Green Options » michelle_kaufmann http://greenoptions.com/tag/michelle_kaufmann Posts tagged 'michelle_kaufmann' Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:57:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en West Coast Green 2009 Comes Back to San Francisco http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/10/05/west-coast-green-2009-comes-back-to-san-francisco/ http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/10/05/west-coast-green-2009-comes-back-to-san-francisco/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:57:44 +0000 Keith Rockmael http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/10/05/west-coast-green-2009-comes-back-to-san-francisco/ It’s good to have West Coast Green back in SF. Not that San Jose didn’t play a fine host to last years bigger conference but the show lacked something last year, call it a vibe, or energy but something didn’t gel. So, this year’s scaled down but energetic and education West Coast Green found itself a new home at the Fort Mason. Maybe the ocean air and bay views added a green spark to the conference.

The economy definitely had an impact on this year’s West Coast Green with less venders but with less money that mean that people just had to get more creative with less moola such as the floating island, show gardens and even the sustainability built Jewish Sukkoth. The usual green rock stars like Eric Corey Freed and Michelle Kaufman made their presences felt with their energetic personalities.

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]]> http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/10/05/west-coast-green-2009-comes-back-to-san-francisco/feed/ Top 10 EcoPrinciples for Communities http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/02/06/top-10-ecoprinciples-for-communities/ http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/02/06/top-10-ecoprinciples-for-communities/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:02:37 +0000 Keith Rockmael http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/02/06/top-10-ecoprinciples-for-communities/ With the economy in turmoil, a real estate prices dropping, green communities and green building will become more important. It’s easy to see how broken our current community model is in terms of the urban sprawl; the average American commute continues to grow longer. Between 1969 and 2001, the number of vehicle miles traveled for commuting jumped from 4,180 to 5,720.

The Sierra Club notes that today’s average American driver spends what amounts to 55 eight hour workdays behind the wheel every year. Gas won’t stay at the current level so we need to look at developing more sustainable communities.

San Francisco area architect Michelle Kaufmann & Kelly Melia-Teevan came up with a top 10 (sorry Letterman) EcoPrinciples for Communities.

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