Green Building Tour
Posted by Amber Benbow on June 17, 2014
Citizens League and Corcoran Neighborhood Organization will be co-hosting a Best Practices Green Building Tour on Saturday, June 21.
Starting at 9:00AM, community members & development stakeholders are invited to meet at the Midtown Farmers Market (2225 E Lake Street) to then car pool to three local green building locations:
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9:30 Hawthorne Eco-Village
Innovative, sustainable neighborhood redevelopment.
Presenter: Abbie Loosen, PPL
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10:30 The Rose – Hope Community / Aeon
New, mixed-income rental housing based on the Living Building Challenge™ standards.
Presenters: Will Delaney, Hope Community; Paul C.N. Mellblom, MSR Design
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11:15 Passivhaus near Lake Nokomis
Superinsulated, retrofitted home with no furnace based on German technology.
Presenter: Paul Brazelton
- 12:00 Lunch/discussion/implications
To register for the tour, visit <http://citizensleague.org/events/green-building-policy-tour/>. Also, help promote the event on facebook!
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