Obama to Check Out Serious Materials, Solyndra, Solar Lighting

It’s green building day for the President.

As part of an effort to underscore the $39 billion in the stimulus bill for energy and $20 billion in tax incentives for clean energy, President Obama will check out some green building materials. First, he will meet with Paul Holland of Foundation Capital to discuss the green drywall and energy efficient windows from Serious Materials. Serious, Holland will also no doubt point out, is buying up closed factories in Illinois and Pennsylvania to make its products.

He’s also going to look at CIGS solar panels form Solyndra and a solar lighting system from Orion Energy.

Green building is going to be big for the administration. Energy Secretary Steve Chu has long been an advocate of curbing greenhouse gases by making buildings run more efficiently. The lab he ran, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, is the nation’s premier lab for green building. Obama has also been a huge advocate of efficiency. Building operations consume 39 percent of the energy in the country and another 12 percent gets sucked up by building materials.

And in a shameless plug, don’t forget to attend our Green Building Summit in June. Kevin Surace, CEO of Serious Materials, will be speaking.