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1. KimJ
   Member

   Frederick Law Olmsted Society presents:

   2007 Architectural Lecture Series #2
   Jerry Marconi & Trevor Wukasch
   Riverside Township Hall Auditorium
   "The Zero Energy Home and Residential Green Roofs"
   Thursday Sept 27th at 7pm.

   The Fredrick Law Olmsted Society presents a two-part lecture at 7pm on Thursday September 27 at the Riverside Township Hall Auditorium

   The lecturers:

   Jerry Marconi, a resident of Riverside will present his sustainable vacation home near Savanna, Illinois. Mr. Marconi, an attorney by trade, appeared recently in The Riverside Landmark "going green" edition presenting his innovative home way from home. Mr. Marconi will go in depth about energy saving systems available to residential home owners, as well as other sustainable materials and methods used in environmentally friendly 'green' construction. He will also discuss the future plans for his "Zero Energy Home" and expand on how similar eco-friendly systems can be implemented at our full time dwellings.

   Trevor Wukasch is a landscape designer for Intrinsic Landscaping, Inc. and Green Roof Solutions, Inc., a notable green roof contractor in the United States. With a background in Environmental Studies and Landscape Architecture, Mr. Wukasch has been involved in large-scale native landscape restoration throughout suburban Chicago. Mr. Wukasch has lectured extensively on the specifics of installing green roofs both residentially and commercially. In this presentation, he will focus on the residential green roof for the homeowner, presenting in detail about the benefits, materials, installation, impact, costs and financial incentives of residential green roofs.

   The Frederick Law Olmsted Society hopes you will join us for this informative and innovative free lecture.

   Posted Thursday Sep 27, 2007 07:44 #

2. ChrisHajer
   Member

   The Marconi's house as seen in The Landmark:

   

   Before buying a 6-acre piece of property in western Illinois back in 2003, Riverside attorney Jerry Marconi never gave much thought to "green" issues. But after building a 3,000-square-foot log home on that land, just east of the town of Savanna, near the Mississippi River, he's become something of an expert.

   At first he looked into what it would take to put his property "on the grid," but the cost was exorbitant and the result, he said, would have been "for the pleasure of having a monthly electric bill."

   So instead, the house is powered completely by both solar and wind power that Marconi said has probably already paid for itself.

   "I have about $12,000 in the system, and I'm done," said Marconi, who said that he will probably incur other costs as he expands the solar power system and needs to replace batteries. "I've never gotten [an electric] bill. It's truly free power."
   

   
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   Posted Thursday Sep 27, 2007 07:54 #

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