One day two Donkeys from Maui, stopped Murray Guy and requested that he stop having so dam much fun wave sailing and do something to fix the extreme effects of climate change. The locals were starting to get a little pissed that the grass wasn't as GREEN as it should and decided to approach warriors that love to play in the beautiful outdoors to join forces and make the difficult changes needed to secure the future.
Murray being knowledgeable and passionate about high performance buildings decided that he had better listen to these very determined and tough characters and went forth and started three companies Integrated Designs to high performance commercial buildings, EcoSmart to build NetZero homes and Shift2Lean to train and coach teams on Lean Project Delivery.
Our goal is to make all new buildings NetZero Energy by 2020
Why so Passionate about Green?
When you love to play in the outdoors you become very motivated to protect your playground. When you know there is a better way, it is our duty to do the best we can with what we have. It helps when you have a team of passionate talented hard working people that are committed to fixing an industry that is hugely wasteful and resource intensive.
Why Lean?
With the Integrated Design process we we were able to deliver LEED Gold projects that used 55% less energy at no additional cost. This is not good enough! With Lean we get to integrate the efforts of the whole team and do battle on the up to 40% waste that is inherent with more traditional design-tender-build processes.
With Lean we will save as a minimum the 15% extra it may take to get to NetZero. Masters in Lean are able to save up to 40% of the cost of a project. That is how we can deliver NetZero buildings at less cost with lots left over for profit and our wish list.
What is the NetZero Revolution?
Based upon the success of these successful NetZero projects we expect that we will hit the tipping point soon so that NetZero becomes the new Norm.
Who Started the NetZero Revolution?
