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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