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Build It Green Home Tour in Santa Clara County

Don’t miss the first Build It Green Home Tour Santa Clara County!  On Sunday, October 1st, from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, eleven homeowners will open their doors for the Build It Green Home Tour.

The one-day tour will introduce attendees to homeowners and building professionals who have built or remodeled green. The tour covers the spectrum, from remodels to brand new custom homes, and will demonstrate materials and technologies such as FSC Certified wood products, natural linoleum flooring, radiant floor heating, passive solar design, and natural daylighting.

A guidebook is required for admission and costs $15/person. You may purchase guidebooks now online at http://www.builditgreen.org/ or at local retail locations beginning on September 1, 2006 (check website for retail locations). 

Guidebooks will also be sold at the Solar & Green Building Fair at DeAnza College Kirsch Center for Environmental Studies on tour day (October 1st) from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm (as supplies last). 

As part of the home tour, green building workshops will be offered throughout the fall including Green Building 101, Remodeling One Green Room at a Time…and more.

For more information on the tour or the green building workshops, please visit Build It Green web site (www.BuildItGreen.org) or call 1-888-404-7336.

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