Green Matters Workshop: Five Steps to Understanding Your Home in Winter
When: Thursday, November 17, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Where: ecoREMOD (608 Ridge Street, Cville)
LAST GREENMATTERS WORKSHOP OF 2011!
Reserve your spot by emailing annie@leap-va.org or calling 434.227.4666.
Join us to learn the five things you need to know about your home to save money and be cozy this winter. We’ll address trouble spots like fireplaces and windows and have a demonstration on how to build a professional style attic hatch cover.
The five steps we’ll cover to understand your home this winter:
1. Everyone knows that heat rises. Learn the rest of the story.
2. Cold air outside, warm moist air inside. Manage humidity and avoid condensation problems.
3. Fireplaces. Reduce their negative impact while still enjoying the occasional fire.
4. Windows. Practical ways to keep the cold out and the heat in.
5. Maintaining indoor air quality during the winter months.
Bonus: Demo on how to build a professional style attic hatch cover.
Speakers include Laura Fiori of Key Green Energy Solutions, recently awarded “Best Home Energy Auditor” by LEAP.
Passive House Now: A Seminar on the State of Passive House Now
When: Friday, November 18, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Where: Lankford Passive House, #229 Lankford Avenue
Join Fred Greenewalt and Bill Jobes to experience the quiet comfort of their recently completed Lankford Passive House, the first certified PH in Virginia.
We will examine the achievements of PH in the US and Virginia, through Case Studies of PH projects at different scales, concluding with a panel discussion by local PH builders.
Registration fee $40 at the door
*RSVP by November 11, 2011 (Limited seating)
PROGRAM:
PH TODAY
John Semmelhack
Cert. PH Consultant (Think Little Home Energy, LLC)
SINGLE FAMILY
Bill Jobes
Building Contractor (Jobes Builders, Ltd.)
TOWNHOUSE / MULTIFAMILY
John Semmelhack
SCHOOLS
Barbara Gehrung
Dipl.-Ing. Ach. / Cert. PH Consultant (BG Design & Consulting)
RETROFITS / HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Giovanna Galfione
Architect (Galfione + Cox Studio)
COMMERCIAL PH
Adam Cohen
Design/Builder (Structures Design Build)
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PANEL DISCUSSION:
Dale Abrahamse(Abrahamse & Company Builders)
Adam Cohen(Structures Design/Build)
Jeff Erkelens(Latitude 38)
Daniel Ernst(Promethean Homes)
Bill Jobes (Jobes Builders)