Building on 15 years of growth, Build It Green enters a new phase

Last month, Build It Green finalized the sale of its utility program implementation business to Franklin Energy, a Wisconsin-based provider of energy efficiency and grid optimization services. This move positions BIG to reinvest in and revamp our green building programs and resources to ensure they remain responsive to market conditions today and in the coming decade.

Catalyzing market transformation has always been part of Build It Green’s DNA. GreenPoint Rated, our signature green home rating system, was conceived more than a decade ago to bring green home building practices into the mainstream in California and provide verifiable criteria for judging a home’s environmental performance.

It didn’t take long before the majority of 100 local governments in the San Francisco Bay Area were referencing GreenPoint Rated as a standard. The Northern California Home Builders Association also endorsed GreenPoint Rated as a standard for its members. A few years later, California became the first state in the nation to adopt a green building code, with Build It Green playing a major role in shaping this process and bringing residential green building to the mainstream.