this month, according to project manager Bud Vance. The project was set to start last year. … Sonoma Warehousing Co., which owns industrial facilities and housing around Sonoma, acquired 4.71 acres at 1010 Napa Road, located near the intersection with the Eighth Street East industrial corridor, for $2.4 million.

  • Construction: Building industry monitoring Obama’s order on union labor

    February 16th, 2009

    Construction trade organizations are watching closely how President Obama’s Feb. 6 executive order on project labor agreements, or PLAs, on federally funded construction projects larger than $25 million will be implemented with the pending economic-stimulus package. The order rescinded a Bush administration ban on such arrangements.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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