Description Of This Tour

The climate crisis is escalating, and we’re told the solution is to electrify our heating, insulate our homes and install solar panels on our roofs. But what does this future look like? Join local architect Chris Allen for a tour through two recently completed energy retrofit projects on the Naramata Bench. The tour will start above the KVR in Penticton, where a 1970s home has been renovated to add exterior insulation, exterior shading, and outdoor living spaces perched over the rail trail. We will then head north to Naramata, where a more recent vintage home has been expanded with a carriage house and courtyard pool, wrapped in a super-efficient shell, and opened up to panoramic views of the valley.

Tour Leader: Chris Allen, Architect AIBC, Principal, Landform Architecture Ltd.