Sep 25 2008

LEEDing at West Coast Green

Among all the new reports and parties, such as those from Earth2Tech, not to mention former Vice President Al Gore coming out at the West Coast Green conference currently underway at the San Jose McEnery Convenion Center, PG&E has a bit of our own news.

So, in the spirit of tooting our own horn...today, we announced two initiatives that will help communities achieve LEED certification by the USGBC.

The first combines charitable causes with environmental efforts: in a double-dose of green, PG&E is granting $200,000 to Global Green USA for the LEED-Silver certification of 14 Habitat-built homes. This will help Habitat homes in Oakland, Strawberry, Fresno and Cotati achieve LEED certification.

In addition, PG&E will become the first utility to enable customers to receive LEED credit for a natural gas GHG emission reduction by voluntarily enrolling in the ClimateSmart program. I can save trees AND receive LEED credit for it?? Thanks!

For those planning to attend the conference, don't miss the shipping container house. PG&E's own Lead Hydrologist/Systems Engineer, Jan Grygier, thought this was such a good idea, he built one of his own. Not sure of his LEED status, but pretty sure he is well on his way to Gold!

Lesson of the Day: Green things come to those who LEED.

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