A green renovation of a Pacific Beach home built in 1912 with original landscaping by “Mother of Balboa Park” Kate Sessions, is on this year\u2019s San Diego Green Building Council\u2019s Green Homes Tour Sunday, Oct. 21.
\nOwned by the Victor family, the residence showcases grass-roots sustainability. “When we learned of the home\u2019s historic value, we decided to maintain its integrity, and that\u2019s how we started integrating sustainability into it,” said Kristen Victor, noting their dwelling had no air conditioning, heating or ventilation.
\nWhat the Victors did was to adapt their home to use natural ventilation to heat and cool it.
\n“We also upgraded the home using recycled content with components with zero toxicity,” said Kristen adding, “The guest house was remodeled with 100 percent recycled content.”
\nBut the exterior of the home was where the Victors really went to work.
\n“We put in rain gutters and a screening system that filters debris out of the water,” Kristen said. “We\u2019ve attached a spout and a soaker hose to that which we used to water our food garden.”
\nThe Victors installed a gray water system for their guest house bathroom plumbed through a purple pipe system using gravity flow transferring that gray water into a bioswell for natural cleansing.
\n“We have a food forest now completely watered by gray water,” said Kristen pointing out their sustainability improvements save money while conserving water.
\n“Our water bill went down from $500 a month to $120 to $140 a month,” she said. “We qualified for water cistern rebates. It cost us about $2,500 to put in the system \u2014 and we got $1,500 back in rebates.”
\nNow in its ninth year, the Green Homes Tour celebrates best practices in green building and design while showcasing the innovative work of some of the industry\u2019s top professionals.
\nPacific Beach is among nine San Diego communities to have a sustainable home showcased on this year\u2019s Green Home Tour sponsored by the San Diego Green Building Council, an environmental nonprofit dedicated to providing education, outreach and advocacy focused on green building.
\nUn edificio 'verde' es aquel cuyo dise\u00f1o, construcci\u00f3n u operaci\u00f3n reduce o elimina los impactos negativos, crea impactos ambientales positivos y preserva los recursos naturales. Los edificios ecol\u00f3gicos utilizan eficientemente el agua y la energ\u00eda solar renovable empleando estrategias de reutilizaci\u00f3n y reciclaje mientras utilizan materiales de construcci\u00f3n sostenibles y no t\u00f3xicos.
\nBryon Stafford, miembro de la junta del Consejo de Construcci\u00f3n Ecol\u00f3gica de San Diego, dijo que el prop\u00f3sito de Green Home Tour es familiarizar a quienes no est\u00e1n familiarizados con la \u201cconstrucci\u00f3n sostenible a nivel local\u201d.
\nLas casas se eligen selectivamente, agreg\u00f3 Stafford. \u201cNo queremos casas que solo tengan paneles solares en el recorrido\u201d, dijo. \u201cQueremos hogares con caracter\u00edsticas ecol\u00f3gicas o pr\u00e1cticas sostenibles\u201d.
\nAcerca de la construcci\u00f3n sustentable, Stafford dijo: \u201cHay muchas maneras de construir de manera ecol\u00f3gica, y no agrega mucho al costo. Simplemente est\u00e1 haciendo las cosas un poco mejor que el est\u00e1ndar de la industria. Esto no es ciencia de cohetes. Es usar diferentes productos que durar\u00e1n m\u00e1s\u201d.
\nThe popular one-day event will showcase homes in South Park, Normal Heights, Pacific Beach, Point Loma, La Jolla, Encinitas, Vista, Lakeside and Campo.
\nEn la visita autoguiada de 10 am a 4 pm, los asistentes pueden visitar tantos hogares como deseen, reunirse con profesionales de la industria y propietarios de viviendas, y obtener m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre las \u00faltimas opciones de dise\u00f1o, construcci\u00f3n y actualizaci\u00f3n de viviendas ecol\u00f3gicas.
\nLas entradas ya est\u00e1n a la venta por $15 por persona. Hay descuentos disponibles para miembros del Consejo de Construcci\u00f3n Ecol\u00f3gica de San Diego ($10) y estudiantes ($5, con identificaci\u00f3n). Los ni\u00f1os menores de 16 a\u00f1os entran gratis y deben estar acompa\u00f1ados por un adulto.
\nVisit the tour website, sdgreenhomestour.org, for an updated lineup of home sites, project descriptions and photos.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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