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The Eco Builders Guild, South Sound chapter is proud to announce the second annual South Sound Green Tour coming April 16th & 17th. We started the Green Tour last year and it was huge success. Just like last year, we will feature houses and commercial sites that represent the best in green building and sustainable practices. The homes are located through out Thurston County, including Tumwater, Olympia, and Lacey. We will also have workshops at each site demonstrating many of the features of each site. This year we have also added an expo which will be located in the new Lott buildings parking lot. It will house lots of vendors offering a huge array of green products and services.

Another big addition to the tour is that the Seattle chapter has joined in with us and will have a tour of their own on the same weekend. For more information, or if you would like to be a vendor or site sponsor please visit http://www.ecobuilding.org/events/2011-green-home-tour.

At the Olympia Master Builders November meeting Cory Eckert of Laupen Homes LLC. was presented with seven awards for the two homes he had entered into the 2010 Tour of Homes. Their were two types of awards, Judges choice and Peoples Choice, in six different categories.

The awards he won were
Judges Choice
Best Curb Appeal for Bouvier/Rogers
Best of Show for Cooper

Peoples choice
Best Kitchen for Cooper
Best Green Features for Bouvier/Rogers
Best Curb Appeal for Cooper
Best Floor Plan for Bouvier/Rogers
Best of Show for Bouvier/Rogers

All the winners

We are very excited about having our homes honored with these award. We would like to thank everyone who came to visit these to great homes. We would also like to thank our sub contractors and vendors who hard work and expert skills made this all possible.
In particular we would like to thank
Tessa Smith, designer of both homes.
Diane Gassman, Interior Deminsions
Brenda Fritsch, Interior design and cabinet specialist
Brent Hudson, Vessenza by Hudson
Ferguson Plumbing Supply
Mike Anderson, Quality Solutions
Kyle Contrus, Concretions
Todd and Kari Harris, Stone People LLC
Northwest Fabricators Inc.

Both Homes can be viewed on our projects page on this site

These are city’s, places  and county’s we work in; Olympia, Lacey, Tumwater, Shelton, Steam Boat Island, Oyster Bay, Mason County, Thurston County, Rochester, Tenino,  Yelm, Tacoma, Dupont, Linwood, Nisqually, Delphi, Gate, Littlerock, Rainer, Lake St Clair, Long Lake, Ward Lake, Black Lake, Elma, Patterson Lake, Johnson Point, Fish Trap Loop, Boston Harbor, Cooper Point, Eld Inlet, Budd Inlet, Summit Lake, Hewitt Lake, Hicks lake, Chamber Lake, Henderson Inlet, Tolmie State Park, Nisqually National Wildlife Refuse, American Lake, Fort Lewis, McChord  AFB, Offutt Lake, Ground Mound,

Laupen homes LLC. is proud to showcase two homes in the OMB tour of Homes. First we will feature the Cooper home. This is the same home we had in last spring’s Green Tour. If you didn’t get a chance to see it the first time, come out this weekend and be amazed. This home was a challenge to say the least, but we persisted and the outcome is incredible. You can view photos of it on our project page and read the owners comments on our referral page.

The second home we are featuring is the Bouvier/Rogers house, also known as the hobbit house. Now we could really call it a hobbit house without a round door, so a round door it has. Handcrafted out of mahogany wood, the door has a tree carved into it. Master carpenter Mike Anderson was the inspiration behind the door. It is a must see. This home also features a “Floating Loft” over the main entrance and living room. With lots of curves and whimsical features this home is a must see.

Still being painted

But don’t let the playfulness of the home fool you. It has state of the art energy efficient systems including radiant heat and a Heat Recovery Ventilator. Six operable ski lights make for wonderful natural lighting and at the same time allow the summer heat to escape keeping the interior of the home cool without the need for air conditioning. The outstanding blower door score of 1.23, (most new homes receive a 5 or higher) made it easier to received a Built Green level 5, and Energy star certifications.

Cory in front of Mike's beautiful door

Come out this weekend and see these wonderful homes. I look forward to meeting you
Cory Eckert

The ECO-Builders-Guild
South Sound Chapter
Presents
The South Sound Green Tour
Innovation – Education – Inspiration

April 17th and 18th, 2010

A community event to celebrate green innovations through education in sustainable building and inspired living.
This year’s tour will showcase the greenest homes and buildings in our area that incorporate significant use of solar or other renewable energies, new and reclaimed materials, low energy consumption and water conservation technologies, and sustainable design techniques.
Educational sessions will be held at various locations and feature real life topics on how to build and live greener. See our website for more details – www.SouthSoundGreenTour.com The site will be running by January 1, 2010

The Cooper project that we have been building will be one of many homes and businesses that will be open to the public for the weekend. Mark your calenders and join us, it should be a great time

The Northwest Eco Building Guild is an alliance of builders, designers, suppliers, homeowners, and partners concerned with ecological building in the Pacific Northwest.

A vital organization, our mission is to provide leadership in education to transform the built environment and build a sustainable society.