Turnkey Delivery
Earth’smart™ Path A brings architecture, engineering, construction, permit strategy, and manufacturer input into one coordinated team from concept through construction for clearer decisions and reliable execution.
Earth'smart powered by tect helps Bay Area homeowners create sustainable custom homes that are healthier, safer, and built for long-term performance. From the East Bay Hills to Marin, Peninsula, and Coastside WUI sites, our Earth’smart™ approach integrates resilient architecture, fire-hardened assemblies, energy-smart systems, and manufacturer coordination so your home is designed to perform for generations—not just pass inspection.
Integrated design, construction, resilience, and performance systems for sustainable Bay Area custom homes.
Earth’smart™ Path A brings architecture, engineering, construction, permit strategy, and manufacturer input into one coordinated team from concept through construction for clearer decisions and reliable execution.
High-performance custom homes designed around tight envelopes, all-electric systems, solar, batteries, low-embodied-carbon choices, drought-tolerant landscapes, and long-term comfort without compromising design ambition.
Wildfire-resistant homes integrate non-combustible roofs, ember-resistant vents, fire-resistive walls, defensible-space coordination, and CAL FIRE Chapter 7A and IBHS-aligned strategies.
Integrated mechanical, electrical, plumbing, filtration, automation, water, and monitoring systems improve indoor air quality, energy performance, comfort, and operational longevity.
Site-scale fire suppression includes dedicated fire water, pumps, vapor-dome perimeter protection, FIREBOZZ® water cannons, and SMARTVALVE® conservation technology coordinated early in design.
Homes are engineered across fire, flood, earthquake, and extreme-weather exposure with structural, envelope, water, energy, and monitoring systems designed for 100+ year service life.
We begin by understanding your goals, budget range, site conditions, and Bay Area exposure profile, including WUI designation, slope, access, utilities, wildfire fuels, microclimate, and insurance considerations.
Earth'smart powered by tect brings commercial-grade coordination to sustainable custom residential projects.
One coordinated team aligns design, engineering, construction, permits, and systems from the start.
Homes address red-flag days, WUI hillsides, seismic demands, smoke, and insurance pressures.
TectApp™ connects projects directly with vetted manufacturers behind critical home systems.
Sustainable choices reduce maintenance, energy use, risk, and ownership costs over generations.
Experienced leadership for resilient custom home delivery.
AIA — Founder, Architect and Manufacturer Advisor
Bob Habian, AIA, brings a rare cross-sided perspective to the building industry: he has been a licensed architect specifying products, a building product manufacturer owner selling them, and an advisor to more than 300 manufacturers working to reach architects and project teams more effectively. That combination sits behind everything tect does. On the owner side, Bob leads Tect's Earth'smart™ practice delivering 100+ year homes engineered to perform across structure, systems and envelope for homeowners across Northern, Central and Southern California — homes built to withstand fire, flood and earthquake exposure while minimizing long-term maintenance cost. On the manufacturer side, Bob leads the tect network of nearly 70 participating building product manufacturers and the Manufacturer Resource Hub, helping manufacturer CEOs, sales and marketing leaders, technical leadership and product representatives understand how architects actually choose products, contribute earlier in design, build genuine product-category expertise, form complementary alliances, and make credible human expertise discoverable in search and AI. His consistent argument to manufacturers is that project teams do not need another channel that exposes products — they need trustworthy expertise available at the moment a decision is forming. Bob draws on AIA specification research, anonymized patterns from work across hundreds of manufacturers, and direct experience on both sides of the specification conversation.
A sustainable Bay Area custom home should reduce operational energy, conserve water, improve indoor air quality, and use durable systems suited to local hazards. tect’s Earth’smart™ approach integrates tight envelopes, all-electric mechanical systems, solar and battery readiness, low-maintenance assemblies, drought-tolerant landscape strategies, and resilient fire, seismic, and water systems coordinated from the beginning.
Talk with earth'smart powered by tect about your site, goals, and delivery path.
Serving Bay Area homeowners in WUI, hillside, Coastside, Peninsula, Marin, and East Bay markets.
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70+ Partners
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Licensed architect leadership for resilient home delivery.
70+ manufacturer ecosystem supporting system integration.
Performance documentation supports modern risk review.
Tell earth'smart powered by tect about your Bay Area custom home, site conditions, resilience goals, and preferred delivery path. We’ll help clarify next steps and the right Earth’smart™ engagement.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at (310) 913-5000. You can also send us a quick email at bob@tect.com.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at (310) 913-5000. You can also send us a quick email at bob@tect.com.