About The Gallery
Thank you for visiting our interactive web gallery showcasing local and relevant solar power, rainwater catchment and living rooftop projects! Rooftops are an amazing resource and although they remain largely underutilized in the Bay Area, there is a surge of rooftop developments taking place. This gallery aims to track these developments and provides an opportunity to display, inform and document rooftop projects where others can get inspired, acquire information and learn more about these technologies. If you have implemented a rooftop system on your commercial or residential structure or know of someone who has, we invite and encourage you to display it here. There is no project too big or small! In fact, we emphasize smaller, affordable projects to show the potential of these rooftop systems.

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Local Solar Power Projects
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Lee Utterbach Solar Power System


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This system may be the only film and digital rental house in the world using the sun’s power to run their business and charge all the batteries that run the cameras!

6 files, last one added on May 01, 2008
Berkeley EcoHouse Solar Power System


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The 1.1 KW solar power generation system is one environmental element of the EcoHouse in North Berkeley

1 files, last one added on May 02, 2008
Babak Tondre's Solar Power System


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This is a DIY solar power system installed by homeowner Babak Tondre

5 files, last one added on May 02, 2008
Scottish Rite Center Solar Power System


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In March, 2005 this was the largest electrical co-generation system in Oakland, California.

17 files, last one added on May 06, 2008
4 albums on 1 page(s)

Local Rainwater Catchment Projects
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Sausalito Cistern


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This large underground rainwater catchment system was installed at a residence in Sausalito, CA.

4 files, last one added on Apr 16, 2008
Robert Van Der Walle Rainwater Catchment


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An inexpensive DIY residential rainwater catchment System.

2 files, last one added on May 08, 2008
Rainwater Catchment at Mills College


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A beautifully custom designed rainwater catchment system!

7 files, last one added on May 08, 2008
Ferrocement Cistern


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DIY Ferrocement

7 files, last one added on Jun 13, 2008
4 albums on 1 page(s)

Local Green Rooftop Projects
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Kathryn Rogers Living Rooftop Project


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Check out this DIY living roof!

1 files, last one added on May 06, 2008
Curran House Rooftop Planter Garden


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The Curran House is an affordable family housing project located in the Tenderloin Neighborhood in San Francisco with a Rooftop Garden which is tended to by its residents!

7 files, last one added on Apr 24, 2008
Lee Utterbach Rooftop Garden


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A DIY rooftop container garden in the South of Market district of San Francisco where ground level open space is limited.

27 files, last one added on May 06, 2008
EcoHouse Living Rooftop


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Dig Coop Inc. helped install this DIY rooftop garden on the Tool Shed at the Berkeley EcoHouse!

8 files, last one added on May 12, 2008
San Jose Adobe Systems, Inc. Green Roof


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4 files, last one added on Jun 13, 2008
 

5 albums on 1 page(s)

Relevant National/International Rooftop Projects
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True Nature Foods Rooftop Victory Garden


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“Prototype green upfit on a shoestring-budget” - Urban Habitat Chicago

28 files, last one added on May 08, 2008
The Vinegar Factory Rooftop Agricultural Greenhouse


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Eli Zabar's Vinegar Factory is a beautiful example of rooftop greenhouse agriculture!

13 files, last one added on May 08, 2008
2 albums on 1 page(s)

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