Green Homes Tour Friday, Dec. 5th
This Friday, Dec. 5th is an excellent opportunity to tour some of the area’s greener homes.
I’ll be joining Michael “Fletch” Fletcher in hosting a “pre-drywall” open house of his LEEDing Edge Project at 546 Edgewood Avenue in the Old Fourth Ward. When completed in December, this home will be one of Atlanta’s first LEED Platinum certified residential offerings. Come see what makes a home qualify for this newest and highest standard in green building. Fletch, a LEED AP Architect, will be on site from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. for a peek behind the curtain of green construction and sustainable design.
Click here to download an invitation with detailed directions.
You can learn more about LEEDing Edge from these previous posts:
- A LEEDing Edge live/work ecohome for the Old Fourth Ward
- A new LEED Platinum home on Edgewood Avenue
- Reusing Building Materials
- O4W EcoHome Rising
Then scoot on over to Decatur for a tour of some of their greener residences. “Living Green” is the theme of their 2008 Candlelight Tour of Homes. Starting at 5:00 p.m., take the free Cliff shuttle from home to home and to several other points of interest. This year’s tour focuses on eight homes renovated in eco-friendly ways, using green materials and techniques to minimize their impact on the Earth.
Even the transportation for the tour is green: Cliff Shuttles run on a B20 biodiesel. The fuel is created with cooking oil recycled from Emory dining services and other area restaurants.
Go here for more information on the Decatur Candlelight Tour of Homes.
