Note: this is 2006 tour info. Stay tuned for updates on 2007!

Date: Saturday, September 17
Location: Self guided tour, 1st stop TBD
Registration: $7 in advance, $9 Tour day - purchase tickets at first tour stop, Volunteer 2 hours & registration is free
Contact: Maureen Beezhold - (541) 752-3517, www.nwei.org/corvallis

Eugene:
Date: Saturday, September 30, 10:00am - 2:00pm. Doors open at 9am, Pre-tour lecture 9:30am, Tour begins at 10:30am.
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.

The day begins with a presentation at EWEB at 10:00am 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 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:
Date: Saturday & Sunday, October 7th & 8th, 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 at (503) 538-8298, info@abundantre.com.

Abundant Renewable Energy will be providing optional 45 & 15 minute talks, on the hour, covering; wind, solar energy basics, solar hot water, green building, net metering, and energy conservation. Information will also be available on how to choose a solar dealer and installer. The workshops will be followed by an open house tour of green & solar homes. Additional speakers will be found at each location. The Newberg Chehalem Mountain tour will begin at 10:00 AM at Abundant Renewable Energy, where maps and information on other homes in the tour will be provided

West Linn: Solar & Sustainable Tour
Date: Saturday, October 7th, 11am to 4pm
Location: Self Guided, additional info TBD
Organizers: West Linn Sustainable Task Force

The tour and seminars will take place on Saturday, Oct. 7. Sign in for the day opens at 10am. The seminars will start the day at 10:30am at West Linn’s City Hall and will feature speakers from the City of Portland’s Office of Sustainable Development and The Energy Trust of Oregon. Starting the day at 10:30 am Mike O’Brien, Green Building Specialist for the Office of Sustainable Development, will discuss Green Building Practices for homes. At 11:15 am Kaci Brockman, Solar Programs Manager for the Energy Trust, will present their Solar Incentives Seminar.

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, passive solar design, daylighting, grid connected solar electric (PV) systems and rainwater collection. The tour is free and maps of the homes can be picked up at the sign in table between 10 am-12:30pm. Please join us and see how well green homes and solar energy techniques work in West Linn. For more information contact John Atkins at 503/657-0331 or Glenn Friedman, (503) 699-1363.

Portland Metro Area

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, biodiesel production, and photovoltaics. 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 5-8 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 process, materials, costs successes and challenges.