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Oregon
2007 Oregon Green & Solar Tour
Organized statewide by Solar Oregon
(ASES Chapter)
Visit
http://www.solaroregon.org/resources_education/solar-home-tours
for up-to-date tour information.
Willamette Valley
Portland: Build It Green! Tour
of Homes
Date:
Saturday, September 15th
Location: Self guided Tour (11 AM - 5 PM) and
free Information Fair at Environmental Building Supplies
(4:30 PM - 7 PM)
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.portlandonline.com/osd
Contact: City of Portland Office of Sustainable
Development (503) 823-7222,
www.portlandonline.com/osd;
or Solar Oregon (503) 231-5662,
info@solaroregon.org,
www.solaroregon.org/resources_education/solar-home-tours.
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, energy efficiency and solar
systems. 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 4:30-7 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 materials, costs, successes and
challenges.
Corvallis Solar Tour
Date:
Saturday, October 6, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Self guided tour
Registration: $5 suggested donation pick up map
at first tour stop
Contact: Christopher Dymond (503) 540-3326
Day Event: An open-house tour of solar and
green homes from 11 AM until 4 PM. Homes will be staffed
by Solar CREEK volunteers.
Evening: Equipment displays by local
vendors and a featured presentation "Solar Power - A
global economic engine revolution" by Christopher Dymond
of the Oregon Department of Energy. 7-9 PM at the . . .
How to: Pick up a map at one of the
sponsoring locations ($5 suggested donation)
Salem Green + Solar Home Tour
Date:
Saturday, October 6, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm, Tour Reception
4:00 pm at Pringle Creek Community
Location: Meet at Pringle Creek Community, 2110
Strong Road SE, Salem 97305
Contact: Pringle Creek Community (503) 763-1770
or
www.pringlecreek.com
Registration: before Oct 2nd, $10 per car. Day-of
$15 per car. Carpooling encouraged. Bicyclists free.
Salem is a new addition to the list of Oregon cities
hosting Green + Solar Home Tours, but has been home to a
high level of green and solar expertise for many years.
Oregon Department of Energy is a national leader in
research and development, local architect Nathan Good is
nationally recognized for award-winning green and solar
design, and Kettle Foods has one of the largest solar
arrays in the state. Oregon’s first LEED-H Platinum home
is also in Salem, at Pringle Creek Community, which was
recently awarded the 2007 National Association of Home
Builders “Green Land Development Project of the Year.”
Several new and newly-remodeled homes in the Salem area
will open their doors to demonstrate a wide variety of
green design, materials and technologies. Join us for a
self-guided tour of Salem’s best green and solar homes,
and for the opportunity to meet homeowners, builders,
contractors and architects. The tour will be followed by
a reception at Pringle Creek Community at 4pm.
Eugene
Date:
Saturday, October 6th, 9:00am - 2:00pm.
Doors open at 9:00am; pre-tour lecture 9:30am; tour
10:30am. Please note times are subject to change.
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.
Transportation: Contact: Emily Evans,
Tour Coordinator – (541) 520-4394,
emilyaevans@msn.com
The day begins with a presentation at EWEB at 9:30 am
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.
Newberg Chehalem Mountain Green & Solar Home
Tour
Date:
Saturday & Sunday, October 6th
& 7th,
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, Becky McEnulty, (503)
538-8298,
info@abundantre.com,
info@AbundantRE.com , &
www.abundantre.com.
Description:
Discover how to trim your energy bills by
harnessing the power of the sun and the wind. The ASES
12th Annual National Solar & Green Home Tour
presents solar powered and energy efficient buildings
across the United States with tours in our communities.
Attend the local Newberg Chehalem Mountain - Green &
Solar Home Tour. Doors will open for public tours as
early as 10:00 A.M., Saturday & Sunday, October 6th
& 7th. Tours will remain open throughout the
day.
Abundant
Renewable Energy of Newberg will be providing 45-minute
talks on the hour covering; wind and solar energy
basics, as well as energy conservation. Information will
be available on how to choose a solar dealer and
installer. Talks will be followed by an open house tour
of solar homes. Additional speakers will be giving
shorter, 15-minute talks, at two additional locations.
How to Take This Tour:
Maps and information on the two other homes in
the tour will be provided at Abundant Renewable Energy.
Visit
www.AbundantRE.com
or call 503-535-8298 with questions and for free
pre-registration. Drop-in visitors will also be welcome.
Feel free to bring a sack lunch. Restaurants are a bit
of a drive from the tour.
