By Bruce Naegel February 2019 LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) First Community Housing (FCH) uses the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) LEED green...
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REACH beyond Title 24 for electric new buildings
By Bruce Naegel December 2018 Cities implement REACH codes (local building ordinances) for stricter environmental standards than the standard building code (Title 24 Section 6)...

B-55-18 launches carbon neutral California
B-55-18 leads California to carbon neutrality by 2045. Yes, it is not easy. However, California leads in climate initiatives. Therefore, we need to do this...

Excessive Packaging Dilemma
By Michelle Marin September 2018 Online Shopping and Packaging The number one online shopping customer complaint is not hard to guess. It is excessive packaging....

Blockfest 2018
By Bruce Naegel September 2018 Blockfest celebrates East Palo Alto service Blockfest is an annual celebration of services available to the residents of East Palo...

Yes you can install solar
By Bruce Naegel September 2018 Next SunWork Training is on September 22 in Milpitas. (1) See the end of this article for signing up....

Election Season = Candidate Forums
By Bruce Naegel September 2018 Next Mountain View Candidate Forum 2018 on September 26 Candidates are participating in Candidate Forums to express their views. Mountain...

Mountain View’s Climate Plan
California set ambitious climate goals with bills like SB 350. In Mountain View’s case this means a 37% reduction in GHG, s comparing 2030 levels...