Press
2012
Pre School
At the Watkinson School, a pre-engineered building blends environmental science with ethics. The Solarium was Frog’s first energy-neutral building platform and the first project armed with a web-based dashboard. In addition to providing students and teachers with this minute-by-minute learning tool, Project Frog equipped Watkinson faculty with an illustrated guide detailing the specifications and performance of every building feature, from those sensors down to the recycled carpet.
2011
Cleantech 100 Case Study: Project Frog
The Global Cleantech 100 showcases the most innovative advances in the sector, revealing the strides being taken to greener technology. Only four were chosen for a feature case study. Project Frog was one of these four.
2011
GE Leads $22 Million Investment in Energy Efficient Building Maker Project Frog
Providing both capital and collaboration, GE led a $22 million investment round in San Francisco-based Project Frog and began construction of one of its prefabricated environmentally sustainable buildings at GE’s renowned Learning Center in Ossining, NY.
2011
GE and Venture Capital Partners to Invest $63 Million in 10 Home Energy Technology Companies
General Electric and several of its venture capital partners announced today that they have invested $63 million in 10 home energy technology companies, marking the second round of funding as part of the $200 million GE ecomagination Challenge. The winners were picked from a pool of 5,000 submissions from 74,000 innovators...
2011
Project Frog modules find it easy to be green
With fresh financing and new multi-story units, Project Frog, Inc. is leaping to new heights. The San Francisco company collaborates with school systems and architects to create modular buildings that are “net zero” - they create as much energy as they consume.
2011
The 100 Most Creative People in Business
Fast Company puts Ann Hand, Project Frog CEO, at #32. “She is determined to revolutionize the entire $400 billion U.S. - commercial-building market.”
2011
FORTUNE Brainstorm Green
Project Frog was one of seven innovative startups selected to compete in the cool green companies contest at this year’s FORTUNE Brainstorm Green conference. Check us out in the May 23 issue or watch a clip here.
2011
Fabricating the Future
VP of Supply Chain, Ash Notaney,discusses how Project Frog is changing the economics of construction. Check out this great KA Connect talk "Fabricating the Future".
2011
CNNGo: Uncovering San Francisco
Project Frog’s Ann Hand takes CNN International to San Francisco’s latest icon - the Crissy Field Center.
2011
Project Frog Receives Fourth DSA PC Approval
Accelerating the Design and Permitting Process For All California Schools is Now Achievable Through the Use of DSA Pre-Checked Frog 2.2 – The Most Innovative and Energy Efficient Building Kit Available.
2010
Project Frog featured on CNN
CNN's Anderson Cooper Presents: "One Simple Thing: A Green Education." The segment talks about our energy-neutral building solution at Watkinson School in Hartford, Connecticut and the future of green education. Smart buildings equal smart kids!
2010
Best of the Bay Area 2010
Project Frog makes it to number 30 on the "The Best of the (brave, new) Bay Area 2010" list in San Francisco magazine.
2010
MOD GENIUS
“I hired a structural engineer to fly down to San Francisco to spend an entire day just crawling all over a [Project Frog] building,” Bracker says, “and he came back saying that he couldn’t believe it took the industry so long to come up with a building that was so smart and so green and so good.”
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…
2009
Great Ideas You Should Know About
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...
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...
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.
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.