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International Passive House Days Tours

International Passive House Days

We will be giving tours during the international passive house days. Check out

http://www.meetup.com/NYPassiveHouse-NYC/events/226524444/

for more information! We hope to see you there!

 The house will be available:

 Friday        11/13/2015 from 4p-7p
 Saturday    11/14/2015 from 10a-6p
 Sunday      11/15/2015 from 10a-5p

We have the 1st deck down and will be starting on the walls this week. Caution - dress warm since we are not weatherized yet!
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