Looking for advice on green building or remodeling for your home in the San Francisco Bay Area? David Hamburger, Owner of Building Efficiency, comments on green building misconceptions and advantages in an interview with Bay Area for Sale.

Check out our interview “Tips on Green Design for Your Home” on Bay Area For Sale, a top site for  Bay Area Realty including San Francisco, CA Condos For Sale. Bay Area For Sale also services Austin, TX Homes for sale & Ventura, CA real estate.

Do you have a green building or remodeling project that’s been on the back burner? Let Building Efficiency help you transform your home from wasteful to efficient! Look at all the green services Building Efficiency can offer you and your family.

Building Efficiency, in partnership with Habitat for Humanity, is helping our community grow stronger. Here at Building Efficiency we value our local community and are proud to provide our services to those most in need. Over the past year we have developed a close relationship with Habitat for Humanity and are excited to be part of their first project on the Peninsula.

7555 Mission St. in Daly City, is a community project that features 34 three-bedroom, two bath homes and two two-bedroom, two bath homes to low income families. All of the units in the three-story building are 1,100 square feet and include parking. Through an extensive application process all 36 units have been filled and are in the final stages of completion.

Building Efficiency’s team of trained professionals will be assisting 7555 Mission achieve its Energy Star certification. This will ensure that the building complies with today’s efficiency standards and will also help to secure national grant funding to help complete the project. In addition, B.E.’s Insulation and Heating & Cooling division has executed training exercises with the Habitat for Humanity building team, and will be conducting an insulation and duct leakage inspection at the completion of each phase. With the help of Building Efficiency the 7555 Mission St. Project will result in a Energy Star New Homes Certification!

We at Building Efficiency are extremely proud of this project and look forward to the day when members of our community can move into a new, comfortable, and efficient home.

To learn more about the 7555 Mission project and volunteer opportunities please contact our office.

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Energy-efficiency program offer rebates

ENERGY Homeowners can get rebates through city and state programs

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Brian and Kelley Johnson could tell their new home wasn’t airtight.

Drafts brought in the chill that permeates the Sunset neighborhood, deep within San Francisco’s fog belt. The furnace didn’t seem to help much.

“I didn’t like the fact that we were heating the neighborhood,” said Brian Johnson, 45.

The house wasn’t just uncomfortable. It was wasting energy. So when the couple heard that programs from the city and the state offer rebates worth as much as $7,000 to make homes more energy-efficient, they signed up.

Contractors vetted by the city insulated the walls and ceilings, put flashing around doors to stop the drafts, rebuilt the system that returns air to the furnace and fixed the thermostat, which turned out to be broken. They wrapped up the work in May – and the Johnsons haven’t needed the furnace yet. The insulation keeps the house cozy

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Don’t be afraid. Yes, this article is about energy conservation, however I don’t plan to preach about how you need to live in the stone age to be sustainable. I just want to lay out a few perspectives and let you know about some free energy conservation education services you can take advantage of; helping you save money. Plus, I even highlight a few jobs that might be available if you are thinking about joining the green workforce. (Note: If you like learning about sustainable living in San Francisco, subscribe and you will be notified when a new article is published)

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