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Income Taxes (Details 1)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Summary of reconciliation of the federal statutory rate    
Benefit for income taxes at federal statutory rate 34.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 34.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
State and local income taxes, net of federal benefit 8.20%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 9.60%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
Differences attributable to change in state business apportionment (6.20%)sgbx_DifferencesAttributableToChangeInStateBusinessApportionment (1.90%)sgbx_DifferencesAttributableToChangeInStateBusinessApportionment
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities 19.30%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInEnactedTaxRate 7.30%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInEnactedTaxRate
Loss on extinguishment of debt (28.20%)sgbx_LossOnExtinguishmentOfDebt   
True up 5.80%sgbx_TrueUp 1.80%sgbx_TrueUp
Other (0.50%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments (0.50%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments
Less valuation allowance (32.40%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (50.30%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Effective income tax rate 0.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 0.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations