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Help us to spread the word about the Green Home Tour by joining our new Facebook pages! One page is dedicated to the Green Home Tour while the other is for the NRV Green MOB. The more of you who become members of our pages, the more of your friends who will learn about the Green Home Tour. Then their friends will find out and so on and so on! We look forward to seeing you and your friends at the NRV Green Home Tour on April 25th and at the classes between now and then!

2 Green Home Tour Classes Rescheduled

For those of you interested in the Geothermal Heating and Cooling class and Green Construction: From Design to Clean Up class, these classes have been rescheduled due to inclement weather so there is still time to sign up!

Monday, March 9th from 6:30-8:30pm: Geothermal Heating and Cooling. Ground source heat pumps (GSHP) are one of the most efficient residential heating and cooling systems available today. They use the natural heat storage capacity of the earth or ground water to provide energy efficient heating and cooling. Ed Ricci has extensive experience in this technology and will help you determine if this technology is right for you and your home. Ed is the owner of Energy Management Services in Christiansburg.

Monday, March 23rd from 6-9pm: Green Construction: From Design to Clean Up. Ed Tuchler of Shelter Alternatives, Beth Lohman of DEQ, and Justin Boyle of Green Valley Builders will discuss what should you consider when planning to build a green home. They will look at everything from site and form to construction details and material usage, including minimizing waste and what to do with leftovers.

Sign up for these classes through the YMCA at Virginia Tech.

Geothermal Heating and Cooling

The second class in the 2009 Green Home Tour Class series is about Geothermal Heating and Cooling. Ground source heat pumps (GSHP) are one of the most efficient residential heating and cooling systems available today. They use the natural heat storage capacity of the earth or ground water to provide energy efficient heating and cooling. Ed Ricci has extensive experience in this technology and will help you determine if this technology is right for you and your home. Ed is the owner of Energy Management Services in Christiansburg.

The class is Monday, March 2nd from 6:30-8:30pm. Sign up for the class through the YMCA at Virginia Tech.

Green Construction: From Design to Clean Up

Instead of a half day seminar and half day tour, this year the Green Home Tour is hosting a variety of classes through the Virginia Tech YMCA prior to the April 25th tour. The first class, Green Construction: From Design to Clean Up, is 2 Monday evenings, February 16th and 23rd from 6:30-8:30pm. Ed Tuchler of Shelter Alternatives, Beth Lohman of DEQ, and Justin Boyle of Green Valley Builders will discuss what should you consider when planning to build a green home. They will look at everything from site and form to construction details and material usage, including minimizing waste and what to do with leftovers. Class sign up is here.

Register for 2009 Green Home Tour Classes through YMCA Open University

For the 3rd Annual Green Home Tour, we are offering classes through the YMCA Open University. Registration is now available for classes including Energy Smart Landscaping, Green Construction - From Design to Clean Up, Build-Your-Own-Rain Barrel Workshop, Energy Efficiency and Your Home, Geothermal Heating and Cooling, and Rain Gardens: A Tool for Storm Water Management. Proceeds support the Green Home Tour. Classes begin February 16th.

As an added incentive, the more classes you attend, the lower your admission cost for the Green Home Tour on April 25th. Register for one class and pay $10 for the Green Home Tour. Register for two classes and pay $5. Register for three classes and your admission for the Green Home Tour will be free!

2009 Green Home Tour

Planning has begun for the 2009 Green Home Tour. The event will be a little different this year. Instead of a seminar the day of the Green Home Tour, we will hold a series of classes through the YMCA at Virginia Tech beginning in January 2009 for the months leading up to the event. Participation in one or more classes will discount admission to the Green Home Tour. More information about the classes will be posted here as it becomes available.

The Green Home Tour will be April 25, 2009 with houses open all day instead of just in the afternoon. Do you have a house or know of a house that is a candidate for the Green Home Tour? Would you like to help plan the 2009 Green Home Tour or volunteer the day of the event? Let us know through the comments button below or at NRVGreenMob@gmail.com.

Please fill out the Seminar and Tour survey!

The New River Valley Green Home Seminar and Tour is over for another year. We hope those of you who attended found the day to be interesting and thought-provoking!

Please fill out our survey to let us know how we can improve the event next year!