Welcome to Green Hammer!
Based in Portland, Oregon Green Hammer provides intelligent ecologically conscious design and build services for home additions, remodels and new construction. Our passion is to creatively unite the use of advanced technologies in energy efficiency with the intelligent use of earth friendly materials and design concepts.
Our building philosophy incorporates these eight standards into every project: Waste Reduction, Ecological Materials, Energy Efficiency, Water Conservation, Healthy Air, Diversity of Design, Longevity, Supporting Local.
LEED Platinum home for sale!
This award winning home designed by Paolo Design Group is one of the nations first certified LEED-H Platinum remodels! It features an elegant modern design, a double wall high performance envelope, ground source heat pump, photo voltaic panels, restored riparian zone, rain-garden, all new wood material sourced FSC-certified and the list of goodies is endless. Please check it out on our site or visit it's very own website!
Green Hammer is the winner of the 2008 Designing & Building with FSC Award
The
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has awarded Green Hammer, a green
builder in Portland, Ore., its Designing & Building with FSC Award,
an honor bestowed upon projects that the certification body feels further
responsible forest management through use of FSC wood products.
LEED Gold home in Estacada featured in Oregonian's Home and Garden Northwest
This home features radiant floor heat, all natural insulated concrete forms (ICFs), passive solar design, structural insulated roof panels (SIPs), FSC certified lumber, a bioswale rainwater management system, and more! Check out the homeowner's blog or our portfolio.
Read the article in Home and Garden NW.
Green Hammer is now providing Home Performance Testing!
Green Hammer Inc provides state of the art home performance testing . Our Building Performance Institute (BPI) certified technicians utilize their deep construction knowledge and cutting edge technology to provide you with full energy performance diagnostics and definitive solutions to save you energy. Read more about BPI standards.
Our homes provide for the health of the homeowner, as well as the environment. Our company can be described similarly to our homes as innovative stewards of our environment. Experience and enthusiasm for ecologically harmonious practices has allowed us to continually remove excess material, energy, and resources from the process, while supporting local responsibly managed companies and natural resources. We offer a product and service that allows more homeowners to build the home that represents their environmentally conscious lifestyle and will endure as such for generations to come.
At Green Hammer we believe that green is not separated from great design. Though we are able to build highly technical home energy-systems, our most sincere aim is to build a home that meets the comforts and needs of the homeowner on every decision.
