Building technology

The EcoCenter at Heron’s Head Park

The EcoCenter at Heron’s Head Park

The EcoCenter at Heron’s Head Park is San Francisco’s first 100 percent “off-grid” building. The innovative, LEED Platinum® educational center is open to the public and received the 2010 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Environmental Justice Achievement Award. The center helps teach green building and environmental justice through demonstration.
The EcoCenter boasts a long list of innovative, [...]

Blending In and Out: The 2012 Sunset Idea House

Blending In and Out: The 2012 Sunset Idea House

We get excited about building and design working at Andersen. Right now, we’re excited about the new Sunset magazine Idea House by Blu Homes, a leading manufacturer of modular, sustainable homes. Blu Homes calls it the Breezehouse and it’s an updated and more spacious version of the company’s original Breezehouse, which debuted in 2005.
Set in [...]