March 7, 2010
"As LAUSD tightens belt, 'green' resolution helps trim water, energy costs"
The combination of green architectural practices & improved learning & teaching opportunities led to Project Frog, a San Francisco firm that designs & manufactures zero-energy classrooms, such as the one at an LAUSD charter school opening this fall.
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March 2010
"Green Pre-Fabricated Classrooms"
Prefabricated sustainable school buildings are less expensive than conventional construction, adaptable, and quickly assembled, while providing a more suitable permanent classroom environment than relocatable classrooms. They not only reduce energy consumption...
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February 5, 2010
"A Closer Look at the New Crissy Field Center Launching Tomorrow"
The temporary Crissy Field Center, an enviro-friendly prefab deal, launches tomorrow after a construction period lasting all of around four months (we hear the cafe's already open)...
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January 21, 2010
"Project Frog Raising $5.5M Round To Spawn Expansion"
"2010 looks like its gong to be a banner year," Tibbs said...
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January 19, 2010
"Project Frog leaps ahead with $5.2M for greener school buildings"
Project FROG is wagering that — in addition to being eco-friendly — these buildings can actually improve student performance in schools. And it just raised more money to prove its point...
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December 28, 2009
"Crissy Field Center moves quickly into new home"
In a process-heavy city like San Francisco, the second most amazing thing about the Crissy Field Center is that it has traveled from conception to near-completion in just nine months...
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December 28, 2009
"Crissy Field Center Getting Ready for Temporary Prefab Digs"
On a tight timeline, renovating another old Presidio building would have been an iffy proposition for the center. Instead, the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy opted for prefab mod for the temporary homebase, which will launch in February...
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December 28, 2009
"Crissy Field Center Prepares Temporary Prefab Digs"
It's not easy getting things built in San Francisco, according to the San Francsico's Chronicle's John King...
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December 2009
"Top 10 Green"
This year’s group includes the most exciting products drawn from recent additions to the GreenSpec Directory and coverage in Environmental Building News, both published by BuildingGreen...
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December 2, 2009
"Rainwater To Flush Toilets At Crissy Field"
In a first for the U.S. Parks Service, rainwater will be stored and used to flush low flow urinals and toilets at a visitor's center set to open in February at Crissy Field. The system is estimated to save about 30,000 gallons a year...
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November 29, 2009
"GreenBuild’s Top 5 Building Products for Schools"
Project Frog’s smart buildings are a gorgeous alternative to the mundane modular classroom trailer that seems to be creeping across America as a result of overcrowding in schools. If a child is going to be confined to a modular classroom, I want mine in this one!
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November 16, 2009
"CEO Interview: Ann Hand of Project FROG"
With a resume spanning executive positions at Exxon Mobil, BP, and now Project FROG, Ann Hand proves that going green is the future of the energy and building industry...
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November 2, 2009
"Prep Schools Leading The Way When It Comes To Going Green"
"Watkinson's mission is to develop in our students the power to shape their own lives and the world around them, so why not build New England's first energy-neutral classroom?" said headmaster John W. Bracker...
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September 2009
"Great Ideas You Should Know About: Eco-Smart Classrooms, California"
The statistics are alarming: 36 percent of American school districts use portable classrooms, resulting in more than 385,000 trailers scattered across the country, many of which pose serious health risks...
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Summer 2009
Modern Building Industry Environment-Friendly
The latest architecture characterized by an attention to quality of life, while creating aesthetic space with a minimum environmental impact...
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July 3, 2009
"Cisco Wants to Transform Energy Demand and Use with Smart Buildings"
Commercial builders are setting their sights on participating in the “green” or smart building sector to help curb energy use....
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June 9, 2009
"Project FROG Breaks Ground at Watkinson School"
Project FROG can celebrate the start of its first zero-net energy solution built in a cold climate...
