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Inflation Reduction Act

By Matt Cantor, Cantor Inspections The new Inflation Reduction Act provides almost $400 Billion (that’s with a B) for the mitigation of...

The East Bay Green Home Tour:

Neighbors Adapt Their Homes for Climate Change By Amy Kiser, Verdant Communications & Project Management On a recent weekend in May, the...

Furniture from 100 year old buildings

Teak Me Home Reclaimed Wood Furnishings By Alex Elsinga and Lawrence Grown Editing by Reyna Bernstein Teak Me Home is a sustainable...

How to Keep Your House From Burning

Fire Safety in the Wildland Urban Interface By Scott McGlashan, McGlashan Architecture Grim images and terrible stories from burned...

THE LAST STRAW? Hardly!

Straw Bale Building emerged in the late 1800s in Nebraska where trees were scarce. A uniquely American innovation has since been exported.

One Step at a Time

If you’ve ever walked around the city of Berkeley, you’ve noticed the hidden wooden stairs, shortcut paths, and stairways that connect.

Net Positive in Berkeley

By Scott McGlashan McGlashan Architecture - Original and Ecological Design and Planning It has become a mantra among forward thinking...

See Recycling in a New Light

By Lawrence Grown, Co-Owner of Metro Lighting, Berkeley CA See Recycling In A New Light Metro Lighting makes pendants from...

Electrifying Your Home ~ Responsibly & Affordably

Home Electrification By Matt Cantor of Cantor Inspections Matt Cantor, architecture graduate of UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental...

Choose Building Materials for People and Planet

You breathe what you build. Formaldehyde is a naturally occurring substance, your kitchen cabinets likely contain added formaldehyde VOCs .

Berkeley Bike Station is the Largest West Coast Bike Station

The downtown Berkeley bike station is located above ground at 2208 Shattuck Ave., a few seconds away from the BART entrance at Allston...

Straw Bale Fire Rebuild

Bale Raising for a Santa Rosa Home's Fire Rebuild Photo credit: c. Ed Caldwell photography On May 9th, Arkin Tilt Architects (ATA) helped...