* Shep Greene: Owner and Founder - I didn't set out to be a builder. After graduating from Colgate University, I began work at CBS News as a writer-producer. On weekends, I spent long hours fixing up my first home, a 1700's farmhouse in southern Connecticut. Then, after two careers and three more whole-house renovations, I decided to make a change. My love for renovating old houses to make them better than ever, better than new, fell together with my love for the environment, energy, and resource conservation. So I launched The Somerset Hills HandyMan & Co. in 2001.
* Whether we're renovating old homes, adding on, or repairing, we use green building practices wherever possible to preserve old houses and construct environmentally friendly, energy efficient modern homes that are healthy new spaces with greater market value. Not everyone wants or can afford geo-thermal heating and cooling, but every home can use energy more efficiently. We help our clients select building materials that are manufactured from resources that do not deplete the planet of non-renewable resources or pollute your home's internal air quality.