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June 7, 2009
"Q&A: Mark Miller, AIA, LEED AP Founder of Project FROG"
It’s an evocative name. What could be greener, after all, than a frog? Not much, as it turns out. MGB spoke with Mark Miller of the Flexible Response to Ongoing Growth project to find out more about their cutting-edge building practices...
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June 2009
"The Clean Energy Economy"
The clean energy economy, still in its infancy, is emerging as a vital component of America's new economic landscape. Pew highlights Project FROG...
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June 4, 2009
"10 Droolworthy Eco Structures"
Project Frog brings the cool back to school. Bothered by how schools often look like prisons, the designers at Project Frog have designed zero-energy buildings that have No-VOC interiors which might make kids cut class just a little bit less...
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May 27, 2009
"Project Frog Breaks Ground on Net Zero Energy Watkinson School"
Last November, Project FROG demonstrated their FROG Zero classroom at Greenbuild 2008, and it was quite impressive. Now, the company has a couple projects in the works, and they just broke ground on a new Center for Science and Global Citizenship at the Watkinson School in Hartford, Conn...
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May 2009
"Designing Education"
The Bay Area has steadily built a reputation for leading the country's green-building revolution. Now, one San Francisco design firm aims to take environmentally friendly design to even loftier heights – improving education by re-inventing how schools buildings are designed...
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February 10, 2009
"Power Plays"
In recent weeks, Rockport Capital Partners led an $8 million Series B round of investment in Project Frog Inc., a San Francisco-based firm that designs energy-efficient buildings...
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January 27, 2009
"Silicon Valley clean-tech expect to benefit from stimulus bill"
As President Obama and Congress hammer out an economic stimulus package expected to be in the $825 billion range, Silicon Valley clean-tech leaders are heartened by an energy agenda...
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November 29, 2008
The Project FROG Zero system of modular construction by Mark Miller
The classroom of the future was on display throughout Greenbuild 2008 and it’s safe to say that attendees were impressed. Project FROG built the classroom using their FROG Zero system of modular construction — a zero-energy building system...
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March 2, 2010
"A New Dawn for Net Zero Energy Buildings"
Project Frog unveils the new center in SF’s Crissy Field...
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February 10, 2010
"Redondo Beach school board approves child development center"
The new 5,000-square-foot building is designed by Project FROG, a Northern California-based company specializing in environmentally friendly building construction...
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February 2, 2010
"Go Crissy! Green education gets a grand re-opening"
Crissy Field's new environmental education center is looking damn fine...
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January 19, 2010
"The new Crissy Field Center blends green design with a hands-on outdoor experience"
Project FROG and Crissy Field Center have been working on developing an educational curriculum around sustainability that uses the building as a resource and model: "the ultimate teaching tool,” says Tankursley...
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January 11, 2010
"Project FROG's plan to improve student performance with new hi-tech buildings"
Project FROG is constructing buildings that feature healthier educational environments; ones that better utilize natural daylight, manage glare and acoustics, and circulate fresh air...
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December 29, 2009
"The Top Ten in Green Building in 2009"
Net Zero Looks Doable: When the State of California said it wanted to see all new homes become net zero structures by 2020 and commercial buildings to follow by 2030, many guffawed...
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December 9, 2009
"Crissy Field Center's 'Green' Interim Modulars Showcase Sustainability for Students & Park Visitors"
“This new building exceeds our expectations - not only does it meet these requirements, but the stunning design reflects the magnificent location,” said Moore...
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December 4, 2009
"Ubiquitous portable classrooms get green makeover"
Project Frog collaborates with various school districts and architects in delivering a fast, cost-effective approach to smart building. The firm develops ways to cut energy costs and hopes its designs are a model for how structures will be built in the future...
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December 2, 2009
"Project FROG seeks to make pre-fab school buildings fab -- and green"
Project FROG hopes to become the Apple of the pre-fabricated building industry, a purveyor of elegant design that translates into a better user experience...
