Deep Green Building & Remodeling

About us

I have been involved in residential construction for the majority of my life. My father was in the heating business and as a child I was his helper. As I got older, I was employed by a family friend who was a general contractor and became my mentor.

As a heating contractor in Massachusetts, my father was keenly aware of energy efficiency and inefficiencies. My home was a laboratory for his “experiments,” so to speak, and I grew up with a clear understanding of how to make houses comfortable. My fathers interest in heating technologies transferred to me as well. While I was in grade school during the early 1980’s, I created a solar hot water collector for the school’s science fair, showing how passive hot water heating works.

I got deeply involved with green building around 2005, as I became more aware of climate change and it’s devastating effects. Around that time I was introduced to the use of straw bales as insulation, as well as a great natural building material. I took a couple of workshops at the California Straw Bale Association (CASBA) and trained at UC Davis in sustainable building and design. It was at this point that I began shifting my focus away from traditional, environmentally unsustainable building methods.

I have been a licensed General contractor since 1997 and I have been working in Sonoma, Lake, Mendocino and Napa counties. In that time, I have been building houses from foundation to finish as well as doing many remodels and various home improvements. When the fires here in Northern California began getting worse (a result of environmental mismanagement and climate change), there was a sudden demand for new homes. This tremendous tragedy and loss opened my eyes to what my community was severely lacking: fire resistant, green, and sustainable construction.