Green Starts At Home

The founder of the US Green Building Council, David Gottfried, shows off his eco-friendly home in Oakland, California, which achieved a Platinum rating under the auspices of the LEED for Homes program. The home features a plethora of sustainable features, including radiant heating, rain barrels to collect storm water runoff, and a photovoltaic solar array. In fact, the home renovation earned the highest amount of possible points (106.5), 26.5 points over the 80 points needed to achieve Platinum certification, makes it the highest-scoring LEED renovation achieved yet, anywhere.

In addition to the USGBC, Gottfried has founded the World Green Building Council (WGBC), a union of national green building councils whose mission it is to accelerate the transformation of the global built environment, reorienting it toward sustainability. He is also the chief executive officer of Regenerative Ventures, a consultancy that partners with entrepreneurs and corporate management teams, assisting them to establish and achieve their goals in creating structures that use less energy, water, and other resources.

Learn more about Gottfried, his influential work in the global movement toward sustainability, and his California home, here.

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Chris Timmerman
Contributing Writer
Green Education Services
www.greenedu.com