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December 1, 2009
"Product News: BuildingGreen Announces 2009 Top-10 Green Products"
BuildingGreen announced its 8th annual Top-10 Green Building Products during the 2009 Greenbuild conference in Phoenix. The list recognizes the most exciting products drawn from GreenSpec & EBN. Project FROG modular green classrooms...
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November 23, 2009
"ConnectPress’ Top Picks for Exhibitors at Greenbuild 2009"
Project FROG's classrooms and commercial buildings take into consideration natural daylighting, are energy efficient and use healthy materials...
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November 15, 2009
"Energy COOL: Green Portable Schooling"
Project FROG offers a path for cleaning up that blight and changing a social dynamic: rather than dreading assignment to a trailer, students (and teachers) might battle for the opportunity...
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September 2009
"ENTER THE FROG"
Project FROG hopes it will be a living example of sustainability and serve as a reminder of the direction the building and design community needs to move in order to be better, more ethical global citizens...
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July 2009
"The Energy Efficient School in Hartford"
A Green Pioneer of Inspiration. The Watkinson School will be the first school to open a Center for Science and Global Citizenship as result of Project FROGS’s zero classroom design. The building is meant to generate more energy than it needs while providing an ideal learning environment...
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July 3, 2009
"Notre système dépasse de 50% les exigences du code de la construction"
Project Frog ambitionne de révolutionner le monde du bâtiment grâce à une approche hautement technologique du design et de la construction, couplée à une orientation produit...
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June 11, 2009
"Green Career Trends"
Green Career Trends: Pew Study Says Green Jobs Grew 9.1%, Project FROG to Build Zero-Net Energy School Building, NRG Energy to Build 92 Megawatt Solar Plant...
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June 8, 2009
"LOOK: FROG Schools"
California’s classroom conditions are among the worst in the nation, according to studies by the Air Resources Board and the Department of Health Services. Enter Project FROG...
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June 1, 2009
"Most Likely to Succeed"
The combination of prefabricated construction techniques, intelligent design solutions, and easy to install sustainable products and materials, raises this project to the top of the class in terms of affordability, innovation, and environmental responsibility...
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June 5, 2009
"A Green FROG In Connecticut"
“The building [will be] as smart as the students and teachers in it,” said John Bracker, Watkinson’s Head of School...
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June 1, 2009
"Project FROG's Green Modular School of the Future"
Schools aren't immune to rising energy prices, and like other organizations, they are increasingly seeking innovative designs to cut costs and save energy. Project FROG, a manufacturer of smart building systems, is helping The Watkinson School in Hartford become a leader in the green school space...
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Spring 2009
"Going Green @ Haverford: Mark Miller, Project FROG"
An architect and the founding principal of the research - based architecture firm MKThink, Miller has recently launched Project FROG, a company that produces modular, high - performance, smart - building systems for the commercial and institutional market...
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April 1, 2009
"Project FROG's 21st Century Buildings"
If FEMA didn't drum up enough of a bad reputation with its immediate response to Hurricane Katrina, the nails certainly went into the coffin as word spread of the abominable conditions inside the government-issue trailers that became housing, office, and school facilities after the disaster...
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January 29, 2009
"Ideas Worth Millions"
Tough times don’t last -- but tough companies do. Even with venture funding falling off a cliff, a handful of companies with great ideas, money-saving products or ideas just too great (or cheap) not to fund can attract enough loot to keep their doors open and their servers warm...
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January 19, 2009
"Are Green Jobs the Wave of the Future?"
With president-elect Obama planning to pull together “a more energy-efficient economy,” CE pros should watch for new green opportunities for their businesses...
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November 16, 2008
"V.C.'s Leap for Project Frog"
To some, the idea of buildings that can be delivered by truck conjures up visions of depressing rural trailer parks. Project Frog’s designs offer a modern variation on the prefabricated building theme, though, with cheap modular buildings that are also energy efficient...
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