[All] Visit GREEN buildings and attend a Green Building talk, and attend a solar open house during Doors Open Waterloo Region (Sat. Sept 15/12)

[Greening Sacred Spaces Waterloo Region]

Dear GREN,

Doors Open Waterloo Region www.regionofwaterloo.ca/doorsopen would be pleased if you could help us to promote:

* Professor Paul Parker's talk Green Buildings to Inspire the Next Generation (held at the new University of Waterloo's Environment 3 building)
* the green buildings taking part in Doors Open (see the complete building list, below)
* the solar panel open house that will take place at Erb St. Mennonite Church (131 Erb St. W., Waterloo) 

Doors Open is a free architecture and heritage event that takes place on Saturday, September 15 (most buildings are open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.).

Please distribute to your lists, post on your website/Twitter feed/Facebook pages and promote widely!  THANK YOU!!

Kind regards,

Jane Snyder
519-747-5139

1) Paul Parker's talk:

Environment 3, University of Waterloo

2 p.m.  TALK

Green Buildings to Inspire the Next Generation: Inside EV3 - Green buildings no longer belong to the future, and Prof. Paul Parker, a green energy expert, will discuss the many technology and operational decisions that enable buildings such as Environment 3 to reduce their environmental impact. Doors Open Waterloo Region has made it a priority to get inside our region's growing inventory of exceptional green buildings. Five are participating this year, and are listed as green buildings in this guide.



2) The Doors Open Waterloo Region 2012 complete site list:


NEW = First time participating in Doors Open. 

Green = Green building, built to LEED environmental standards.

10th = 10th anniversary site: celebrating an anniversary of its own, or participating in some way in the 10th anniversary of Doors Open Waterloo Region.

 

CAMBRIDGE
1) Gore Mutual Insurance Company NEW

2) Cambridge Historic City Hall and Cambridge City Hall Green

3) Fire Hall Museum and Education Centre

4) Wesley United Church 

5) University of Waterloo School of Architecture in Cambridge (Former Riverside Silk Mill) 10th

6) Old Hespeler Town Hall / The Hespeler Heritage Centre

7) Hespeler Hotel NEW

8) St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church

 

KITCHENER
9) Rockway Gardens NEW 10th

10) Waterloo County Gaol and Governor's House 10th

11) Queen Street Conservatory (Former Economical Mutual Fire Insurance Co.) NEW

12) The Walper Hotel 10th

13) St. Matthews Lutheran Church NEW

14) Victoria School Village (Former Victoria Public School) NEW 10th

15) Joseph Schneider Haus National Historic Site 10th

16) WalterFedy NEW Green

17) University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy 

18) A Grander View (Enermodal Engineering) Green

 

WATERLOO
19) Sun Life Financial 10th

20) Bean-Wright House / Hillcrest House

21) St. John's Lutheran Church NEW 10th

22) The Button Factory / Waterloo Community Arts Centre

23) The Waterloo Hotel NEW

24) CIGI Campus

25) 1820 Log Schoolhouse NEW

26) Erb Street Mennonite Church NEW 10th

27) Environment 3, University of Waterloo NEW Green

28) The John M. Harper Branch (Waterloo Public Library) NEW Green

 

WOOLWICH
29) Region of Waterloo International Airport (YKF) (NEW) and Waterloo Wellington Flight Centre (WWFC)

30) St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church and Cemetery

31) Edward Halter Home

32) St. Boniface School

33) SOLRS / WCR Locomotive Restoration Shop NEW

 

WELLESLEY
34) St. Clement Roman Catholic Church

35) St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church 10th

36) Wellesley Township Heritage and Historical Society Historical Room NEW

37) Wellesley Mill / Millstream Market & Grill NEW



3) Erb St. Mennonite Church's 13kw solar array (131 Erb St. W. Waterloo)

Drop in between 2 and 5 p.m. for a Q&A with an expert on Erb St.'s new 13kw solar panel installation and learn about small-scale solar power generation.

Jane Snyder & Karl Kessler
Doors Open Waterloo Region
Saturday, September 15/12, most sites open 10-5

* Free heritage and architecture open house event * Free activities and performances * Special children's programming *
* www.regionofwaterloo.ca/doorsopen * 519-747-5139 * doorsopen at regionofwaterloo.ca *
* Find us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Doors-Open-Waterloo-Region/82880538162 *
* Follow us on Twitter @DoorsOpenWR (hashtag #DoorsOpenWR)

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