Events & Presentations

This 925 SF ADU, located in San Diego, is the first straw bale ADU permitted in the City and was completed this year! The homeowners’ goal for their ADU was to expand their living space for family, but they needed the space to be income-generating for the near-term to cover the cost of construction. With [...more]

This Southern California residence embodies the term “energy-efficient,” producing more energy than it consumes. Built on a site previously devastated by the 2003 Cedar Fire, the home’s main focus was onsite power generation and utilizing the latest green technologies. The homeowner, a local energy policy expert at San Diego University, was passionate about the energy [...more]

Hubbell & Hubbell strives to think outside the conventional building box when it comes to green building strategies and architecture, so this week’s post is focusing on information regarding AAC. What is it? AAC is made from natural, mineral-based ingredients including cement, sand, lime, and an expansion agent. It combines a wall’s structural elements and [...more]

We recently completed this compact ADU located in the Sherman Heights historic district! It is a 1,122 SF two-story, 3 bedroom, 2.5 bathrooms ADU. Locating it in the backyard of the existing home removed its parking spaces, so we had to be very creative with the first-floor design. The narrow lot allowed for parking [...more]

Hubbell & Hubbell is honored to be featured in a February 19th, 2026 article in San Diego Magazine! The article, written by Dirk Sutro and titled “Home Tour: Inside Escondido’s Stunning Net-Zero Sanctuary,” discusses the Serenity Project, recently completed in 2025. “Sustainable elements—such as concrete floors that retain heat from low winter sun and a [...more]