Build It Green is a membership supported non-profit organization whose mission is to promote healthy, energy- and resource-efficient homes in California.
Established in 2003, it offers a comprehensive package of local government support, professional training, collaboration forums, consumer education, and green product marketing to a range of stakeholders. Three strategic objectives guide its work:
Drive policy development
Build It Green partners with government to establish credible and accessible green building policies that promote private sector innovation and provide consistent guidelines statewide.
Increase supply of green homes
Build It Green trains building professionals on latest best practices and connect green product suppliers with consumers.
Stimulate consumer demand
Build It Green builds awareness of the benefits of green building by providing GreenPoint Rated as a trustworthy, recognized brand for green homes.
Build It Green’s program development strategy has been to incubate good ideas in the San Francisco Bay Area and then expand them statewide, helping to establish California as a role model to other states and the nation for developing pragmatic solutions to environmental challenges. It strives to design programs that have wide-reaching policy impacts that can positively impact many Californians.