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- THIS SATURDAY- APRIL 25th! The event will be a little different this year. Instead of a seminar the day of the Green Home Tour, we will hold a preview of all the homes on the tour and then let you loose!
House will be open all day instead of just in the afternoon. Do you have a house or know of a house that is a candidate for the Green Home Tour? Would you like to help plan the 2010 Green Home Tour or volunteer the day of the event? Let us know through the comments button below or at... (read more) - Privacy Type:
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Monday, March 23 at 6:00pm - Energy Smart Landscaping
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Monday, March 2 at 6:30pm
New River Valley Green Building Tour and EXPO
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- New River Valley Green Building Tour and EXPO
- Category:
- Organizations - Advocacy Organizations
- Description:
- THIS SATURDAY- APRIL 25th! The event will be a little different this year. Instead of a seminar the day of the Green Home Tour, we will hold a preview of all the homes on the tour and then let you loose!
House will be open all day instead of just in the afternoon. Do you have a house or know of a house that is a candidate for the Green Home Tour? Would you like to help plan the 2010 Green Home Tour or volunteer the day of the event? Let us know through the comments button below or at... (read more) - Privacy Type:
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- http://www.nrvgreenmob.blogspot.com/
- Office:
- YMCA at VT
- Location:
- Blacksburg, VA
Recent News
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- WHAT A LINE UP! We have such a diverse range of buildings on the tour this year.
You will find examples of LEED, EARTHCRAFT, and ENERGY STAR buildings. There is an entire subdivision of energy efficient homes, an ECOVILLAGE which will be the first certified Earthcraft Community- Mountain Region Subdivision- (EC Communities take account of the homes AND the landscape).
In addition, there are rentals and older home retrofits, and buildings you have heard about that you have always wanted to visit- Lodge at Lick Creek, Blacksburg New Town Offices, Hotel Floyd, the new YMCA solar greenhouse....
Geothermal...Solar Panels....Heat Sinks.....A THREE STORY YURT and strawbale houses....
Come talk to homeowners and the experts to learn more!
Saturday-April 25th..EXPO is open to public at the Y Center (1000 N. Main St. Blacksburg, VA) 8 am -Noon.
Tour participants can attend a slide show that previews all homes open on the tour at 9am.
To sign up for the tour, go to the YMCA at VT web page: http://www.vtymca.org/Greenhometour.asp or call 961-9622. Registrations will be taken at the door from 8-10 am.