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Results of the Solar Tour 2009

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

The SECRES (South Eastern Colorado Renewable Energy Society) Solar Tour 2009 was a success! This year’s theme was “RE-Powering Southern Colorado.” We got to meet many nice people and raise awareness of the LEED for Homes program in Colorado. This year we focused on two things:

  1. Our LEED Platinum home in Divide (we’ll be hosting an Open House around Thanksgiving of this year), and
  2. SIP (Structural Insulated Panel) building systems (a specialty building method for energy-efficient homes).

We were glad to be a part of this year’s tour, and will be back next year. Thanks to everyone who came, and a special thanks to Cliff Kotnik, Cathy Crawley and the very friendly UCCS staff and SECRES volunteers. You were great to work with!

Below are some photos of our booth:

Ron Jr. standing by our Structural Insulated Panel display and LEED Platinum banner

Ron Jr. standing by our Structural Insulated Panel display and LEED Platinum banner

Ken Matthews, our associate with Building Alternatives, Inc.

Ken Matthews, our associate with Building Alternatives, Inc.

This was our table. We had our Fox21 News clip on a loop, and had a signup sheet for our Open House this Fall.

This was our table. We had our Fox21 News clip on a loop, and had a signup sheet for our Open House this Fall.

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Event: SECRES Solar Tour 2009

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

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SECRES (The South Eastern Colorado Renewable Energy Society) is hosting a Solar Tour in the Pikes Peak Region this Saturday (October 3rd, 2009) in Colorado Springs. It will be a great opportunity for those interested in Solar Energy technology to come and see it in real-life action!

Stauffer & Sons Construction will have a booth at the UCCS Recreation Center building (itself a LEED Gold building), where the event is hosted. Click HERE to view directions and details of the Solar Tour on SECRES’ website. UCCS will be the “information hub” where you can come and see the booths of solar vendors, talk to SECRES representatives, and purchase maps of the homes that are open for touring ($5 donation).

The booths will be open from 9:00am-1:00pm, and you can tour any of the homes until 4:00pm that night.. Come see us to learn more about our LEED Platinum home in Divide, Colorado!

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Leed Home on TV

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Earlier this month, Fox21 news visited our site to check out our LEED™ Platinum home in Divide, CO. Here’s the video clip that ran that night.

Click HERE to sign up for a Green Building Seminar we’ll be hosting in September.

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LEED™ Platinum Home in Colorado

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

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Stauffer & Sons Construction is very proud to announce that we are building a LEED™ Platinum home in Divide, Colorado! This is a major step for us as a green builder, as there are only four certified Platinum homes in the entire state of Colorado, so we are at the forefront of a new building movement. Upon certification, our home will be the fifth in the state, and Stauffer & Sons will have completed the first LEED™ Platinum certified home in all of Southern Colorado!

LEED™ for Homes is a green building program run by the US Green Building Council (USGBC), and is sponsored in part by the US Department of Energy (DOE).

We will be hosting an Open House when the construction is completed in October of this year, but would be very happy to take you on a trip to the jobsite before then. Feel free to email us HERE or call us at (719) 492-3982 to schedule a visit. We would be happy to meet with you and discuss our sustainable building techniques and answer any of your questions about green building.

Be sure to check back here for more news as we’ll be updating our Blog with photos and info about the job!

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