May 17, 2009.  Portland

Online sales for this event is closed. There may be tickets still available at the door (check/cash only). Please email michael@solaroregon.org if you plan to show up at the door so that we can make arrangements for your arrival.

Supporting sponsors

Tickets for the day-long event are $100 for non-members and $85 for Solar Oregon members

   >>Purchase here           >>Learn about sponsorship of this tour here

You are invited to attend this day-long event which tells the story of three Portland homes attempting Net Zero Energy use. Explore the technologies and design features, firsthand, that make Zero Energy buildings possible.    We will begin the day with a workshop to familiarize you with the strategies and details to look for in each home on the tour, and to inform you of the financial incentives available in Oregon. The afternoon tour showcases:

• One home under construction and designed for Net Zero displaying construction details before they are hidden by finishes.

• One recently built and occupied home designed for Net Zero.

• One vintage home in the early stages of renovation with the goal of Net Zero. This home will host a blower door demonstration, which measures unplanned air leakage.

We provide side by side comparisons of the building envelope, appliance and equipment choices for each home as well as an energy analysis giving you plenty of technical information to guide your own Net Zero goals.  The workshop and tour provides usable knowledge for building and real estate  professionals, homeowners and home buyers.  AIA continuing education credits are available.  CEU’s for other professionals can be arranged.  Contact Solar Oregon for details.

You will learn:

• What a Net Zero Energy home is
• What the universal organizing strategies are for achieving Net Zero

• How to do everything right from the start with new construction

• How to get the most bang for the buck with retrofitting

• What existing resources exist to help you finance
  
  

For homeowner, homebuyers and real estate professionals:

• Understand the value of a home that provides a lifetime of low or no cost comfort and energy security and how to achieve this

• Learn how to qualify your project team for  net zero strategies

• Communicate to your lender the values that justify your loan amount
  
  

For architects and designers:

• Understand how to design new homes and remodels that will provide your clients with a lifetime of low or no cost comfort and energy security

• Communicate the values your design services can offer
  
  

For builders:

• Build and remodel homes that have much greater intrinsic value

• Differentiate yourself in a competitive market.

• Communicate to your lender/investors the values your home offers in the marketplace, and how that justifies the loan amount
  
  

To ensure a quality experience for everyone, space is limited to only 100 participants; we recommend purchasing tickets early.  This event will sell out. Ticket includes workshop, lunch and bus shuttles to all three sites.

Tickets for the day-long event are $100 for non-members and $85 for Solar Oregon members

  >>Purchase here

  >>Learn about sponsorship for this tour 

  >>Learn about Solar Oregon membership here

Schedule - Sunday May 17,  2009.

8-8:30 – Registration and meet and greet. Meet industry leaders, and home owners striving for Zero Net  Energy use.

8:30 – 10:00 Workshop – Net Zero Homes Part I

10:00-10:15 Break

10:15 – 11:45 Workshop - Net Zero Homes Part II

11:45 – 1:00 Catered lunch and discussions with professionals in the industry

1-5:00 – Tour of homes. Bus shuttle to three exceptional homes with three different designs and approaches to reaching net zero energy.

5:00-6:30 No host networking at the Kennedy School with the days presenters and home owners.

Tour begins and ends at the McMenamins Kennedy School Gymnasium

5736 N.E. 33rd Ave.  Portland OR 97211

All proceeds for this event support Solar Oregon and it’s mission to provide education and community outreach to encourage Oregonians to choose solar energy

To see last years tour announcement and sponsors >> 2008 GNZT