NEW THIS YEAR: SPEAKERS ON FRIDAY & SATURDAY, 7-9 PM!!! At the Dorothy D. and Roy H. Park Center for Business and Sustainable Enterprise, Ithaca College (with tours of this LEED-Platinum-certified building at 6pm).
"If These Bale Walls Could Talk" Green Building Panel Discussion Friday, Oct. 2, 7:00 pm Park Center, Ithaca College, Rt. 96B/Danby Road Come at 6:00 pm for a guided tour of the Park Center, a LEED-certified green building at Ithaca College. At 7:00 pm, see a slide-show preview of the homes and businesses on the 2009 Green Building Tour and hear a panel of people who worked on them talk about the stories behind these projects - including design considerations, materials choices, and lessons learned. With: Rob Garrity of Finlo Energy, Brent Katzmann of Balance Studio, Aaron Dennis of Tugley Wood Timberframing, and Dave Mountin, building performance expert.$5 suggested donation. Call (607) 272-2292 or email <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] for more information. Mark Piepkorn, "How Did We Get Here?" Saturday, Oct. 3, 7:00 pm Park Center, Ithaca College, Rt. 96B/Danby Road Come at 6:00 pm for a guided tour of the Park Center, a LEED-certified green building at Ithaca College. At 7:00 pm, Mark Piepkorn, Associate Editor at BuildingGreen, LLC, in Brattleboro, VT, will speak on housing trends in the U.S., how we got to where we are today with home construction, life cycles of building materials, and how to evaluate green building products. $5 suggested donation. Call (607) 272-2292 or email [email protected] for more information. Dear Green Building Enthusiast, The guidebook and maps for the 2009 Ithaca Green Buildings Open House are now available online at http://ccetompkins.org/environment/greenbuildings/tour.htm. Hard copies will be available at Tompkins County Cooperative Extension, Greenstar, Ithaca Bakery and elsewhere on Monday, 10/28 - please call 272-2292 or email [email protected] for specific locations! This year's event features a record 33 sites open for free, self-guided tours, and we've added speakers on Green Building topics on both Friday and Saturday evenings to offer a full weekend of engaging activities! Once again, there will be free walking and bike tours on Saturday, and guided van tours on both days for a small fee. Space is limited on the vans - reserve your space a.s.a.p.! Consider volunteering on one or both days -details below! Hope you can join us for this year's Ithaca Green Buildings Open House tour, presented by the Ithaca Green Building Alliance and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County! Sandy Repp Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County 2009 ITHACA GREEN BUILDINGS OPEN HOUSE Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 3 & 4, 2009, 10am - 4pm More than 30 homes and businesses that use renewable energy and/or eco-friendly building practices will be open to the public for self-guided tours during this FREE 2-day event. Homeowners and/or builders will be on hand to discuss their work and answer questions about solar energy, wind power, straw bale construction, timber framing, non-toxic finishes, recycled materials, and more. Half of the sites will be open each day. Visit http://ccetompkins.org/environment/greenbuildings/tour.htm for a guide to the sites, maps, and details on van/bicycle/walking tours. Call (607) 272-2292 or email <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] for more information. Presented by the Ithaca Green Building Alliance and Tompkins County Cooperative Extension, with support from Ithaca College and the Tompkins County Tourism Board, in conjunction with the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association and the American Solar Energy Society. NEW THIS YEAR: SPEAKERS ON FRIDAY & SATURDAY, 7-9 PM!!! At the Dorothy D. and Roy H. Park Center for Business and Sustainable Enterprise, Ithaca College (with tours of this LEED-Platinum-certified building at 6pm). "If These Bale Walls Could Talk" Green Building Panel Discussion Friday, Oct. 2, 7:00 pm Park Center, Ithaca College, Rt. 96B/Danby Road Come at 6:00 pm for a guided tour of the Park Center, a LEED-certified green building at Ithaca College. At 7:00 pm, see a slide-show preview of the homes and businesses on the 2009 Green Building Tour and hear a panel of people who worked on them talk about the stories behind these projects - including design considerations, materials choices, and lessons learned. With: Rob Garrity of Finlo Energy, Brent Katzmann of Balance Studio, Aaron Dennis of Tugley Wood Timberframing, and Dave Mountin, building performance expert.$5 suggested donation. Call (607) 272-2292 or email <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] for more information. Mark Piepkorn, "How Did We Get Here?" Saturday, Oct. 3, 7:00 pm Park Center, Ithaca College, Rt. 96B/Danby Road Come at 6:00 pm for a guided tour of the Park Center, a LEED-certified green building at Ithaca College. At 7:00 pm, Mark Piepkorn, Associate Editor at BuildingGreen, LLC, in Brattleboro, VT, will speak on housing trends in the U.S., how we got to where we are today with home construction, life cycles of building materials, and how to evaluate green building products. $5 suggested donation. Call (607) 272-2292 or email [email protected] for more information. Volunteer! Help out for a few hours or more at a tour site. Direct visitors, encourage sign-in, give the homeowners a break! Call or email Guillermo Metz at 607-272-2292 or <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]. ----- End forwarded message ----- _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
