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Oregon
The
following tours are part of the Solar Energy Association
of Oregon’s 2006 State Green & Solar Tours.
SEAO tours
are taking place in the following communities.
Click on the bold underlined text to go to that listing
on this page:
Willamette Valley and the Gorge:
Portland,
West Linn/Lake Oswego,
Corvallis,
Eugene, Hood River, Newberg
Coast:
Newport
Southern Oregon:
Klamath Falls, Roseburg, Ashland, Grants Pass
Eastern Oregon:
John Day, La Grande
Central Oregon:
Bend/ Redmond/ Central Oregon
Willamette Valley
and the George
Portland: Build It Green Tour & Information Fair
Date: Saturday, September 16 , 11am –
5pm
Location: Self guided Tour and free Information
Fair at Environmental Building Supplies
Registration: $15 per Adult, $10 Adults with no
car, $10 students & seniors
Free for children under 14
Tickets: Available August 15th at Environmental
Building Supplies
and online at
www.sustainableportland.org
Contact: Portland Office of Sustainable
Development (503) 823-7222,
www.sustainableportland.org;
or Solar Energy Association of Oregon (503) 231-5662,
info@solaror.org,
www.solaror.org
Tour Description:
Twenty homes in the Portland Metro area demonstrate the
latest in green and solar building practices from
creative use of environmentally friendly materials to
rainwater harvesting, biodiesel production, and
photovoltaics. Homeowners, builders and architects greet
tour goers with expert advice on the design and
construction of a healthy, comfortable 'green' home.
A post-tour reception and Information Fair will be held
from 5-8 PM at Environmental Building Supplies, 819 SE
Taylor, in Portland. Contractors, designers, non-profit
organizations, and product/service vendors will be on
hand to talk about their projects and answer questions
about process, materials, costs successes and
challenges.
West
Linn: West Linn Green/Solar Home Tour
Date:
Saturday, October 7th, 10am to 4pm
Location: Self Guided, additional info TBD
Organizers: West Linn Sustainable Task Force
Contact:
John Atkins at
503/657-0331
Tour Description:
The West Linn
Sustainability Task Force is sponsoring the first ever
West Linn Green/Solar Home Tour and seminars. The tour
and seminars will take place on Saturday, Oct. 7. Sign
in for the day opens at 10am. The seminars will start
the day at 10:30am at West Linn’s City Hall and will
feature speakers from the City of Portland’s Office of
Sustainable Development and The Energy Trust of Oregon.
Starting the day at 10:30 am Mike O’Brien, Green
Building Specialist for the Office of Sustainable
Development, will discuss Green Building Practices for
homes. At 11:15 am Kaci Brockman, Solar Programs Manager
for the Energy Trust, will present their Solar
Incentives Seminar.
The Green/Solar Home Tour will follow the seminars and
start at 12:30pm. The local tour is part of the American
Solar Energy Society’s National Solar Tour and will
include several local West Linn homes that utilize solar
hot water systems, green building techniques, passive
solar design, daylighting, grid connected solar electric
(PV) systems and rainwater collection. The tour is free
and maps of the homes can be picked up at the sign in
table between 10am-12:30pm. Please join us and see how
well green homes and solar energy techniques work in
West Linn. For more information contact John Atkins at
503/657-0331.
Corvallis: Garden and Solar Tour
Date:
Sunday, September 17
Location: Self guided tour, 1st stop
TBD
Registration: $7 in advance, $9 Tour day –
purchase tickets at first tour stop, Volunteer 2 hours &
registration is free
Contact: Maureen Beezhold – (541) 752-3517,
www.nwei.org/corvallis
Eugene:
Eugene Area Solar & Green Building Tour
Date:
Saturday, September 30, Doors open at 9:00am; pre-tour
lecture 9:30am; tour 10:30am.
Location: Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB),
500 East 4th Ave.
Registration: $5.00 per person, sold only at the
door. No advance sales. Parking is free at EWEB.
Contact: Emily Evans, Tour Coordinator – (541)
520-4394,
emilyaevans@msn.com
Tour Description: The
day begins with a presentation at EWEB at 10:00am
followed by the tour immediately afterwards.
Please note transportation is provided, or you may take
a self-guided tour. Maps will be provided to paid
participants. Homes and businesses on the tour
will demonstrate green, sustainable, and solar design
features. Homeowners, builders and designers will
be available to discuss the environmentally-friendly
homes.
