2009 GREENVILLE AREA
GREEN BUILDING TOUR
SUSTAINABLE BUILDING DESIGN HOMES FROM LOCAL BUILDERS
 
 
The fourth annual Greenville Area Green Building Tour will took place Saturday, October 3rd in conjunction with the North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association's 2009 Statewide Green Building & Solar Tour. The statewide and local tours are part of the American Solar Energy Society's national tour.
 
The tour kicked-off at Pitt County Community College with two homes built by PCC students using new techniques in building science. Directions for other homes were available at Pitt Community College on day of tour. All three featured homes were about 20 minutes from the PCC home base.
 
Point contact was Karen Wagner at 252-328-4980   or     Email: wagnerk@ecu.edu
 
Last year's tour focused on energy efficiency, building science, and renewable energy, and also featured three residential homes - one built with insulated concrete forms, one using passive solar architecture, and one with active solar systems (both solar hot water and photovoltaic solar panels).
ICF HOME PASSIVE SOLAR HOME ACTIVE SOLAR HOME

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Featured Experts:
 
Last year we featured experts on a broad range of "green" and sustainability topics

LOCATION OF FEATURED EXPERTS
  PCC ICF HOME PASSIVE SOLAR HOME ACTIVE SOLAR HOME
         
Robert Chin, ECU:   Poster presentation of  "The language of Green", "Greenwashing", "Carbon", "Plastic Bottles" with Dr. Jim Kenny. Robert Chin will also be representing "Rebuilding Together" and "The Greenville Climate Protection Partnership"

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Susan Daughtry, Eastern Carolina Vocational Center: "Let's Talk Trash" - A demonstration on residential recycling

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William Hofler, PCC/ECU: "Building Science" - An opportunity to look at low to no cost strategies that can be used for wood framed exteriors to reduce air/thermal exchange.

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Jim Kenny, MD: As its Chair, Dr. Kenny will represent the Greenville Climate Protection Partnership and will make a plastic bottles poster presentation. X      
Dan Oglesbey and James Rapin, Greenville Utilities: "Energy Audit" - an audit can pinpoint where your home could be losing energy. X - Jim     X - Dan
Roger Grady, S&S Insulation: "Skim Foam & Bib Insulation" system X      
Seth Shoneman, W & A Construction: "Building a Sustainable Community" - Environmentally sound and economically productive development. X      
Dan Thomas, Dan Thomas Builders: Veteran "ICF" and "Energy Efficient Builder" with over 20 years building experience.   X    
Frank McLawhorn, Frank McLawhorn Construction: Veteran "Energy Efficient Builder" with over 20 years of building experience.     X  
Joseph Sheffield, Alternative Energy Concepts: Solar, Wind, and Geothermal Solutions       X
Karen Wagner, ECU: "Energy Efficiency and Conservation" - The powerful combination of energy efficiency and conservation       X

 

THANK YOU to 2009 sponsors:    Dan Thomas Builders      Frank McLawhorn      S&S Insulation      TeakwoodGreen    Alternative Energy Concepts   -  Also a BIG thank you to Signs on the Go for their excellent pricing of our banner and also to Bill Hill and Linn Albritton for construction of the banner frame.