Right Plant Right Place
When Paul Cannon and Hugo Campos were thinking of moving to Oakland, it was four towering coastal redwood trees that finally convinced them to put down an offer on a house. They have fond memories of entering the home’s garden gate and looking skyward in amazement at the grove of trees that loomed over the 4,500-square foot lot. Not having even stepped inside the house, “they were already sold.”
East Bay Habitat for Humanity, Livermore, CA
In the fall of 2004, East Bay Habitat for Humanity broke ground on its second green development, a community of 22 houses on a two-acre site in Livermore.
Sara Conner Court Apartments, Hayward, CA
Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Station No. 4: Pleasanton, CA
The City of Pleasanton's Fire Station No. 4 was the first LEED-certified emergency services building in Alameda County, and at the time of construction in 2005 had the highest LEED rating in the nation for an emergency services building. It was also the first property to earn the Bay-Friendly Rated Landscape designation.
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Castro Valley Library - Green Building and Bay-Friendly Landscaping Case Study
Green Points in Pleasanton: Sycamore Heights by SummerHill, Pleasanton, CA
Ponderosa Classics at Ironwood
Ponderosa Classics is a new master-planned community under construction near downtown Pleasanton. Every home will include the standard energy efficiency and green features listed here in “Green at a Glance.” In addition, homebuyers can make a further commitment to green living by opting for the Zero Energy Home package and other green features offered by the developer, Ponderosa Homes.
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A New Generation of Builders, Laney College’s Green Built Housing Project: Oakland CA
1537 Webster Street: A Green Renovation in Downtown Oakland
Read all about how we put our green building and Bay-Friendly Landscaping know-how to work when we renovated an old building in Oakland to create a healthy, energy efficient new office. The project was the first renovated building in the country to earn LEED Platinum certification, the highest rating in the LEED Green Building Rating System.
Garden Profile: Reuse and Renovation in an Oakland Garden
Grant Minix and Michael Geltz are such good recyclers that they only take out a single bag of garbage once a month. The waste-not ethic so evident inside the house has also been put to work outside it, where Minix and Geltz have built a happy, opportunistic garden from reclaimed materials.
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