Building Green is a labor of passion. Producer and host Kevin Contreras is as fiercely committed to building awareness as he is to building houses, which is why he and other like-minded individuals are now developing media to do just that.
Building Green TV's mission is to provide homeowners with a glimpse of just how easy, cost-effective and healthy it is to go green, while dispelling the myth that an environmentally conscious lifestyle means doing without.
Through our nationally-aired TV series, Kevin takes viewers on a highly personal journey, showing them exactly what it’s like for an “ordinary guy” to make the commitment to go green.
On our website, buildinggreentv.com, we provide detailed how-to information and connect readers with resources. As fans of the social network, we also offer readers a place to share their own stories and tips, and to interact directly with Kevin himself and an ever-growing roster of self-taught green building mavens and experts alike.
Filming Green
Filming a television show is a process with a lot of moving parts, but we make every effort to film green. Here are a few of the ways we incorporate the "reduce, reuse, recycle" ethic into our workdays:
- Many employees are located in home offices all over the country
- Production vehicle runs on straight veggie oil
- Recycling bins are everywhere
- The production office is lit by natural light with solar electric and heating
- Rechargeable batteries are used for all equipment
- Lunches are made communal style, to eliminate trash from brought in food
- When traveling, the crew carries lunch pails, utensils and stainless liquid containers to avoid paper or plastic products
- Recycled and compostable paper products and biobags are used when necessary
- We consolidated travel involving sales, shooting for season one, and other seasons every trip
- We hire local crews to eliminate transportation.
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