Northside
Berkeley, CA
Qualifications:
City of Berkeley
Description:
A model home featuring green building materials and systems, located adjacent to three large, active community gardens. Recent renovations and rebuilding incorporated innovative materials such as recycled newspaper insulation (cellulose), salvaged cabinets and flooring, bamboo countertops, high efficiency lighting, natural linoleum, certified sustainable wood, and water-efficient plumbing fixtures. On-site work by UC Berkeley landscape architecture graduate students included a solar garden shed demonstrating the use of straw bale, light clay, and other alternative materials. The shed is attached to a gateway-trellis of salvaged steel frames, intended as support for photovoltaic panels. The rear yard is being developed according to principles of permaculture.
DPR Construction Co., Inc.
Trish Timothy
2480 Natomas Park Drive, Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95833
916.568.3434
trisht@dprinc.com
http://www.dprinc.com
Qualifications:
LEED Certified Professional and project manager for general commercial contractor.
Description:
General commercial contractor with the most number of LEED certified professionals of any contractor in the United States offering green preconstruction and construction services.
Green Builders of Marin
John Shurtz
250 Bel Marin Keys Blvd. Suite C6
Novato, CA 94949
415.884.0700
john@greenbuildersofmarin.com
http://www.greenbuildersofmarin.com
Qualifications:
NARI Certified Green Building Professionals, with seven green certified members on staff. Members of North Bay NARI. Members of Marin Builders Association. Certified Marin & Bay Area Green Business. Board of Directors of the USGBC Redwood Empire Chapter. Construction Industry consultant to Rainforest Action Network. Speaker on Green Building & Sustainability at various venues including BIONEERS, North Bay NARI, Novato Chamber of Commerce, Ignacio Rotary Club, New Life Expo, RAN fundraisers, the City Club in San Francisco and others.
Description:
Building structures that are durable, healthy, environmentally-friendly and comfortable. Implementing green building practices since 1996, including a green project in the Marin Designers Showcase, extensive use of fly ash in concrete, FSC certified lumber, photo voltaics, and healthy indoor air quality. Commercial clients include: Pacific Sun, Endoscopy of Marin, Marin Head Start, Marin Link Project, Marin Opthalmic Center and the FAA Mt. Tamalpais Station
Paragon General Contractors and Cabinetmakers, Inc.
Steve Meyer
47-A Washington Avenue
Point Richmond, CA 94801
510.232.4330
meyer@paragonbuilders.com
http://www.paragonbuilders.com
Qualifications:
Paragon General Contractors is a NARI Certified Green Building Professional, a Contra Costa County Certified Green Company and US Green Building Council member. Paragon offers a team of employees dedicated to offering green alternatives to their clients.
Description:
Paragon has been one of the Bay Area's most respected master builders for over 23 years and is committed to being a leader in sustainable building practices. Paragon's green building 'tool kit' is constantly changing and growing as the latest materials and processes become available and more cost-competitive.
Rudolph and Sletten, Inc.
General Contractors and Builders Commercial
Nick Pera
1600 Seaport Boulevard, Suite 350
Redwood City, CA 94063
650.216.3600
http://www.rsconstruction.com
Qualifications:
Rudolph and Sletten is committed to building responsibly, and with 125 LEED Accredited Professionals in-house, can demonstrate the economic advantages and ease of incorporating sustainable aspects into projects of any size.
Description:
Rudolph and Sletten is one of the leading general contracting firms on the West Coast and has an ongoing dedication to honest dealing, fair pricing, and quality. As a pace setter in the construction industry, Rudolph and Sletten has provided quality-oriented general contracting and construction management services for 45 years.
Swinerton Builders
Bill Krill
260 Townsend Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
415.984.1367
bkrill@swinerton.com
http://www.swinertongreen.com
Qualifications:
Completed over 15 LEED Accredited Professionals with approximately 20 projects seeking LEED Certification throughout our 15 regional offices across the US. Active with USGBC, CBE, ASHRAE, BOMA, IFMA.
Description:
Full service 115-year-old General Building Contractor and Construction Manager firm with 15 regional offices throughout the western US. Particular expertise in the design, planning and cost estimating of green buildings. Work with public and private clients in markets including office, educational, health care, multi-family residential, hospitality and tenant improvements.
Turner Construction
Rod Wille
2484 Natomas Park Drive Suite 101
Sacramento, CA 95833-2938
916.614.9311
RWille@tcco.com
http://www.TurnerConstruction.com
Qualifications:
A founding member of the USGBC, Turner had 52 sustainable projects totalling 15,400,000 s.f. completed/under contract in 2003, including the LEED-Gold certified David Lawrence Convention Center and others.
Description:
Serving the US from 45 offices, Turner Construction is the nation's leading builder, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of HOCHTIEF. Turner built one of the first LEED-certified projects, the Southern CA Gas Energy Resource Center, while Hochtief's sustainable projects include Commerzbank, Prisma and the Main Tower.
XL Construction
Rick Unvarsky
1500 Berger Drive
San Jose, CA 95112
408.590.5941
runvarsky@xlconst.com
Qualifications:
LEED accredited professional, professional mechanical engineer. One registered LEED-CI lab project awaiting certification.
Description:
General Contractor with experience in bio-tech, semi-conductor, health care, institutional, commercial and residential projects. Also provide experience in LEED design process, registration, implementation and submittal assembly.