Hood River: Enviro-House Tour
Date:
Saturday, October 7, 10am to 4pm
Location: Gorge Rebuild-it Center (995 Tucker
Rd on the Heights in Hood River,
www.rebuildit.org)
Cost: $15 per car, tickets available the day of
the Tour
Organizers: An event of the Columbia Gorge Earth
Center
Contact: Tara Johnston, 541-386-5562,
tara@gatherdesign.com
Tour Description: The
5th annual Columbia Gorge Enviro-House Tour will be
better than ever this year. With more and more
homeowners committing themselves to reduce their impact
on the environment, we are seeing exciting new
eco-remodels, ultra efficient new homes, alternative
energy systems, zero net energy homes,
straw-bale and earthen buildings, and fun new uses for
recycled, salvaged, and non-toxic materials. This tour
features homes in the central Columbia Gorge area of
both Oregon and Washington, including (but not limited
to) the towns of Hood River, Parkdale, Mosier,
White Salmon, Underwood, Lyle, and Husum.
Newberg
Chehalem Mountain Green & Solar Home Tour
Date:
Saturday & Sunday, October 7th & 8th,
10am to 5pm
Location: Abundant Renewable Energy, 22700 NE
Mountain Top Road, Newberg, OR 97123
Registration: Free, pre-registration is
recommended
Contact: Abundant Renewable Energy at (503)
538-8298,
margaret@abundantre.com,
info@AbundantRE.com, &
www.abundantre.com.
Tour Description:
Abundant Renewable Energy will be providing optional 45
& 15 minute talks, on the hour, covering; wind, solar
energy basics, solar hot water, green building, net
metering, and energy conservation. Information will also
be available on how to choose a solar dealer and
installer. The workshops will be followed by an open
house tour of green & solar homes. Additional speakers
will be found at each location. The Newberg Chehalem
Mountain tour will begin at 10:00 AM at Abundant
Renewable Energy, where maps and information on other
homes in the tour will be provided.
Coast
Newport: Lincoln County Solar and Habitat Restoration
Tour
Date: Sunday, October 8
Location: Lincoln City, public parking lot on
corner Hwy 101 and NW 17th Street
Contact: Lincoln County Sustainability
Coalition, Cindy Ashy – (541) 270-0588,
www.lincolncountysustainbilitycoalition.org
Tour Description: With
the help of the Solar Energy Association of Oregon and
in association with the ASES National Solar Tour, the
Lincoln County Sustainability Coalition will host the
first ever Lincoln County Solar Tour. It is expected to
be a fun interactive way to learn about solar systems
and see how habitat restoration is done first hand. The
Lincoln County Solar Energy Tour will be kicked off by a
Sustainability Summit on October 6 & 7th,
check out the Lincoln Sustainability Coalition’s website
for more details.
The tour will begin in Lincoln City, meeting in the
large public parking lot on the corner of Highway 101
and NW 17th Street (Maxwell’s Restaurant is on the
corner and the Bijou Theatre is across the street).
Tour attendees will see a house equipped with a
grid-tied 18 panel 1500 Watt PV array with a dual axis
tracking system, a cabin completely off the grid, and a
restaurant using solar panels and other sustainable
practices. After lunch featuring food from our local
farms, we will tour 2-4 habitat stream restoration
projects at various stages of development.
Southern Oregon
Klamath
Falls:
Date:
Saturday, September 30, 9:00am
Location: Meet at Klamath County Government
Center, 305 Main Street, Klamath Falls
Registration: Free
Contact: (541) 883-8410
Roseburg:
Date:
Saturday, October 7
Times: 9-11 AM for the workshop and 11-4 for the
self-guided tour of homes in the Roseburg area.
Location: Location
of morning workshop is the Campus Center of Umpqua Community College, 1140 Umpqua
College Rd, Roseburg OR 97470.
Registration: by October 1 through UCC Community
Education.
Registration is $15. To register by October 1, call UCC
at (541) 440-7744. Ask to register for CRN 20797.
Contact: Jim Long - (541) 673-3713,
jlong@mcsi.net
Program leader: Al Walker, Energy Independence
Co.,
energyindependence@centurytel.net,
(541) 496-3987
Tour Description: In
the morning, a workshop at Umpqua Community College will
overview technologies, contractors and
financial incentives
for homeowners, and introduce the self-guided
tour of homes that afternoon.
The
afternoon is
scheduled for the tour of homes in urban,
suburban and rural settings in the Roseburg area. An
information packet for the afternoon tour will be
available offering instructions about the route, and a
summary of solar/green features to discuss with
homeowners.
