Project Green Home

04/23/2012

Great piece on Project Green Home's latest news: Palo Alto city is issuing our project the first permit residential kitchen sink graywater system

Local homeowner wins approval for eco-friendly graywater system.

09/27/2011

Last week ProjectGreenHome passed the City of Palo Alto’s final construction inspection! We are now fully “legal”...

09/04/2011

Next Saturday, September 10th we'll be part of the 2nd Annual PHCA Home Tour

Seven Bay Area homes built with the latest in home energy efficiency and sustainable design will be open all day for self-guided walk-through tours with informational placards and experts available to answer questions.

06/26/2011

TODAY! Passive House California, Silicon Valley Leadership Group's Bay Area Climate Collaborative (BACC) & Plug In America invite you to attend the inaugural meeting of Passive House California’s South Bay Chapter – featuring a Project Green Home case study, tour and electric vehicle ride-and-drive!

06/21/2011

Another fantastic passive house in Silicon Valley, this one build by Clarum Homes -- great to see more movement!

Menlo Park, California has gained its first Passive House standards home, which cuts costs by 90 percent via an airtight thermal envelope and other green tech.

06/15/2011

Passive House CA, Silicon Valley Leadership Group's Bay Area Climate Collaborative & Plug In America invite you to attend the inaugural meeting of Passive House California’s South Bay Chapter – featuring a Project Green Home case study, tour & electric vehicle ride-and-drive!

On Sunday, June 26, 2011 at the Tied House Brewery, Passive House California will launch their new South Bay Chapter with an event that showcases a real-world example of passive house and zero-net energy building.

06/15/2011

Photos from our open house on Saturday, June 4th - huge thank you again to the 350 of you who joined us!

June 4, 2011 at Project Green Home

06/08/2011

Fantastic photos from last weekend's open house!

Bay Area Climate Collaborative | Project Green Home: ZNE & EV Open House set

06/07/2011

The updated version of the Project Green Home booklet is now up on our website

The latest Project Green Home booklet, updated June 2011, is now available for download.

06/04/2011

Project Green Home Open House happening now!

05/31/2011

The next Passive House California meeting is being held at Project Green Home and will include a case study presentation of our project!

The mission of Passive House California is to educate the public about the Passive House building performance standard to help create healthy, comfortable, durable, energy- and resource-efficient buildings and communities.

05/31/2011

We're busy preparing for this Saturday's Open House! Join us for a unique opportunity to explore and learn about the benefits of ZNE building and to engage with public officials, business leaders, and members of the green building industry about the future of sustainable building practices in California.

Clean energy leader and Palo Alto resident Sven Thesen and family will open their new ultra energy-efficient home to the public and, through partnership with Plug In America, provide the opportunity to ride and drive the latest electric vehicles.