Visit homes and businesses that feature sustainable building practices that save energy, water, resources, money, and our environment!
Talk with owners and builders – find out what they did, how they did it, and why
How to Take the Tour
- Print or write down the directions to the first site you want to visit. You can click a link in each site description to download driving directions and a map. Or, you can click here to download directions to all of the sites.
- On the tour day, go to the your first site to purchase your tickets. You will be given printed driving directions and maps to all the other sites
- Tour any sites you want, from 10am to 4pm. (Note: each site will be open for touring one day only: either Saturday OR Sunday)
- After the tour, come back to take our on-line survey: let us know what you liked and didn't like, and what we can do to improve the Tour.
About the GreenBuilt Tour
On Saturday and Sunday, October 4 and 5, San Diego EarthWorks will once again produce a self-guided tour of homes and businesses in San Diego County that features sustainable building practices that are attractive, practical, and affordable today. These structures demonstrate that energy and resource-efficient residential and commercial design and construction are the right way to build. Sites on the tour will include new construction as well as rebuilds and retrofits.
Environmentally friendly construction and retrofit options are available to fit almost any budget or lifestyle. These days, everyone can find ways for their homes and businesses to do more for their pocketbooks as well as the planet.
The Tour takes place over over two days, with different sites available on each day, to allow participants to visit more sites.
What's On the Tour
Homes and businesses around throughout San Diego County will be open for touring.
 The Tour has something for everyone. There are commercial sites and residential sites; sites that are still under construction, just completed, and ones that have been “lived in” for a while; new structures that were designed from the ground up, and ones that are remodels. Some of the sites were also on the last tour, so if you missed them you get another chance.
The structures will feature many different “green” building and landscaping options, including:
- Ecologically sound building materials and technologies (e.g., straw bale and PerformWall construction);
- Energy-efficient building components (e.g., “high-E” insulating windows);
- Water-efficiency features (e.g., gray water systems, native landscaping);
- Alternative energy technologies (e.g., solar electric and solar water heating);
- Healthy building materials (e.g., low-emission paints, nontoxic insulation, filtration systems);
- Recycled and/or reused materials (e.g., renewable bamboo flooring, recycled plastic carpet, composite decking);
- Xeriscaping – landscaping technique using native and drought-tolerant plants to minimize exterior water use.
 Owners, architects, and builders will be available to answer questions about each project throughout the day.
The tour will include new sites, plus a selection of those from last year's tour (you can see how last year's new construction turned out!).
GreenBuilt Tour Guide Book
 Free GreenBuilt Tour Guides, with descriptions of the tour sites, a glossary of “green” building terms, and a resource guide will be distributed throughout San Diego County.
Click here for a list of locations where you can pick up a guide.
You can also pick up one at any GreenBuilt Tour site on the day of the tour.
Click here to download a PDF of the Guide (36MB PDF file).
Purchasing Tickets
You can purchase tickets at any GreenBuilt Tour site on the day of the tour. Tickets are good for both days, for all tour sites.
Click the "Map and Driving Directions" link in each site description for directions to that site, or click here for addresses and directions to all sites.
The GreenBuilt Tour costs $25 for adults. Tickets for students are $20. Ticket holder's children aged 14 and under can tour for free. We accept cash, Visa and MasterCard, and personal checks (with ID).
Volunteering
Like all San Diego EarthWorks events, the GreenBuilt Tour is produced by volunteers. To find out more, or to sign up to volunteer, click here.
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