Green From Green A San Francisco builder finds success with salvaged and recycled-content materials in this infill spec home. Maynard Run of the Re-mill This Noe Valley, San Francisco home incorporates a strong salvage, reuse, and recycling strategy. There are many ways to build an eco-friendly house, but business partners Mike Kerwin and Mason Austin at San Francisco–based Kerwin Rockwell Green Construction pursue a strategy so simple that it makes you wonder why more builders don’t use it. By: Nigel F. Wonderwater. 530-925-2586. www.wonderwater.net. MORE >>

I was reading an ENR story about the San Francisco PUC Headquarters building and was impressed with a value engineering detail. The structural design that resists the substantial earthquake requirements of San Francisco was inspired by bridge design. “This was that elegant solution,” says Williams, vice president of technical systems for the San Francisco-based builder Webcor. During the construction document design phase, the structural engineer changed the steel frame to post tensioned concrete and saved $5M US. know we’re too busy. MORE >>

Joel and me plan on moving to San Francisco in the summer, to continue with our work on Buffer whilst we are surrounded by many other ambitious startups. I’ve been to San Francisco and it’s a great place, you’ll love it!! Buffer. The brand new Buffer button & Social Media time management. It would seem that the humble Social Media ‘button’ is once more gaining celebrity. We all know, of course, that Facebook started it, Twitter continued the concept and Google and others have tried to adopt similar button ideas. Related articles. MORE >>

San Francisco Bay Area 19,340. Architecture in Bermuda 1939 – before LinkedIn existed Architects and Planners have been busy creating profiles on LinkedIn. The latest statistics (as of May 16, 2012) show there are 1,128,581 LinkedIn profiles in the Architecture and Planning Industry. For those readers interested in knowing just where all these profiles are in the world, here’s a breakdown: United States 337,376. India 69,140. Italy 63,357. United Kingdom 59,815. Brazil 50,974. Spain 43,815. Netherlands 29.585. Canada 29,339. France 27,700. Mexico 24,250. Chile 11,784. MORE >>

Today, a guest post on green design by the folks at University Alliance, in partnership with the University of San Francisco’s higher education program. They offer an online master certificate in supply chain management, and sustainable supply chain management. The unemployment rate in the United States is not going to magically decrease. So what can the [.] Related posts: Are there Enough Incentives for Green Building? guest post). Despite a Weakening Housing Market, Green Building Trends Soar (Tue Tip guest post). Will Green Performance Bonds Be a Surety Requirement in 2012? MORE >>