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Build It Green! Home Tour and Info Fair

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The 10th annual Build It Green! Home Tour and Information Fair is a self-guided tour of 22 green remodels and new homes around the Portland metropolitan area. Start and stop where and when you choose.

 

Chat with homeowners, designers, do-it-yourselfers and contractors about solar panels, ecoroofs (green roofs), rainwater harvesting, natural landscaping, affordable housing, water and energy conservation, natural building materials, alternative construction techniques and much more! Pick up some great ideas for YOUR current or future home.

 

Tour date: Saturday, September 24th, 2011

Tour time: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

New Info Fair hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

 

  • $15 admission, on sale starting mid-August.
  • $10 honored citizens/students/alternative transportation.
  • Info Fair is FREE and open to everyone.
  • Children 13 years-old and under are FREE.

 

The Info Fair is a prelude to the Tour with green vendors, demonstrations, food, drink and music.

 

Build It Green! Info Fair at Green Depot | 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. | 819 SE Taylor, Portland, OR | 503-222-3881

  • View pictures from the 2010 tour on Flickr

  • View a preview of the tour homes for 2011.

  • Want a free Tour ticket? Volunteer for the Tour or Info Fair! 

Contact Valerie Garrett, tour coordinator greenhotline@portlandoregon.gov 503-823-5431 for more information.

 

Thank you to our 2011 Build It Green! Home Tour and Info Fair sponsors and food donors:

MetroEnergy Trust of OregonPortland Water Bureau

BESBureau of Development ServicesOregon Home Magazine

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