Southern Oregon
Klamath Falls Solar Tour
Date:
Saturday, October 6th, 9:00am
Location: Meet at Klamath County Government
Center, 305 Main Street, Klamath Falls
Registration: Free
Contact: Scott McMahon (541) 882-9923
Ashland Solar Tour
Date:
Saturday, October 13, 9:00 am
Starting Location: Ashland Civic Center, 1175
East Main Street
Registration: $ 6 at
http://activenet3.active.com/ashlandparks/ or
North Mountain Park Nature Center.
Participation is limited to 100 people over age 12.
Contact:
City of Ashland Conservation Division at (541) 552-2065
Find out how solar energy can be used to power and heat
your home and water, and how homes can be more energy
efficient, healthier and better for the environment.
Participants will visit homes with solar electric, solar
hot water, solar swimming pool heat, solar space heat,
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 home sites 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.
Rogue Valley Tours (Phoenix/Talent
& Shady Cove/Upper
Rogue)
Dates:
Saturday, October 20th – Phoenix-Talent Tour Green and
Solar Tour: 9:00AM at Phoenix Organics (4543 S. Pacific
Hwy, Phoenix, OR)
Plan to stay for a fun Tour Party afterwards, around
3:30PM
Sunday, October 21st – Shady Cove-Upper
Rogue Green and Solar Tour:
11:00AM at Shady Cove Park parking lot.
Also bus pick-ups:
10:00AM at Fred Meyers in north Medford and
10:30AM at Ray's in Eagle Point.
Registration: Advance registration required.
$10 per person, per tour, space is limited. For ages
15 and over. Bring a brown bag lunch. Tour is by bus.
Contact: Suzanne Frey, Tour Coordinator,
sfrey@mind.net,
(541) 552-0598
A Variety of Features: Both tours will include homes
with a variety of energy efficient, green & solar
features that can be incorporated into new home
construction and remodels, including: passive solar
design for space heating and cooling, solar water
heating, photovoltaic solar electricity, green building
materials, straw bale construction, use of thermal mass,
and more...
A Variety of Lifestyles: Green and solar features can
be incorporated into any home or lifestyle, whether
conventional or alternative, modest or luxury, large or
small.
Talk With the Homeowners: Our homeowners will be on
hand to share their personal experiences purchasing,
installing and living with green and solar features in
their homes.
Earth Advantage & Energy Star Homes: Tours include
some Earth Advantage and Energy Star Homes, with an
Earth Advantage certification demonstration.
Bio Fuels: The Shady Cove-Upper Rogue tour will include
a demonstration of waste veggie oil diesel vehicles.
The Phoenix-Talent tour will include information
on local bio-fuels and green building products.
Roseburg Solar Tour
Date:
Saturday, October 13th, 9:00-11:30 am
workshop, 12:00 – 5:00 pm for the self-guided tour of
homes
Registration: $12, register by October 1 at
Umpqua Community College, Community Education at (541)
440-7744.
Contact: Scott McKain, 541-679-5597,
ssmckain@charter.net
Workshop: 9:00 – 11:30, Timber Room, Campus
Center at Umpqua Community College, 1140 Umpqua College
Rd, Roseburg OR 97470. Instructors: Tom Beverly,
Energy Trust of Oregon- tax credits for alternate
energy. Al Walker, Energy Independence - solar,
conservation, and green technologies to be seen on the
tour
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.
The afternoon is scheduled for the tour of homes in
urban, suburban and rural settings in the Roseburg
area. A booklet describing each home and a map to the
location will be provided at
the morning workshop.
Eastern Oregon
John Day Solar Tour
Date:
Saturday, October 6
Location: Grant County Fairgrounds followed by
guided Tour
Contact: Jennifer Barker, EORenew – (541)
575-3633,
info@solwest.org ,
www.solwest.org
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.
Columbia Gorge
Hood River: Enviro-House Tour
Date:
Saturday, October
6th, 10am to 4pm
Location:
Pick up tickets and map the day of the Tour at Gorge
Rebuild-it Center (995 Tucker Rd on the Heights in Hood
River,
www.rebuildit.org)
Cost: $15 per car
Organizers:
An event of the Columbia Gorge Earth Center
Contact:
Tara Johnston, 541-386-5562,
tara@gatherdesign.com,
www.cgec.info
The 6th 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 Trout Lake.
Central Oregon:
Bend/Redmond/Sisters/Prineville/Crooked
River Ranch
Date:
Saturday and Sunday, October 6th & 7th,
10am to 4pm daily.
