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Saturday, October 05, 2002

The fifth annual Pittsburgh Green Buildings Tour, featuring an earth-sheltered home near Grove City and eight other area buildings, will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today.

The sites -- all built with Earth-friendly construction techniques and technologies -- include Ron Garasz's home built into a hillside in Lawrence County, Conservation Consultants Inc.'s building on the South Side, Audubon Beechwood Farms in Fox Chapel and the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank in Duquesne.

The tour is free. For more information, call 412-431-0709 or go to http://www.nesea.org/buildings/2002openhouse/2002papittsburgh.php.