Want to learn more about the business of green building?  Come here me talk at the joint session of the Green Building Council and Remodeler’s Council.  If the current title does not work for you- Try “Making Green Sustainable.”

See you there.

Please do not throw them away and contaminate out water supply with toxic chemicals.  If you live in the ATL area- here is an event near downtown:

Hi all – this coming Saturday Aug 15 take your old electronic equipment junk to Grady High School (Charles Allen Dr @ 8th St parking lot) for recycling. They’ll take almost anything computer-esque including printers and stereo equipment.

Barely.

I thought that I was ready for any green legislation that could come along. I was wrong! Since we committed to 100% green projects (meaning that we use green certifications to validate them) we have been growing exponentially each year since we founded the company in 2005.

Forth Quarter I sensed that something was awry since it felt like “the calm before the storm.”  Since the beginning of the year we have had more inquiries to date that all of 2008!  Is this because we are cooler than others or we have better marketing?  Sure- I would like to take credit for it, but I really think that it is because we have green experience and a sustainable message that resonates in this new economy.   Since we are leading renovation company for green design build services, our phone have been ringing off the hook (do phone still have hooks?) since every one’s new year’s resolution was to either “go green” or they wanted to get their “piece of the stimulus pie” (back).

I am doing my best to get the message out to my fellow citizens about how green can work for them so I added a new section to my blog called “Hoots Group Events.”  This is in the right side bar on top of the other sections. Honestly, you would think that this is for you all to see where you can come visit us next, however it is a great tool for me and my staff to be able to see what’s next on the calender as well.  There are hyperlinks that take you to the websites that are either hosting the events for us or that we will be speaking at.  If you are in the ATL are and want to see how you can either go green, or save money come visit us at one of our upcoming appearances.

Hope to see you soon.  Keep your chin up, we are waking up as a nation to the inevitable plight of energy independence.  All of the calls that we get are not about party politics, but about saving money and reducing dependence on foreign energy.

I was at a sustainable conference here in Atlanta (Greenprints) last week and one of the speakers told the audience that we should ‘use oil up as quickly as possible [in our SUV's] so their is nothing left to fight about.’ All of the “greenies”- held their breath in disbelief for about 5 seconds until he finally said- ‘Just Kidding.’

Joseph Lstiburek- was the master speaker that was entertaining us while educating the crowd. I have quite a few other “gems” that came from him that I will be sharing in future posts.

Giving presentations on what is takes to go green and save is fun, however presenting at an Irish Pub will be even more fun!  Irish beer is green on St Patrick’s Day.  Next week I will be talking to a group of architects with a historical focus on design about the green technologies that save money and get rebates and tax credits.

FYI- The ICA stands for the Institute of Classical Architecture .

Here is a description of the event off of their site:

The Young ICA is “Going Green!”

Why it Pays to Go Green..

Where – Fado Irish Pub in Buckhead

When – Tuesday, March 24th, 6:30pm – 8:30pm

What – We will be hosting a belated St. Patrick’s Day happy hour presentation by Matt Hoots of The Hoots Group on ways to save money by “Going Green.” Matt will speak about how green building practices save on the operational costs of projects and about applicable rebates. There are also many tax incentives that are now available for using sustainable building methods. Matt will be available to answer questions after the presentation.

We hope you can join us!

Last weeks headline for the architect of the 2030 plan:

Senate Committee Calls on Edward Mazria to Testify on Building Energy Efficiency

Next weeks headline for the architect of the 2030 plan:

Edward Mazria, Architect of the 203o plan is keynote speaker at Greenprints!

While you cannot get a good seat in congress with out millions of dollars to get you there- you can get a good deal on a seat at Greenprints to hear the same speech!

Why am I promoting Greenprints so heavily?

Now is the time for sustainable change.  These live green forums are key to sustainable thought and spreading the message that we have to change our wasteful ways and think about future generations.  It’s bad enough that we are leaving our kids with a huge deficit, so at least we can give them cleaner air to breath and energy independence while they have to work harder to pay off our generation’s debt.

He will be speaking on Wed the 25 from 12:30 to 1:15.

More on what Ed is currently working on…. more…

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