Container Living Conundrum & Design Competition
The USGBC-LA Chapter’s Emerging Professionals have partnered with The Long Beach Redevelopment Agency to present The 5th Annual Emerging Talent Design Competition. This year the theme is “Thinking Outside the Boxes”. And by boxes they’re referring to the enormous surplus of shipping containers that are stacking up in and around the Port of Long Beach. ...
990 Ocean Front listed for $14,995,000
The 1st of two new Laguna Beach homes being built by Tresor Properties to the United States Green Building Counc’s LEED Platinum specifications to hit the market today at a listing price of $14,995,000. “This brand new contemporary home sits directly on the oceanfront of Laguna Beach and provides the ultimate in sleek luxury and ...
Green our MLS and search web-sites
The Orange County Association of REALTORS is looking at revising and improving the green features on the Multi Listing Service (MLS) they’re a part of, SoCal MLS. A collaboration of green minded real estate professionals from across the country have even formed an online community and web-site called The Green MLS Tool Kit to help ...
LEED Oceanfront home rolls along
Tresor Properties held it’s ground breaking ceremony back in July of 2009 announcing it’s goal of becoming the 1st or one of few oceanfront LEED Platinum homes in California. Designed by local architect Mark Singer, today the 2 home development is rolling right along with some wildly innovative features relating energy management, water heating, storm ...
AirLab’s new do-it-yourself test kit
While taking my annual tour of my favorite green building expo in Southern California, Santa Monica’s Alt Build Expo, a few new exhibitors caught my eye. Both very timely to the needs of the green building movement and needs. Recently, I’ve been researching some of the test kits and services available to homeowners for a ...
Energy Efficient Mortgage in 24 hours
The other night I had a nice chat with Matt Verdi of Prospect Mortgage about Energy Efficient Mortgages and 203k loans. From last night to this afternoon Matt was able to get the new Energy Efficient Mortgage guidelines passed through his office’s underwriters and is now ready to help his customers take of full advantage ...
