Eric Corey Freed has designed buildings out of adobe, strawbale, pumice, and rammed earth with a particular focus on passive solar design and non toxic interiors.  He has worked in Philadelphia, New York, Santa Fe, and throughout California. Eric and his employees are all LEED Accredited Professionals by the US Green Building Council.

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Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma

Mercedes Corbell Design + Architecture has been the architectural firm for a number of green home projects since focusing on sustainable design in 2000. Many of our projects are the renovation and expansion of existing homes and outdoor spaces. Our material and product choices are key to achieving “green goals.”

A recently completed project is the addition of a “granny unit” to an existing Mediterranean style bungalow. Some of the green features were the use of optimal value framing to save on lumber, all FSC-certified framing lumber and plywood, fly ash in the concrete mix, higher levels of insulation than required, and no-VOC paint.

We are certified green building professionals with Build it Green. Mercedes is the co-founder with David Johnson of the Green Remodeling Guild (now part of Build it Green), and the chairperson of the steering committee.

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Alameda, San Francisco, Contra Costa, and Marin

Cassandra Adams is an architect with over 22 years of experience on a wide range of building types for public and private sector clients.  Ms. Adams has been awarded the title of LEED 2.0 Accredited Professional.  The U.S. Green building council awards this certification to individuals who have “successfully demonstrated knowledge of the green building design and construction industry and the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design 2.0 Green Building Rating System, Resources, and Process.”

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Alameda

All of our recent projects are Green by design. “The Loop House” is a recycled bungalow with new radiant heat, solar PV, solar hydronic, featuring a green design approach and many green finishes. “The Convertable Deuce” is a recycled bungalow with new radiant heat. “Sun Ranch” is a small addition in Santa Monica, which is designed to feature the Solar array as a major design element.

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Projects considered and performed around the world.

Our first “green” project was green by default: an old farmhouse in Texas renovated and extended so as to be “at harmony with the land around” and using local and appropriate materials. A similar approach was taken for a house on Long Island. In 1998 I did not think to call this green, though it qualifies today. Now, we are in the process of designing and developing a 150-acre sustainable mixed-use development on the same family land. Now, we have been asked to collaborate on the design of large-scale multi-family “green” projects with large established “green” firms such as FX Fowle and HOK.

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We are willing and able to take on projects throughout the U.S. or abroad depending on the size, type, and budget of a project.

We completed our first green home project in 2006.  Materials and methods we’ve used include: super insulation (cellulose), condensing high-efficiency gas boiler, local materials, earth-bermed, efficient lighting, low VOC paint, brick & tile finishes, cellulose ceiling.  Bill Chaleff has been LEED Accredited since 2003 and firm’s entire staff is also LEED Accredited.  Firm is affiliated with the USGBC and founder Suffolk Co. Solar Energy Commission.

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Suffolk, New York City