The Delaware Valley Green Building Council and

AIA Philadelphia’s Committee on the Environment

invite you to join us for a

Tour of Montgomery/Bucks County Green Homes

The Environmental Home Store – Jackie O’Neil’s Zero Energy LEED Home & David Hartke’s Keystone Green Building Initiative (GBI)-LEED Home

Saturday, June 9, 2007 8:30 am - 4:00 pm

The Environmental Home Store

The Environmental Home Store is the region’s first green home products retailer. Join homeowner & proprietor Todd Ballantyne for a tour & discussion of the lessons learned renovating the 19th century former schoolhouse into his home & store.

Jackie O’Neil’s Zero Energy LEED Home

Join homeowner & developer Jackie O’Neil for a tour & discussion of the lessons learned building her zero energy, LEED-Gold certified home. Green features include: climate responsive design, daylighting, high performance SIP envelope, geothermal heat pump, ERV, rainwater harvesting, native landscaping and a 5.25kW solar electric system that eliminates her utility bill payment & provides excess income—imagine getting paid every month for your utilities! Jackie recently received a Philadelphia Sustainability Award for her green development efforts.

David Hartke’s Keystone Green Building Initiative (GBI) & LEED Home

Join homeowner & architect David Hartke (Stampfl Hartke Associates LLC) for a tour & discussion of the lessons learned building his Keystone GBI & LEED-Silver home. Green features include: optimum value engineering (OVE) framing, high efficiency windows, geothermal heat pump & water heating, drought tolerant landscaping with rain garden, pervious pavement, rainwater harvesting & solar electric panels. David is co-chair of the Keystone GBI, a regional green building program based on the National Assoc. of Home Builder’s (NAHB’s) Model Green Home Building Guidelines geared towards builders launched in Sept. 2006.

Schedule:

8:30 Meet at the Conshohocken Park & Ride for bus (Matsonford Road, West of PA Route 23 & I-476)

8:45 Depart Conshohocken on bus

9:00 – 10: 30 Tour the Environmental Home Store in Lansdale, PA

10:45 – 12:15 Tour Jackie O’Neil’s Zero Energy LEED-Gold Home in Perkiomenville, PA

12:15 – 1:00 Bagged lunches will be served on the bus between Perkiomenville & Doylestown

1:00 – 3:00 Tour David Hartke’s Keystone GBI & LEED-Silver home in Doylestown, PA

4:00 Arrive back at Conshohocken Park & Ride

Cost: $25 members, $35 Non-members, $15 students (pre-registered);

$30 members, $40 Non-members, $20 students (after 6/4/2007).

Continuing Ed. Credits: This program is worth 5 AIA CES (HSW) LUs.

RSVP by Monday, June 4th at http://guest.cvent.com/i.aspx?4W,M3,7e24521c-a997-4c51-b31c-4a276f7e7beb . Space is limited. See www.dvgbc.org for more information, and contact Rebecca Stahlnecker (rebecca@consilience.net) with questions.

Transportation provided by Lower Merion School District on a natural gas-powered bus.

Special thanks to our event sponsor