Marmol Radziner Prefab

The California Gift Show, held annually in the Los Angeles Convention Center, will be getting a new source of energy this coming year. The show, which runs January 16 – 19, will be entirely carbon neutral, making up for nearly 20,000 lbs of CO2 emissions.  In order to do that normally, you would have to not drive 21,400 miles plus, recycle 47,450 aluminum cans, or 7,700 newspapers. Through a partnership with BeGreen and the Green Mountain Energy Company, the longest tenured green power supplier in the United States, the event will be one of the first of its kind in the area. The Los Angeles Conventions Center is the first US convention center of similar age and size to become certified in Leadership for Energy and Environmental Design for existing buildings from the United States Green Building Council. 

Marmol Radziner Prefab is one of the local Los Angeles based businesses honored with a Greenopia Distinguished Business Award.  The award is only given to eco-friendly businesses who are committed to creating a product with the environment in mind.  Marmol Radziner Prefab is among the few home builders dedicated to long term sustainability.  To see more green business leaders and learn more about them check out Greenopia.com.

A new advertising campaign is under way for LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) accredited businesses committed to being eco-friendly.  Participants will have their business card used in one or more advertisements produced by the Green Building Certification Institute.  The ads will show the overwhelming number of businesses that are committed to going green.  Find out more about participating in the campaign.

Cutting edge green technological advancements in the building industry were on display this past weekend at West Coast Green 2008 . Held in the Silicon Valley at the San Jose Convention Center, West Coast Green introduced a modern solution to providing power to events. SolaRover is a mobile solar generator that utilizes 14, 175-watt solar panels to charge 18 batteries and was used to power a portion of the event. Marmol Radziner Prefab had several suppliers on hand, which included Bonded Logic Inc., EcoTimber, and Kohler Company.

Check out KTLA’s follow up interview with Leo Marmol at the completed Palms House in Venice. You’ll recall they were at the installation of the home on June 3rd and 4th, it only took 2 days to install the entire house!They were back to see the home in its finished state, it took about 8 weeks to complete the finishing touches and now its ready to live in.

Click below to go to the KTLA web article. Be sure to view the video at the bottom of their webpage, you won’t want to miss it!

Click below to view some amazing footage of the Palms House installation, and learn about the process from Leo Marmol and Ron Radziner.

There’s been so much going on recently, including some great video coverage this month we can share with you. San Diego Fox 6 highlighted the Rincon 5 and the very easy process of buying one of our green prefab homes on their show, San Diego Living. Take a look!

Tomorrow, Marmol Radziner Prefab will be featured on Renovation Nation, starring Steve Thomas .  Renovation Nation now calls the Planet Green channel home and provides viewers with information on green building. Our episode highlights the green features of prefab building and follows the Palms House as it traveled through our factory. The completed Palms House was installed in Venice, CA on June 3rd and 4th. 

Renovation Nation
July 24th
6 PM EST (for PST check your local listings) 
Planet Green Channel

Site preparations are plowing along for the Palms House in advance of the installation in the beginning of June. After the hand demolition, where reusable materials and appliances were removed from the old house, the bulldozer cleared out the remaining structure and materials. Then came the rough grading and trenching, and now we’re doing the installation of the mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems that will hook up to the house modules at predetermined locations. Soon we’ll start pouring the structural concrete footings and laying the CMU stem-wall foundation. Then after that… delivery day!

Marmol Radziner + Associates is happy to announce that the American Society of Landscape Architects selected us for an Honor award for the Altamira Ranch project in Palos Verdes, California. MRA has also won awards for the architecture from the AIA South Bay-Long Beach among others.

The Altamira Ranch landscape is a great example of a native garden. Native plants are a natural win-win for gardens. They typically better suited to local ecosystems, so they require less water, reduce fire hazard, and minimize maintenance (as compared to conventional landscaping). Plus, native plants are truer to their location, reflecting the real nature of the local area.

Our friends at the Tree of Life Nursery in San Juan Capistrano just released their Maintenance Guide for Native Gardens, a great resource for creating and caring for native gardens. The Nursery contract-grew 30,000 plants from native California seed. Check out the Nursery’s case study about the process and green benefits of Altamira’s garden.