Tour of Green Building Sat Oct 21 and Oct 22 /2000 in Santa Barbara CA

[Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson]

			PARADE OF GREEN BUILDINGS
			TO DEBUT OCTOBER 21 AND 22

	Santa Barbara, CA--  Parade of Green Buildings, a two-day tour of green
buildings in greater Santa Barbara, will take place on Saturday and
Sunday, October 21 and October 22.
	Eleven notable green buildings will be open to the public for touring
between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., six office/institutional buildings on
Saturday and five residences on Sunday.
	"The purpose of the project is to educate the local building community
as well as the interested general community about green practices," said
Dennis Allen, chair of the event.
	Tour participates will be able to view innovative projects and systems
that have been incorporated into pioneering projects. Project
architects, contractors, and green product representatives will be
present at every site with blueprints, samples of products, and
literature, for those who want to explore the technical and performance
information of any given element used in the buildings.
There will be a kiosk at each site with information explaining the
guiding philosophy of the project as well as the sustainable energy,
water, materials, air quality, and waste management features of that
project.
Six buses from Santa Barbara Airbus will be available to tour
participants.
Docents will be on the buses explaining about sustainable community
development and showing examples from the buses as they move through
Santa Barbara neighborhoods.
Santa Barbara's Sustainability Project originated the project and is
sponsoring the event with the Santa Barbara Contractors Association.
Both the Community Environmental Council and the American Institute of
Architects are partnering organizations.

						
In addition to the two day Parade of Buildings, tickets will include a
Friday evening reception with architect Bruce Fowle, the designer of
Four Times Square, the new green skyscraper in Manhattan.
The schedule of events includes the Friday evening reception, October
20, with Fowle at Cold Springs School, 2243 Sycamore Canyon Road,
Montecito; Saturday, October 21 tour of office/institutional buildings
including tour of Marborg's building-waste recycling yard; and Sunday,
October 22 tour of residential homes. Tickets will be available
beginning September 1 at three branches of Santa Barbara Bank and Trust,
Downtown main branch, 20 E. Carrillo Street; La Cumbre branch, 3910
State Street; and Goleta branch, 299 N. Fairview Ave.
Ticket prices are $25 for those who take the provided shuttle buses, car
pool with three or more, or bicycle; $30 for private cars.
For further information, please call Judy Jennings at 805/964-9175.

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