| about GBA | Seeing a tremendous opportunity offering "triple bottom line" products and services, Erik and Laura Steensen co-founded Green Building Alternatives, LLC.
Initial efforts focused on "recycling" 100-year-old row homes in Baltimore City. The project brought together a professional team committed to sustainable construction using high quality, environmentally friendly products and services.
We offer: - Green building consulting,
- Design/CAD services,
- General contracting for residential and commercial renovation/new construction.
|  |  | Background of the founders
Laura Steensen, is a clinical Psychologist, who co-founded what is now one of the largest independent group mental health practices in Maryland. Laura is a recognized leader in her field, respected as much for her business acumen as she is for her counseling skills.
Laura says, “A great deal of thought, planning and expertise has gone into the development of our green building services. When we first began exploring the construction of green buildings in Baltimore, we were met with great resistance from the established community of renovators. The more they told us it couldn’t be done, the more determined we were to make it happen”.
Erik Steensen, an Assistant Vice President at a fortune 500 company, has spent most of his adult life as an entrepreneur. In the late 1990’s, as “old economy” businesses started to embrace the Internet, a bank recruited Erik to ramp up their Internet infrastructure. Today, Erik manages several technology teams responsible for over 2000 business critical servers at the Bank.
Erik says, “We continually seek out new talent with the same ambition for sustainable business practices that we espouse. We attract and are consequently surrounded by some of the most creative and respected talent in the world.” | | | | |
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