Started making some phone calls today. So many avenues to explore, which ones to target first?!? Call number one was to Energy Trust. I was hoping to have a Home Energy Review completed for the new house, but quickly learned that in order to be helped by this company you must first be a customer of electric or gas heat. Zolton and I are not at that point yet in the house so it was time for call number two. Mike O'Brian at the City of Portland was an excellent contact. He works in the office of Sustainable Development and has an incredible wealth of knowledge to share about Green building. His department has the name G/Rated and offers free technical assistance for Portland wide Green projects, holds educational tours and classes, puts on the Build-It-Green Tour of Homes and publishes the Green Home Remodel Guide. It is an awesome program that the City is offering! Check out the web site: www.green-rated.org
After speaking with Brian in length about Zolton's and my aspirations for the house, we set up a time for the following week for us to meet and for him to see the property. Not bad for just two phone calls. The ball on our green remodel is already rolling!
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