Want to learn about solar power? Knock on your neighbor’s door. With 648 community solar tours registered to date the ASES National
Solar Tour is the world’s largest grassroots solar event. This event offers you the opportunity to tour innovative green homes and buildings to see how you can use solar energy, energy efficiency, and other sustainable technologies to reduce monthly utility bills and help tackle climate change.
Maybe it’s tricky to connect the dots between climate change and human survival on the earth, but it is real and we all have an opportunity to something about it. For an interesting perspective listen to a green renaissance IV or read author Archil Daug’s writing.
NATIONAL SOLAR TOUR – HOUSTON 2009
This year ASES (American Solar Energy Society) expects more than 160,000 participants will visit some 5,500 buildings in 3,200 communities across the U.S.
Now in its 15th year, this event is coordinated nationally by the nonprofit American Solar Energy Society in collaboration with dozens of outstanding partner organizations. It takes place annually during the first Saturday in October in conjunction with National Energy Awareness Month. Among the menu of solar solutions showcased in this year’s National Solar Tour are investments that have helped a couple beat Wall Street with their green ROI, an Iraqi war veteran now fighting in the renewable revolution, solar-powered homes, schools, public agencies, condo complexes — and businesses that run the gamut from solar-powered poultry farms to funeral homes.
Richard Burns ASES National Solar Tour Manager says“Interest in the solar industry is cooking, and consumers across the nation are eager to sample its wares, which bring enticing tax credits, cash rebates, improved property values and cleaner communities to home and business owners across America.” To learn more about the Solar Tour, find a tour in your area, or register your own solar tour.