General Contractors
and Builders Residential

General Contractors and Builders Residential

Allen Associates

Dennis Allen
1424 Tunnel Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
805-682-4305

Dennis Allen is President of Allen Associates and a general contractor specializing in custom residential and seismic mitigation work. He has taught extensively in the University of California network on ecological building practices, harnessing solar energy and energy conservation. His projects have been published in Fine Homebuilding, Solar Age, Sunset, L.A. Times Magazine, Santa Barbara Newspress and Santa Barbara Magazine.

General Contractors and Builders Residential

B. Beery & Associates

Bruce Beery
P. O. Box 12
Cambria, CA 93428
805-927-7130

Their goal in designing sustainable homes is to take into account raw material resources in building products and the energy required to process, transport and install them. Their designs strive to use less material, result in less waste and create a durable home, appropriate for its location and climate and built from regionally available materials. Function and the subtleties of proportion dictate their style and use of ornamentation.

General Contractors and Builders Residential

Kennedy & Associates

Terry Kennedy
111 Avenida Del Mar, Ste. 220
San Clemente, CA 92672
714-366-3171

Terry Kennedy has been practicing environmentally conscious construction since the early sixties. Their work includes plan and spec review, complex sitework, and work with clients from concepts through finishes and observe cost constraints. Kennedy & Associates consider themselves experts in discovery, mediation and litigation.

General Contractors and Builders Residential

Native Sol

Christopher Prelitz
P. O. Box 5024
Laguna Beach, CA 92652
714-494-8333

Native Sol is an experienced design and consulting firm specializing in the integration of sustainable systems. They are consultants to architects, developers and urban planners. Projects have included the Straw Bale and Solar Interpretive Center for the Prime Desert Woodland Reserve in Lancaster, CA, the Nation's first solar electric grid intertied restaurant and numerous residences using straw-bale construction.