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Don't miss this unique opportunity to see first hand renewable energy and green building practices at work in our area. Green building involves designing, constructing or renovating homes, schools, workplaces and other structures for high performance, human health and environmental sustainability. This year's Green Building Open House will feature 32 homes and businesses in Tompkins, Tioga and Schuyler Counties. Homeowners and/or green building professionals will be on site to answer questions and describe their green building features - such as energy efficient appliances, passive solar design, photovoltaics, wind power, salvaged and non-toxic building materials, local lumber, strawbale construction and more.
For a second year, our tour will take place over two days, with half of the homes open on Saturday (#2-17), and half on Sunday (#18-32). Please visit sites only on the days that the owners have agreed to be open! Visitors may view participating sites between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
SCHEDULE
SELF GUIDED TOURS
Download the 40-page Guide (3.9M PDF)
or print the Guide intro page and list of homes then individual site entries of interest, linked below.
Hard copies of guide are available at CCE-Tompkins, Greenstar, Ithaca Bakery and elsewhere; call for specific locations.
SITE MATRIX : 1 legal-sized sheet that cross-references the features of each site, in EXCEL (40k) and PDF (15k).
MAPS: Download and print (2) 8.5"x11" sheets to make each of the 11"x17" maps included in the Guide:
Tompkins County TOP (928K pdf) & BOTTOM (928K PDF)
Ithaca City TOP (636K PDF) & BOTTOM (636K PDF)
Friday/Saturday, Oct. 2 & 3, 6 pm ONLY
#1. Ithaca College Park Center, Rt. 96B, Ithaca
Come at 6 pm for a guided tour of the new LEED-Platinum Dorothy D. and Roy H. Park Center for Business and Sustainable Enterprise, designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects, then stay for the 7 pm panel/speaker presentations on 10/2 and 10/3 (details below).
Saturday, Oct. 3, 10-4 ONLY
#2. Koplinka-Loehr, 118 Ross Road, Lansing (Van #1)
#3. Benson, 112 Lansingville Road, Lansing (Van #1)
#4. Salmon, 598 Buck Road, Lansing (Van #1)
#5. The Dacha Crew, 700 North Wood Road, Freeville (Van #1)
#6. Weber, 510 Linn Street, Ithaca
#7. Saddler/Konwinski, 302 Cascadilla Street, Ithaca
#8. INHS, 313 Corn Street, Ithaca
#9. Ithaca Bakery, 400 North Meadow Street, Ithaca
#10. Ithaca Connected, 109 South Albany Street, Ithaca
#11. Taitem Engineering, 110 South Albany Street, Ithaca
#12. Beers, 600 Hector Street, Ithaca
#13. EcoVillage, 100 Rachel Carson Way, Ithaca (organized tours at 10:30 am, 12 pm, 1:30 pm and 3pm ONLY)
#14. Mehaffey/Yates, 115 W. Enfield Center Road, Ithaca (Van #2)
#15. Cook, 332 Aiken Road, Trumansburg (Van #2)
#16. Miles, 326 Aiken Road, Trumansburg (Van #2)
#17. George/Dennis, 6301 Searsburg Road, Trumansburg (Van #2)
Sunday, Oct. 4, 10-4 ONLY
#18. Rowland, 2495 Montrose Turnpike, Owego
#19. Nicholson, 220 Yaple Road, Berkshire
#20. Woinoski, 5 White Hawk Lane, Danby (Van #1)
#21. Nelson, 6 White Hawk Lane, Danby (Van #1)
#22. Boerst/Italiano, 7 White Hawk Lane, Danby (Van #1)
#23. Berger/Sugarman, 245 Eastman Hill Road, Wilseyville (Van #1)
#24. Landis/Malarcher, 212 Caroline Depot Road, Brooktondale (Van #1)
#25. Menter & Kane, 257 Piper Road, Newfield
#26. Maltzan, 350 Midline Road, Freeville
#27. Grimm, 105 Jackson Hollow Road, Newfield
#28. Frantz, 604 Cliff Street, Ithaca
#29. Bosak/Schroeder, 1448 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca
#30. Koreman, 4348 Swamp College Road, Trumansburg (Van #2)
#31. Carpenter, 598 Bostwick Road, Enfield (Van #2)
#32. Carpenter, 600 Bostwick Road, Enfield (Van #2)
#33, Klemperer-Johnson/Hannan, 5491 Coyote Road, Trumansburg (Van #2)
Volunteer! Help out for a few hours or more at a tour site. Direct visitors, encourage sign-in, give the homeowners a break! Call or email Guillermo Metz at 607-272-2292 or gm52@cornell.edu.
WALKING/BIKE TOURS: A FREE guided walking tour will be offered on Saturday, October 3th only (no rain date) leaving from Gimme! Coffee, 430 N. Cayuga St. in Ithaca, at 10:00am. A FREE guided bike tour will be offered only on Saturday, Oct. 3 (no rain date) also leaving from Gimme! Coffee, 430 N. Cayuga St., at 10:00am. The bicycle tour will be approximately 20-25 miles at a relaxed pace. Riders will need roadworthy bikes and helmets. Advance registration is required for all tours, so we can arrange an appropriate number of guides. Please call 607-272-2292 to sign up for either of these free tours.
VAN TOURS: Guided shuttle van tours led by members of the Ithaca Green Building Alliance will be offered each day for a fee of $10/person or $15/two from the same household. Van itineraries are below. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Call 607-272-2292 to reserve a space.
Saturday
Van #1: visits #2, 3, 4, 5
Saturday Van #2: visits #14, 15, 16, 17
Sunday
Van #1: visits #20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Sunday
Van #2: visits #29, 30, 31, 32, 33
SPEAKERS:
Friday, Oct. 2, 7:00 pm
Park Center, Ithaca College
"If These Bale Walls Could Talk". A slide-show preview of the homes and businesses on the tour and a panel discussion from some of the people who worked on them. Come hear the stories behind these amazing projects including design considerations, materials choices, and lessons learned. With: Rob Garrity of Finlo Energy, Brent Katzmann of Balance Studio, Aaron Dennis of Tugley Wood Timberframing, and Dave Mountin, building performance expert. $5 suggested donation.
For more information, Guillermo Metz at Cooperative Extension at 607.272.2292 or email gm52@cornell.edu.
Coming in from out of town for the tour? Visit www.visitithaca.com for information on area hotels, B&Bs, restaurants, wineries and other attractions!
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County and the Ithaca Green Building Alliance are local organizers for this annual event held by the Northeastern Sustainable Energy Association in conjunction with the American Solar Energy Society’s National Solar Tour. Support provided by a grant from the Tompkins County Tourism Board and Ithaca College.
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