Green Building Exchange

Research the seller before spending your green. This company is in litigation.

Had a similar experience but with more money. Others lost a lot more than I did.
The Redwood City location closed in 2008. Here’s a news article:
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Green Building Exchange shuts down in Redwood City
Sep 29, 2008 by Shaun Bishop
[OOPS! The article is copyrighted; my summary of the financial part is this: They owed nearly a million$ — half of that in building rent — and had less than 50K$ in assets.]
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Buyer Beware!!!
Don’t hand over your money to these people. You won’t see the product or your money.
The guy who owns this place also owns The Eco Design Resources. M.S. screwed me over real bad by not giving back my money. I paid for a product that never was delivered. I asked for my money back and it’s been 3 months and they still owe me $ 1000.
They were filing for Chapter 11 but now they’re not… they don’t have their act together. Stay away until they get their act cleaned up.
Eco store in the area you can try… Reclaim in Menlo Park… the lady who owns the store was very sweet and helpful.

Green Building Exchange fills a much needed void in the Bay Area. They house an unmanned tradeshow floor dedicated to green building vendors and services, as well as Eco Design Resources, a retail outlet where you can buy eco-​friendly design and finish materials. Green Building Exchange also offers up its facilities for events and meetings of all kinds and sizes (FREE to its vendors and non-​profits!). You can even rent full-​service office space in their 55,000 sq ft building! As if that wasn’t enough, they also host and produce Green Seed Radio on 860 am — a pretty informative and down to earth show worth listening to.
Green Building Exchange is still expanding, but is dedicated to truly being green. They reused all existing furniture and equipment in their building, and carbon-​offset their business while slowly taking steps to green their building. The few folks that work there have done a tremendous amount in a short period of time. Their intention is to ultimately be the single source of products, information, and connections to those in the green industry. Go GBE!

Green Building Exchange is a mega-​center for sustainable, green building resources. The concept is to bring dozens of eco-​vendors and professionals into the same showroom so homeowners and home improvement consumers can shop in one spot. As a green designer, I REALLY wanted to like this place, however having been open just a couple of months, GBE has a lot of kinks to work out still.
The Pros: good intentions, LEED-​certified location, and home of Eco Design Resources (one of the only sources of zero-​VOC paints on the Peninsula).
The Cons: lots of vacant spaces, having to ‘sign-​in’ and fill out a survey before entering, and an awkward office-​cubicle layout to navigate.
If you love going to tradeshows, Green Building Exchange might be your cup of tea. But if you’re fairly savvy about doing your own research and just want a simple shopping experience, you’re probably better off driving a bit further to go to Eco-​Home Improvement, Green Fusion, or Greenspace instead.