Press release: Local company bring nation’s greenest homes to Napa Valley
V-Marketplace at Yountville Press Release, November, 2009
Information Center Launches at Historic V-Marketplace in Yountville to Educate Public about Benefits of Green BuildingYountville, CA – According to the majority of experts studying greenhouse gas build-up in the atmosphere, buildings contribute anywhere from 40%-50% of all greenhouse gasses. Conventional buildings can also have indoor air quality that is three times worse than outdoor air. Healthy Buildings, a design/build firm located in Napa, has been working to improve the built environment for over 10 years. Healthy Buildings teamed up with the Knight family of Yountville to develop the Vineyard Oaks subdivision–twelve, LEED®-H Gold, net zero energy luxury homes on the vineyards at the corner of Yountville Cross Road and Stags View Lane. Read more (PDF)
Education Innovation
NorthBay biz, October, 2009 By Louisa Hufstader
Students arriving at California’s community colleges this fall are finding crowded campuses and fewer classes outside core transfer areas such as math, science and English. But budget cuts and increased fees at the state’s four-year systems are forcing them back to their local community colleges, which themselves are coping with brutal cutbacks. Read more (PDF)
Healthy Buildings to Open Local Information Center
Yountville Sun, Nov. 09
Healthy Buildings of Napa will open an information center Friday (November 20) at V Marketplace featuring the Vineyards Oaks homes to be constructed on the Knight family property at Stags View Lane and Yountville Cross Road. Read more (PDF)
Napa Building Firm Brings Greenest Status Home
Business Buzz – Napa Valley Register, Nov. 09
Buildings contribute from 40 percent to 50 percent of all greenhouse gasses, according to the majority of experts studying greenhouse gas build-up in the atmosphere. Read more (PDF)
Healthy Buildings Teams With Knight Family
Interview: Bob Massaro
NorthBay biz, March 2009 By Alexandra Russell
Healthy Buildings, a design/build firm in Napa, has been working to improve the built environment for more that 10 years. Healthy Buildings teamed up with the Knight family of Yountville to develop the Vineyard Oaks subdivision – 12, LEED-H Gold, net zero energy luxury homes on the vineyards a the corner of Yountville Cross Road and Stags View Lane.In the early 1980s, Bob Massaro’s first career in public health segued into his current vocation. “I was educated in biology and focused on health care,” he remembers. “But in 1981, I left my position at a Los Angeles teaching hospital, because I felt there was a larger purpose for me—though I didn’t know what it was. My brother, who’s an architect, convinced me to start a business with him. As kids, we always liked to build, so it was a natural interest. Read more
