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44 Top California Green Building Startups Bringing in a new generation of Green Building

This article showcases our top picks for the best California based Green Building companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Green Building industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

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Top California Green Building Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

Iron Ox

Iron Ox

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Iron Ox operates autonomous robotic greenhouses that grow every plant at its best from seed to harvest.

Blu Homes

Blu Homes

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Blu Homes is a technology start-up aiming to change the landscape of the housing market.

Blu Homes

normal

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Normal is empowering small businesses to address climate change and lower their carbon footprint with an innovative robo-consultant

Blu Homes

Epic Cleantec

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Water reuse systems built for urban development.

Blu Homes

DrizzleX

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DrizzleX is a pioneering water management company that provides data driven solutions for residential buildings that lack individual meters

Blu Homes

Ecorithm, Inc.

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SaaS data analytics for commercial buildings.

Blu Homes

iGlass Technology

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iGlass Technology has created “digital blinds” – durable film with digitally tunable light transmittance – retrofit Smart Windows.

Blu Homes

Intellecy Inc

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Intellecy: smart water system empowers homeowners and building managers to control their water in realtime and protect against leak damage

Blu Homes

Serious Energy

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Serious Energy sells, manufacturers and delivers acoustical and thermal solutions to the “built environment” through its iWindow brand.

Blu Homes

CloudHauz

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Sustainable, hazard-resistant dwellings for homeowners, businesses, nonprofits, and governments.

Blu Homes

Rolith

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Rolith develops nanostructured products for consumer electronics, solar and green building markets.

Blu Homes

Envizi

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Data and analytics to optimize buildings and business.

Blu Homes

Cali Bamboo

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Cali Bamboo manufactures green building materials made primarily of bamboo.

Blu Homes

Hearth Labs

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Hearth Labs is making sensors to better understand and control the built environment by measuring the missing half of thermal comfort.

Blu Homes

AquaSeca

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Be Alerted to Water Events Before Damage Occurs.

Blu Homes

HLC, Incorporated

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HLC is made up of our two building material yards, our flagship – Healdsburg Lumber Company and Gualala Building Supply.

Blu Homes

Catalyst Innovation Lab

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The Catalyst Innovation Lab invests and advises companies within real estate, clean-tech, building tech, and the consumer experience.

Blu Homes

RedWorks Construction Technologies Inc.

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RedWorks is creating construction 3D printers that can make stone building materials by sourcing dirt and sand found on-site.

Blu Homes

BuildingSP, Inc.

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BuildingSP, Inc. is a software development company that is automating the use of Building Information Modeling for building infrastructure.

Blu Homes

Monterey Lighting Solutions

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Monterey Delivers advanced energy-efficiency solutions to help clients conserve energy & significantly reduce their operating costs.

Blu Homes

ICOM Mechanical Inc.

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Mechanical contractor providing innovative solutions in HVAC, piping, sheet metal, & maintenance to commercial and industrial clients.

Blu Homes

High Sierra Showerheads

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Manufacturer of water- and energy-saving shower heads, based on a single-nozzle design adapted from irrigation sprinkler tech.

Blu Homes

Hardera. Real Wood. Revolutionary Technology

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GreenTech | BioTech Startup

Blu Homes

Pace Avenue

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Pace Avenue is driving mass-market adoption of home energy-efficiency and solar products

Blu Homes

Beriono Lumber

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Beronio Lumber is a lumber company that supplies wood products to builders like framing lumber, engineered wood, decking, wainscoting etc.

Blu Homes

Pakistan Straw Bale and Appropriate Building (PAKSBAB)

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PAKSBAB offers creative green building solutions using local labor.

Blu Homes

Habitat for Humanity East Bay

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Habitat for Humanity East Bay is a Green Building company.

Blu Homes

Mutual Housing

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Mutual Housing is a real estate company that offers resident participation and leadership development services for housing needs.

Blu Homes

Envirotech Greenhouse Solutions

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Envirotech Greenhouse Solutions specializes in the construction and supply of energy, water, and technologies for field cultivations.

Blu Homes

Rainwater HOG

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Rainwater HOG makes water storage tanks for storing grey water and emergency water.

Blu Homes

GreenScreen

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GreenScreen delivers quality green facade solutions for environmental challenges to create a healthy and sustainable environment.

Blu Homes

Acute Contracting

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Southern California’s #1 On-demand Home Service Professionals.

Blu Homes

CleanTechies

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CleanTechies is an online platform that enables businesses concerned with sustainable and green initiatives share information.

Blu Homes

Dawson & Clinton

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Dawson & Clinton is a construction firm that offers architecture, pre-construction, sustainable building and general contracting.

Blu Homes

AR Green Consulting

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AR Green Consulting is a sustainability consulting firm that specializes in green building design and construction.

Blu Homes

Green Goods

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Green Goods Products is a environmentally friendly building solutions in both residential and commercial applications for it’s clients.

Blu Homes

SolReliable

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SolReliable is a solar, green building, and consulting services provider.

Blu Homes

M-Form

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AFFORDABLE, HIGH RESOLUTION, SUSTAINABLE, CURVED ARCHITECTURAL PANELS

Blu Homes

Impact Sciences

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Impact Sciences provides environmental consulting, CEQA/NEPA compliance, and technical studies for projects.

Blu Homes

Skillful Means

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Skillful Means is an architecture company that specializes in providing residential design and construction of green building projects.

Blu Homes

Cms Collaborative

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CMS acts exclusively as a design consultant and like most architectural firms is structured for consultation located in Santa Cruz.

Blu Homes

DomoGeo

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Modular live and work spaces using green construction technologies.

Blu Homes

PlentyWays

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PlentyWays is a news service providing articles to followers about green products and gadgets.

Blu Homes

VMI Architecture

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VMI Architecture offers interior design, green building design and architecture services for commercial, retail and residential projects.

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