Green Home Tour - Sustainable City - green strategies for urban living

Green Home Tour - SUSTAINABLE CITY - Green strategies for urban living

Join the Delaware Valley Green Building Council Residential Circle to examine three very different answers to building Green in the City. Thin Flats in Northern Liberties - the first LEED Platinum Duplex in the country. Bancroft Green, just south of South Street, are new energy efficient townhomes; Montrose Green, on nearby Montrose Street, aims for LEED Platinum status and is an innovative re-working of a Philadelphia rowhome. We will also visit New Market, LEED gold pending.

See the application of Green and energy efficient strategies including:
• Only residential multi-unit geothermal project in town (Bancroft)
• Solar water heating, smart systems (thin Flats)
• Green vegetated roofs, Rain Water Harvesting
• Many sustainable and reclaimed materials throughout, including brick façade, roof patio pavers; FSC Certified Woods & Recycled Metals
• Salvaging and Recycling
• Passive (Natural) & Active (Mechanical) Ventilation
• Day Lighting & Sun Shading
• No- and Low-VOC Paints & Stains / No Carpet
• Soy Based Spray Foam Building Insulation
• Low-Flow & dual-flush Plumbing Fixtures
• “Expanding the envelope” – extending upwards
• Compare the impact of Energy Star vs LEED certification

Tour Date: Saturday June 20, 2009
Time: 10am – 1pm +/-
Address: 722 S. Bancroft Street (limited amount of parking on site)
1536 Montrose Street
146 Laurel St & 916 New Market St

We will meet at S. Bancroft Street, and after touring Bancroft Green, walk or drive or cycle to Montrose Street. (3 Blocks). Then we carpool, or take transit (Broad St and Market St line) to New Market St to visit the project there and then head over to nearby Thin Flats.

Onsite Lunch at Thin Flats or at Libertyland, weather permitting

Price: DVGBC Members: $15
            Non-Members: $20
            DVGBC Students: $10
           Student Non-Members; $15

Contacts/Info:   info@dvgbc.org
Montrose Green: http://www.montrosegreen.blogspot.com
Bancroft Green:   http://www.bancroftgreen.com
Thin Flats:            http://www.onionflats.com

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