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Attainable and Sustainable Housing: Featuring Kor Community Land Trust
September 3, 2019
$65 – $75This is the fourth of seven panel discussions exploring topics related to and sites on the 2020 Green Tour. Visit the full schedule here.
Get the scoop on how and why this affordable housing organization is building zero energy homes. If they can do it—can you?
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Kôr Community Land Trust was founded in 2015 to address the need for attainable homeownership in Bend. Many hard-working members of our community, such as those who work in our schools and grocery stores, cannot afford to purchase a home and put down roots here. Kôr provides permanently affordable homeownership opportunities for these important community members and their families.
Kôr’s homes will be built to minimize energy and water use. This is sustainable from both an environmental perspective AND a financial one by keeping utility bills low for the homeowner. At Kor’s first development, Kôrazon, they are developing zero energy homes–that is, homes that produce as much energy as they use–with no utility bills.
Why zero energy? Because it means their families can reliably count on stable housing costs, even as utility costs continue to increase. Because it means healthier indoor air quality. And because the homes will be more durable and need fewer repairs over the life of the home. Spoiler alert–zero energy homes might just be the missing link to creating more affordable housing for our entire community!
Join us to hear from Kor’s team including their designer, home performance consultant, solar contractor, and envelope specialist to see how they are cost effectively getting to zero energy and how reaching this goal has the potential to change the lives of the families living in their homes.
Meet our panelists
- Amy Warren, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Kor Community Land Trust
- Bruce Sullivan, BASE zero
- Jason Offut, The Shelter Studio & Co-Found, Kor Community Land Trust
- Joe Mazzarella, System Design, Sunlight Solar
- Peter Grube, Partner, Northwest Aerobarrier
Thank you to our presenting sponsor, Energy Trust of Oregon with additional support from E2 Solar, Miller Lumber, Saginaw Sunset, Stemach Design + Architecture, and Earth Advantage.