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Saturday, June 9, 2007
Tour of Montgomery/Bucks County Green Homes
8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Meet at the Conshohocken Park & Ride for bus (Matsonford Road, West of PA Route 23 & I-476)
As part of The Green Building Process - from Concept to Completion series: The Delaware Valley Green Building Council and AIA Philadelphia's Committee on the Environment invite you to a Tour of Montogomery/Bucks County Green Homes including:
• The Environmental Homes Store,
• Jackie O'Neil's Zero Energy LEED Home, and
• David Hartke's Keystone Green Building Initiative (GBI)-LEED Home
Summary
The Environmental Home Store
The Environmental Home Store is the region’s first green home products retailer. Join homeowner & proprietor Todd Ballentyne for a tour & discussion of the lessons learned renovating the 19th century former schoolhouse into his home & store.
Jackie O’Neil’s Zero Energy LEED Home
Join homeowner & developer Jackie O’Neil for a tour & discussion of the lessons learned building her zero energy, LEED-Gold certified home. Green features include: climate responsive design, daylighting, high performance SIP envelope, geothermal heat pump, ERV, rainwater harvesting, native landscaping and a 5.25kW solar electric system that eliminates her utility bill payment & provides excess income — imagine getting paid every month for your utilities! Jackie is a finalist in the Philadelphia Sustainability Awards for her green development efforts.
David Hartke’s Keystone Green Building Initiative (GBI) & LEED Home
Join homeowner & architect David Hartke (Stampfl Hartke Associates LLC) for a tour & discussion of the lessons learned building his Keystone GBI & LEED-Silver home. Green features include: optimum value engineering (OVE) framing, high efficiency windows, geothermal heat pump & solar electric panels. David is co-chair of the Keystone GBI, a regional green building program based on the National Assoc. of Home Builder’s (NAHB’s) Model Green Home Building Guidelines geared towards builders launched in Sept. 2006.
Sign Up by Monday, June 4th. Space is limited. Contact Rebecca Stahlnecker (rebecca@consilience.net) with questions.
Schedule:
8:15 am
Meet at the Conshohocken Park & Ride for bus (Matsonford Road, West of PA Route 23 & I-476)
8:30 am
Depart Conshohocken on bus
9:00 – 10:30 am
Tour the Environmental Home Store in Lansdale, PA
10:45 am – 12:15 pm
Tour Jackie O’Neil’s Zero Energy LEED-Gold Home in Perkiomenville, PA
12:15 – 1:00 pm
Bagged lunches will be served on the bus between Perkiomenville & Doylestown
1:00 – 3:00 pm
Tour David Hartke’s Keystone GBI & LEED-Silver home in Doylestown, PA
4:00 pm
Arrive back at Conshohocken Park & Ride
Transportation provided by Lower Merion School District on a natural gas-powered bus.
Cost:
If preregistered:
$25 members,
$35 non-members,
$10 students members
$15 student non-members
After 6/4/2007:
$30 members,
$40 non-members,
$15 student members
$20 student non-members
Register:
Register by Monday, June 4th
Click here to register.
Questions:
Contact Rebecca Stahlnecker rebecca@consilience.net
with questions.
Co-Hosts:
Delaware Valley
Green Building Council and
AIA Philadelphia's
Committee on the Environment