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Season’s final Green Building program explores innovative projects
May, 21, 2012
Contact: Senior Building Consultant Anthony Floyd, 480-312-4202, afloyd@scottsdaleaz.gov
Season’s final Green Building program explores innovative projects
Attend the final in a series of free Green Building lectures on Thursday, June 7, and you can learn about Xiwang, a city powered by solar, wind, bio-fuels and aneutronic fusion -- defined as any form of fusion power where neutrons carry no more than 1 percent of the total energy released.
The free program, “Innovative, Practical and Down to Earth Green Projects in Scottsdale and Beyond,” is from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Granite Reef Senior Center, 1700 N. Granite Reef Road.
Veritas Homeschooler students created the fictional city of Xiwang as part of the national Future City Competition. Xiwang is Taiwanese for “city of hope.” As part of the competition, middle school students design and build future model cities. The students’ project finished first in the Arizona regional competition. Read about Xiwang and the Future City Competition: http://www.futurecityarizona.org/.
Attendees also will learn about other innovative and practical projects that exemplify sustainable, green design and renovations. They include:
• Green Builder Kevin Edwards will discuss his work renovating a fire-damaged home and turning it into a passive solar, energy-efficient and green project. Edwards worked through the city’s Green Building program to accomplish this job. He also is responsible for designing, engineering, permitting and constructing the first straw-bale and “autoclaved aerated concrete block” buildings in Scottsdale.
• Carlos Bill will provide information on earthen construction including adobe, cob, earthen plasters and living roofs. His philosophy is to explore the past for solutions to the future for building. Instead of inventing new technologies, Bill looks to the simplicity of using earthen materials as a response to issues of water use, energy efficiency, material resource and air quality.
The program is open to the public, and reservations are not needed. For more information, call 480-312-3111 or visit www.Scottsdaleaz.gov/greenbuilding/lectures.
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