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Construction Backlog (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Summary of signed engineering and project management contracts    
Balance - January 1 $ 49,593us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressGross $ 1,405,803us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressGross
New contracts and change orders during the period 271,503sgbx_AmountOfNewContractsAndChangeOrdersDuringPeriod 1,180,802sgbx_AmountOfNewContractsAndChangeOrdersDuringPeriod
New contracts and change orders during period, gross 321,096sgbx_NewContractsAndChangeOrdersDuringPeriodGrossAmount 2,586,605sgbx_NewContractsAndChangeOrdersDuringPeriodGrossAmount
Less: contract revenue earned during the period (314,896)us-gaap_ContractsRevenue (2,537,012)us-gaap_ContractsRevenue
New contracts and change orders during period net 6,200sgbx_NewContractsAndChangeOrdersDuringPeriodNet 49,593sgbx_NewContractsAndChangeOrdersDuringPeriodNet
Contracts signed but not started      
Balance - December 31 $ 6,200us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressGross $ 49,593us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressGross