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FLAGSTAFF —The Coconino County Sustainable Building Program will host the Superpowers of Sustainable Building Scavenger Hunt on Saturday, September 26th from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., in partnership with the Flagstaff Festival of Science. In order to keep the public safe during this time and to maintain physical distancing guidelines, the scavenger hunt will be a self-guided tour with no or very limited human interaction. Participants will not be touring the inside of buildings, but instead, they will look for sustainable features from the outside or via information found online, such as retrofitted historic homes, construction with innovative design and materials, passive solar buildings, homes with exceptional indoor air quality and houses with extensive water conservation measures. The Coconino County Sustainable Building Program anticipates this new format to be a fun and interactive way for participants to discover the community’s sustainable building super strengths while remaining safe.
The scavenger hunt includes seventeen homes and properties, each with a highlighted sustainable building ‘superpower’ attribute. The Tour’s content will be accessible in a variety of ways in order to be inclusive and allow for flexibility, whether it’s completely virtual, completely in person, or a mixture of both. Photos and information on each building can be found online via the Sustainable Building Program’s website or from the tour packet. A scannable QR code can be found at each site and will direct participants to the website. Downloadable tour packets will be available the day of the tour or can be picked up in person.
This is the Sustainable Building Tour’s 15th year and attracts people throughout county and the state. The Tour provides attendees with perspectives from homeowners, builders, and designers about the living practices, costs, methods, and economic and environmental benefits of building sustainably. Homes and buildings involved in the Sustainable Building Program are models for resource efficiency in the built environment, and can provide valuable learning experiences for potential homeowners, builders, architects, designers, and anyone else interested in sustainable development.
The self-guided tour begins at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore of Northern Arizona where tour packets will be available. Tour packets can also be downloaded online. For more information, or to download the Tour packet, visit www.coconino.az.gov/sustainablebuilding .