An in depth
class—Design for Solar Energy and Efficiency--is
scheduled for Wednesday October 11, 7 PM-7 PM, Snyder
Hall, UCC. Topics include sunrooms, skylights, solar
electricity, hydronic heating, solar water heating.
Instructors include a homebuilder, a solar contractor
and an energy efficiency specialist.
Registration is $13. Call UCC (541)
440-7744 to register for CRN 20811.
Ashland:
Date:
Saturday, October 14, 9:00 am
Location: Ashland Civic Center, 1175 East Main
Street
Registration: $ 5 at
http://activenet3.active.com/ashlandparks/ -
Participation is limited to 100.
Contact: City of Ashland Conservation Division
at (541) 552-2065
Tour Description: Find
out how solar energy can be used to power and heat your
home, and how homes can be more energy efficient,
healthier and better for the environment. Participants
will visit homes with solar and wind electric, solar hot
water, solar space heat, rainwater harvest and storage
and water conservation systems, increased energy
efficiency, healthier indoor air, and reduced
environmental impacts. Learn about current technologies,
and financial incentive programs to implement them. The
tour will begin at 9:00 AM at the Ashland Civic Center
1175 East Main St., and travel by buses to four homes
with a bring-your-own lunch stop along the way.
October is Energy Awareness Month. The Ashland tour is
one of hundreds of events planned throughout the state
and across the country to raise awareness about energy
conservation and clean, renewable energy. The City of
Ashland and Home Power Magazine sponsor the tour, for
more information call the City of Ashland Conservation
Division at 552-2065.
Grants
Pass:
Date:
Saturday, October 14, 8am – 4pm
Location: Self guided, tour maps will be
available in the Josephine County Homebuilders
Association’s booth at the Josephine County
Fairgrounds.
Registration: Free
Contact: Christopher Houghton at (541) 476-4200
ext. 114,
chris@energyoutfitters.com
Tour Description: The
Grants Pass Tour is being held in conjunction with the
Josephine County’s Fall Tour of Homes. The tour will
feature solar electricity, solar pool heating, and
geothermal heating/cooling. All homes are grid connected
and the homeowners will be present to answer questions.
Eastern Oregon
John Day:
Date: Saturday, October 7
Location: Grant County Fairgrounds followed by
guided Tour
Contact: Jennifer Barker, EORenew – (541)
575-3633,
info@solwest.org,
www.solwest.org
Tour Description: Homes
on the John Day Solar Tour have solar electric and/or
hot water systems and/or sustainable design features
such as passive solar. At least one remote, stand-alone
off-grid solar electric system will be included.
Tour begins at the Grant County Fairgrounds with a
1-hour introductory class on renewable energy, followed
by a guided tour of homes and businesses in the
urban/rural area. Participants should bring a lunch and
dress for the weather.
La Grande:
Date:
Saturday, October 7, 10:00 am
Location: Tour begins at 105 Fir, La Grande
Registration: Free; Donations welcome to Oregon
Rural Action: a 501(c)3 non profit organization
promoting renewable energy.
Contact: Oregon Rural Action (541) 975-2411, or
Chuck Koch (541) 437-2344
Tour Description: The
La Grande Tour will include homes in La Grande, Cove,
Elgin, and Summerville, and will include solar hot
water, photovoltaic, passive solar, wind energy, and
geothermal heat pump. Following the tour, will be a
meeting with questions answered by some of the
homeowners and an Oregon Rural Action Representative.
Discussion will include installation of renewable
systems, working with utilities on installation,
building sustainability, and
working to gain community support for renewables.
Central Oregon
Bend/
Redmond/ Central Oregon
Date:
Saturday, October 7th & 8th, 10am
to 4pm
Location: Bend, Redmond, Sisters and Crooked
River Ranch.
Registration: $10 per car. Bicyclists go for
free!
Contact: 3EStrategies - (541) 617-9013,
info@3estrategies.org.
Description: Approximately 20 green and solar
homes will be available for your inspection. Highlights
include passive solar systems, grid-tied and off-grid
solar, strawbale, rastrablock, ICF and SIPS wall
systems, and many other features. In addition, we will
be holding a Green Building and Renewable Energy Fair
both days as part of the Bend Fall Festival.
Sponsored By: 3EStrategies, the Bend Bulletin,
Northwest Crossing, Cascade Business News (more
to come)
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