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Bonin Architects & Associates - Green Events
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Our Next Free Green Home Seminar
Details coming soon!
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Bonin Architects & Associates - Past Events
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home, incorporating energy efficient building materials and systems
will result in a healthy, efficient home for your family; saving you
money in energy bills, providing you with a substantial return on your
investment, and increasing the value of your home.
Our seminars
address the home design process, high performance building systems such
as a timber frame and structural insulated panel (SIP panel) enclosure
system and renewable energy systems such as solar, wind, and geothermal
heating. Several times a year Bonin Architects & Associates
partners with area experts to present informational seminars throughout
New England. We have had an overwhelming response to these events and
invite you to join us at our next seminar!
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What can you expect to learn at one of our seminars? Topics vary, but here is a general description of the presentations:
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Green Home Design - Jeremy Bonin, AIA NCARB LEED AP
Guiding Principles of Green Home Design
Sustainability
Phases of Architectural Design
Passive Green Design
Active Green Design
Timber Frame & Structural Insulated Panels
Timber Frame Types & Joinery
Wood Characteristics, species and finishes
Solar Energy Systems
Solar design & geographic location
Solar Hot Water Systems - Features, Benefits &
Cost Variables
Solar Photovoltaic Systems - Features, Benefits &
Cost Variables
Tax Credits and Rebates
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Types of Geothermal Systems
Equipment Needed
Features, Benefits & Cost Variables
Tax Credits and Rebates
Financing
Selling your current home to finance your new home
Construction loans
Project Review Checklists and Budgets
"Green" Mortgages
Application and Approval Processes
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Here's what guests say about our seminars:
"My
wife and I want to thank you again for the invitation to the green home
seminar this past Saturday. We have been attending home shows,
seminars, and visiting log cabin / timber frame manufacturers for the
past eight years and have not gotten half as much out of the time as we
did from your seminar. Jeremy's presentation was brilliant and made
more sense than all the reading and on-line investigating I've been
doing. I had not been considering working with an architect before,
but am convinced now that I should."
"Thank you for preparing
such a well-organized, informational day. We really enjoyed all of the
speakers and learned so much. The house tour was fun and the treats
were delicious. We hope to be talking to you about our site this
summer."
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Past seminars:
Newbury, NH: [Free] Green Home Seminar & Home Tour with Timberpeg and Old Hampshire Designs
Seminar Topics included:
Green Home Design, Timber Frame & Structural Insulated Panels, Solar & Geothermal Heating Systems
Home Tour following seminar:
A 2100 SF timber frame home with solar hot water, solar photovoltaic, and geothermal heating systems
Rutland, VT: [Free] Green Home Seminar with NE Cedar Homes & VT Timber Frames
Seminar Topics included:
Green Home Design, Timber Frame & Structural Insulated Panels, Cedar, Log & Hybrid Homes, ICF Foundation
Systems, Solar Energy Systems, HVAC Systems, Financing Your Green Home
Manchester, NH: [Free] Home Planning Seminar with Riverbend Timber Framing
Seminar Topics included:
Sustainable Home Design, Timber Frame & Structural Insulated Panels, Solar Energy Systems,
Financing Your Green Home
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Home Shows: Log & Timber Frame and Green Shows
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Bonin Architects attends several green building, log & timber, and regular home shows each year. Wherever possible, we volunteer to present seminar topics at the show on Green Home Design. Attendance at the Green Shows has increased greatly, as green home design, green building, and renewable energy systems such as solar, wind, and geothermal heating systems are very popular.
At the last green show we attended, the Green Builders' Show in Essex Junction, Vermont, attendance was exceptional. Fox News Channel 44 Burlington was covering the home show and asked to interview Jeremy.
Here is a list of home shows we've attended this year and last. We look forward to meeting you at a home show near you!
2009 Home Shows:
VT Log & Timber Frame Show / Green Builders' Show, Essex Junction, VT
Northern New England Home Show, Manchester, NH
6th Annual New England Log & Timber Frame Home Show, Concord, NH
2nd Annual Lakeside Living Expo, Gunstock Mountain Resort, Gilford, NH
The Log & Timber Home Show, Hartford, CT
2008 Home Shows:
1st Annual Lakeside Living Expo, Gunstock Mountain Resort, Gilford, NH
Log & Timber Frame Home Show, Harrisburg, PA
Log & Timber Frame Expo, Springfield, MA
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Land Listings -Open House
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| Local realtors and developers often hold Open Houses at view lots and land listings for prospective buyers. Bonin Architects participates as part of their team of experts available to answer questions on energy efficient home design and building green homes, as well as renewable energy systems and specialty building systems such as Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs or SIP Panels) and timber houses.
Past Open Houses at Land Listings:
BBQ Open House at Granite Ridge at Prospect Hill, Sunapee, NH
Hosted by Colby Real Estate, New London, NH
Lots for sale, 5 acres to 15+ acres
Views of Lake Sunapee and Mt. Sunapee
Experts on hand: realtor, green architect, banker, custom home
builder
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Bonin
Architects & Associates, led by Kimberly Bonin and Jeremy Bonin AIA
NCARB LEED AP, is a national architectural firm licensed in NH, ME, VT,
MA, CT, PA, RI, and NY (inquire as to availability of other states).
Green Architect Jeremy Bonin heads every project, creating innovative,
energy efficient home designs for green homes with a specialty in SIP
panels, energy efficient conventionally-built homes, post and beam and
timber frame design while incorporating recycled and energy efficient
building materials and renewable energy systems. Construction
Administration services include working with clients to determine
budget requirements, material choices and product specifications for
quotes, construction team selection, and working with the contractor
throughout the construction process.
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