Location: Bend, Redmond, Sisters, Prineville &
Crooked River Ranch.
Registration: $10 per car. Bicyclists go for
free!
Contact:
3EStrategies - (541) 617-9013,
susan@3estrategies.org
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Description:
Approximately 20 green and solar homes will be open over
the two days. Tour a variety of passive solar and
sun-tempered designs in a range of price points and with
a variety of materials and techniques, including
advanced framing, double staggered 2X4 framing, and wall
systems of ICF, AAC block, some strawbale and more.
See grid-tied and off-grid PV, solar hotwater, amazing
examples of reclaimed materials, native landscaping and
water catchment systems. Many other products and
systems will be on display the same weekend at the Green
Building and Renewable Energy Fair, part of the Bend
Fall Festival, downtown Bend.
Sponsored By: 3EStrategies, the Bend Bulletin,
NorthWest Crossing, Steele Associates Architects, Energy
Trust of Oregon, Palmer Homes, E2 Powered, Miller
Lumber, Sunlight Solar Energy, Inc., Urbansun Designs,
Combined Communications, Sublime Design Group,
Bend Living
& Cascade Business
News
Coast
Date:
Saturday, October 6th
Contact:
Green Tour - Mark Files, 541-297-5220,
www.EcolivingCoastal.com
Solar Tour - Shannon Souza P.E., C.W.R.E.,
541-266-0877,
shannon@solcoast.com,
www.Solcoast.com
Description:
Sol Coast Consulting & Design, LLC (founded 2003)
designed the first grid-tied solar photovoltaic system
on the Oregon Coast. Based on the Millicoma River, just
upstream of Coos Bay, we offer full service PV and solar
water system design and installation to clients on the
central and southern Oregon Coast.
Coos Bay
Green and Solar Tours
Date: Saturday,
October 6 th
Location: Kick off Brunch and orientation of the
technologies included on the tour at Ric's Posto Bella
161 Anderson Avenue Coos
Bay
Registration: Free
Contact: Green Tour, Mark Files,
541-297-5220,
www.EcolivingCoastal.Com
Solar Tour,
Shannon Souza P.E., C.W.R.E.,
541-266-0877,
shannon@solcoast.com,
www.Solcoast.com
Description: The Coos
County Green and Solar Tour is being held on Saturday,
October 6th. Sites on the tour feature passive solar,
solar electric, solar water heating, alternative
building methods, living roof, residential
hydro-electric and organic subsistance gardening. All
homes are connected to the electric power grid.
Homeowners and/or designers will be present to answer
questions.
The tour is self-guided and tickets are free. Join
other participants for a no host brunch beginning at 10
am on the morning of the tour and to pick up maps or
even make car pool arrangements. The Coos County Green
and Solar Tour is part of the American Solar Energy
Society's National Solar Tour.
Sol Coast Consulting & Design, LLC (founded 2003)
designed the first grid-tied solar photovoltaic system
on the Oregon Coast. Based on the Millicoma River, just
upstream of Coos Bay, we offer full service PV and solar
water system design and installation to clients on the
central and southern Oregon Coast.
West Linn: Solar & Sustainable
Tour
Date: Saturday, October 6th,
10 am to 4pm
Location: West Linn City Hall
Organizers: West Linn Sustainable Task Force
Contact: Glenn Friedman, (503) 699-1363
Tour Day Description:
The tour and seminars will take place on Saturday, Oct.
6th. Sign in for the day opens at 10am. The seminars
will start the day at 10:30am at West Linn's City Hall.
Starting the day at 10:30 am Chris Morgan, Solar
Advocate and homeowner of a 'Carbon negative' home
generating all power on site, plus extra power for
cars in the future, will discuss Solar Power for
Homeowners. At 11:15 am
Kim Swan, the Water Resource Manager, and Kristine
Hollenbeck, the Conservation Program Coordinator, for
the Clackamas River Water Providers will begin their
talk by providing some back ground on the newly created
Clackamas River Water Provider group. The presentation
will cover the expanded conservation efforts of the
group, some background on where our drinking water comes
from, why
conservation is important in our area, and will conclude
with tips and ideas on how to save water in and around
the home. Also there will be Water Conservation kits
available.
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 Buildings Tour and will
include several local West Linn homes that utilize solar
hot water systems, green building techniques,
daylighting, and grid connected solar electric (PV)
systems. The tour is free and maps of the homes can be
picked up at the sign in table between 10 am-12: 30pm.
Mark your calendar to find updated
tour information on this website before
the date of the tours listed on this page
you wish to attend.
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