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2019 was a BIG year for Build It Green. Our network of GreenPoint Raters and GreenPoint Rated homes continued to grow. We also launched a pilot program to train real estate professionals to be GreenPoint...

  Looking to the Future, BIG Sells Its Utility Business Oct. 1, 2019 Christopher Becker Interim Executive Director of Build It Green On September 17, Build It Green’s...

January 9, 2017 Build It Green’s Top 10 Stories of 2016 Build It Green’s quest to grow the market for healthy and efficient homes continued its forward progress in 2016. BIG bolstered its reputation...

August 31, 2016 Build It Green Wins Research Grant to Advance Multifamily Zero Net Energy Our goal? To solve challenges to constructing apartment buildings that produce as much energy as they consume.By...

Feb. 17, 2016 Build It Green Announces New Executive Director & CEO Build It Green’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Karin L. Burns will join Build It Green (BIG) as Executive...

Feb. 17, 2016 Build It Green Makes BIG Green Impact in 2015 By Don KnappBuild It Green continues to effect change in California’s residential building sector. Through our partner programs and training...

Dec. 9, 2015 Ten Years In, Build It Green’s Future Still Full of Possibilities   Build It Green's Fast Start Build It Green was the result of a 2005 merger between the nonprofit Green...

2015: The Year We've Been Waiting For Across Build It Green’s network of builders, contractors, and raters, we keep hearing the same story: Everybody’s busy. As the U.S. economy turns a corner,...

Custom Builder of the Year: Conrado Home Builders Irvine Company, City of San Francisco Win Green Building Leadership Awards 7 organizations honored with a 2014 GreenPoint Rated Award...