"Kitchen Design: An environmentally sustainable approach"

Gerald Chan, CKD, LEED AP

Where: Lone Butte Community Hall and on-site at the Earthship Project

When: Saturday August 14th, all day.

How Much: $150 USD per person.

Preliminary Schedule (to be finalized soon)

9:30am-12:30pm
Slideshow and presentation by Kirsten Jacobsen, Education Director, Earthship Biotecture.
The history and development of the Earthship will be discussed.

Earthship design principles will be explained in detail:

Building with Natural and Recycled Materials Thermal Solar Heating and Cooling Solar and Wind Electricity Water Harvesting Contained Sewage Treatment Food Production in Earthships.
All different types of Earthship designs will be presented and discussed:

Packaged Earthships
Modular Earthships
Hybrid Earthships
Global Model Earthships
Custom Earthships
Other material covered will include:

International Demonstration Projects
Earthship Communities
The Sustainable Development Testing Sites Act The Owner- Builder Earthship Experience 2:00pm-4:00pm Hands-on work at the Earthship constr uction site led by the Earthship Crew.
Learn basic Earthship construction methods. Come prepared to get dirty and have fun!

Tire Pounding
Can Laying
Pack out
4:00pm-5:00pm
Q & A on site with Earthship founder Michael Reynolds.

Earthship Books, DVDs and T-shirts will be available for purchase.

To sign up with a credit card, please call the Earthship World Headquarters at 575-751-0462. Space is limited.

Canada Earthship Network: http://www.earthship.com/canadaseminar

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Michael Reynolds

Michael Reynolds is a world leader in sustainable housing. For over forty years he has been designing and building homes that heat and cool themselves, are built from natural and recycled materials, produce their own electricity, collect their own water, treat their own sewage and grow their own food. He is the author of seven books, the initiator of 3 off-grid communities, subject of the documentary Garbage Warrior and travels with his team around the world demonstrating Earthship/sustainable principles. Recent international projects include: a teahouse in the Netherlands, a sustainable home in Nicaragua, an eco resort in Jamaica, hurricane relief in Mexico, tsunami relief in India, a residence in France and demonstrations in England, Scotland, Norway, Spain, Japan, Bolivia, Bonaire and Honduras. Winter 2008-9 Michael was a guest lecturer teaching Sustainable Architecture at the Bergen School of Architecture, Norway. He is currently working with groups in Port au Prince Haiti to rebuild with sustainable methods while teaching the local population.

Kirsten Jacobsen

Kirsten Jacobsen has been building, promoting, photographing and living in off-grid solar powered Earthships for 16 years. As Education Director for Earthship Biotecture she teaches alternative building techniques such as mud plaster and reused bottle brick wall construction, lectures on Earthship solar power and water catchment systems for school groups and private seminars, acts as media representative for the company, designs educational displays focusing on Earthship design principles, helps organize international Earthship builds and oversees the out of country training program while helping to build Earthships in Belgium, Scotland, England, Spain, France, Hawaii, Mexico and Jamaica. She manages the popular Earthship Intern Program and selects interns from around the world to work on autonomous homes at Earthship Biotecture headquarters in Taos, New Mexico. Her photographs of the unique and sculptural homes of the future have appeared in publications around the world, most recently in The Wall St. Journal and Green Architecture Now, published by Taschen. In 1998 she began building her own Earthship home, a journey that took eight years to complete.

"Thermal Imaging for Residential Applications - Energy Efficiency, Moisture Problems, Quality Assurance"

Torsten Reimann, Certified Energy Advisor, City Green Solutions/Natural Resources Canada

"LED Lighting" 

Courtney Wade, Vertelight

Changes to Part 10 of the BC Building Code and Emerging Green Technologies

Final reminder. Space is limited.
Register online today or download brochure.

The Homeowner Protection Office (HPO) will be in your area to present its Spring 2010 Building Smart seminar. Register today for Building Smart #12 and learn first hand about upcoming changes for Greening the BC Building Code. This practical seminar also explores emerging technologies, including: solar hot water, photo voltaic electric generation, energy efficient lighting, geoexchange and other heat pump technologies, energy efficient windows, structural insulated panels, and non-potable on-site water treatment and re-use.

Each participant will receive a presentation guide and certificate of completion. Sandwiches and light refreshments will be served at the start of the seminar.

Cost: $35 (includes GST)

May 13 • Surrey
Sheraton Guildford Hotel, 15269 104 Avenue
Time: 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

May 18 • Vancouver
Science World at TELUS World of Science,
1455 Quebec Street
Time: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Building Smart participants have remarked that this seminar provides a “great background on options for systems to improve efficiency,” adding that the seminar is “impressive and informative” and “the instructor is highly knowledgeable.”

Registration and full payment required before seminar. 48-hour cancellation notice required.

"What is Sustainability?"

Mary E. Todd, BA, MSc, PhD, Eco-Research and Promotions, Little Red Hen (LRH) Enterprises

*This seminar has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience.

"Geoexchange Heating & Cooling Systems"

Barry Milner, Marketing Director, GeoTility Systems and TerraSource Geothermal Utility Services