Blu Homes Fact Sheet

About Blu Homes

Blu Homes designs and builds beautiful green homes, suitable for a wide range of buyers. Breakthrough computer modeling, unique use of steel, and revolutionary folding technology makes Blu’s beautifully designed homes more economical to ship and quicker to set than other modern, green homes. Blu homes are healthy to live in and better for the environment because they are built with the highest green standards in mind. And bright, open designs allow for spaces that feel larger than they are, resulting in a smaller carbon footprint. They are more energy-efficient, quieter, better ventilated, create less waste, and are less destructive to the environment than the average home.

Founded

Blu was launched in 2008 by Bill Haney, an experienced environmental entrepreneur, and Maura McCarthy, a venture capitalist with a background in modular housing.

Ownership

Blu Homes, Inc. is privately owned and operated.

Clients

Blu has built homes for people across the North America, including:

Families from coast to coast, who have used our homes as primary residences, additions, cottages, and vacation homes
Warner Brothers, which bought four homes for use as dressing rooms and waiting areas for its Lopez Tonight Show
HomeGoods, which used a Blu home to showcase its vibrant products in a traveling home show visiting seven locations in six days
A variety of educational institutions

Residential Uses

Single-family homes, vacation homes or cottages
Additions – master bedroom (en suite), home office, media room, art studio, in-law apartment, game room, etc.
Retirement homes/independent living for seniors or empty nesters

Blu is Green

All Blu homes and buildings are LEED certifiable thanks to energy-efficient appliances, eco-friendly materials like sustainably forested or reclaimed wood and recycled steel, and siting homes to maximize passive systems. Average energy savings of a Blu Home vs. a traditional stick built home can reach 70%. Building in a controlled factory environment also helped Blu to become a zero-landfill construction plant.

Offices

Waltham, Mass. (Headquarters) – 130 Turner Street, Suite 610 Waltham, MA 02453
San Francisco, Calif. (West Coast Office) – 200 Pine Street, Suite 800, San Francisco, CA 94104
Ann Arbor, Michigan – 100 N. 4th Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Vallejo, California (Factory) – 1245 Nimitz Ave., Vallejo, CA 94592

Employees

205*

Leadership

Bill Haney, Co-founder and CEO
Maura McCarthy, Co-founder and Vice President of Strategic Development
Dennis Michaud, Co-founder and Vice President of Technology Development
Gary Martell, CFO and COO
Brett Chisholm, Executive Vice President of Sales and Customer Experience
Karl Daubmann, Vice President of Design and Creative Director
Ryan Dings, VP and Senior Counsel
Diana Helfrich, Vice President of Marketing
John Pilkin, Vice President of Project Delivery
Albert Yan, Vice President of Advanced Manufacturing Engineering

Board of Directors

Bill Haney, Co-founder and CEO
Maura McCarthy, Co-founder and Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Tim Disney, Filmmaker
Marie Langlois, Managing Director, Washington Trust Investors
John H. Adams, Founding Director, Natural Resources Defense Council
Andrew Russell, Duke of Bedford and Green Technology Investor

Board of Advisors

Paul Guilfoyle, Actor, Director and Teacher
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Environmental Attorney, Activist, Professor, Radio Host
Mark LaLiberte, EEBA Certified Trainer
Henry Lee, Jassim M. Jaidah Family Director, Environment & Natural Resources
Michael Mullens, Founder & Principal Investigator of the UCF Housing Constructability Lab
Lilliane Wong, Architect Advisor & Professor, Rhode Island School of Design
Janet Kraus, Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School
Michael Harris, Consultant and Blu Advisor
Rosemary Wardell, Sunset Idea House Developer

*As of July 2012