Home Features Overview
2023 Homes
The 2023 Green Home Tour returned after a brief hiatus, and expanded beyond just the boundaries of Boulder. There were 8 homes in the Boulder, Louisville, Superior, and Nederland area, with a wide range of techniques showcased. From homes made with earthen and natural materials to Passive Houses under construction, there was something for everyone.
2021 Homes
The 2021 tour was smaller than past years, but there were still 3 interesting homes to explore.
2019 Homes
The 2019 tour featured 8 green homes, consisting of both modern and renovated homes. The homes included a variety of sustainable aspects, including passive solar design, structural insulated panels, a micro grid, radiant floor heating systems, and all-electric (no gas).
2018 Homes
This year, the self-paced tour featured 7 green “homes,” including single-family housing, a sustainable community, an urban farmhouse and a creative artist’s studio. The homes included a wide variety of sustainable aspects including passive solar design, ground source heat pumps, solar energy systems, alternative insulation materials, the latest in window technology, non-toxic, renewable and recycled materials, water conserving plumbing and landscaping, and much more. The homes were among the greenest in the Front Range and included novel sustainable building materials, earthen finishes, extensive use of passive solar and adaptive reuse of materials.
2017 Homes
This year, the self-paced tour featured 9 green “homes”, including a tiny house, a sustainable mobile café, single-family housing, multifamily housing and mixed use buildings in Boulder. The homes included a wide variety of sustainable aspects including passive solar design, ground source heat pumps, solar energy systems, alternative insulation materials, the latest in window technology, non-toxic, renewable and recycled materials, water conserving plumbing and landscaping, and much more.
2016 Homes
This year, the self-paced tour featured 10 green homes, including a tiny house, a tiny container house, two cohousing units and a multifamily unit in Boulder, Louisville and Lafayette. The day culminated in a celebratory after-party and Green Expo which was open to all tour participants, volunteers and sponsors.
2015 Homes
The self-paced tour featured 8 privately owned green houses, an affordable multi-family project, and a co-housing project all in the Boulder area. More than 100 local businesses contributed to the design and construction of these homes and each home provided educational materials about the latest green building techniques and systems. Some of the homes were among the greenest in the nation and included LEED Platinum, Net Zero Energy and even “regenerative housing“ (making more energy than it consumes).