Imagine a home with No Electricity Bills.
If done properly, a smartly built green home featuring solar power, energy-efficient appliances, and proper insulation can result in the owner facing monthly electricity bills amounting to $0, or thereabouts.
This weekend is your chance to tour over two dozen homes on the the 2012 Hampton Roads Solar Tour, held on the Southside and the Middle Peninsula, Saturday October 6 and on the Peninsula Sunday, October 7, 2012.
The 2012 Hampton Roads Solar Tour is a self-guided tour of Hampton Roads homes and businesses that run on solar energy. Selected sites in Norfolk, Newport News, Chesapeake, Poquoson, Williamsburg, Hampton, and Virginia Beach will be open for two days of free open-house tours to showcase technology and share information on solar energy. Experts will be on-hand at each site to answer questions.
Want to save on your electricity bills? Be part of the largest solar event in America by joining thousands of neighbors, homeowners, students, teachers, developers, and contractors to learn how solar energy is transforming the region and the country. Homes and businesses on the tour demonstrate sustainable technologies like solar photovoltaic, solar hot water, solar pool heating, wind power, energy-efficient heating, geothermal heat, super-insulated and energy-efficient design, LEED-certification, green (living) roofs, rain-water cisterns, native plant landscaping, home (kitchen) gardens, rain gardens, and composting, as well as passive heating, cooling and ventilation. Owners and volunteers are available at each home to explain the technologies; their advantages, disadvantages, and financial benefits.
The 2012 Hampton Roads Solar Tour is sponsored by the Hampton Roads Green Building Council. The local tour is part of the 2012 National Solar Tour. This year, more than 170,000 participants are expected to visit some 5,500 buildings in 3,200 communities across the United States. This is the fourth year for the local tour here in Hampton Roads.
Want to Go ?
Who: Hampton Roads Green Building Council
What: 2012 Hampton Roads Solar Tour
Where: Locations throughout Hampton Roads, see details at http://www.hrsolartour.com
When: 10:00am to 4:00pm, Saturday and Sunday, October 6 and 7, 2012
Contact
For maps, schedules, touring instructions, and complete details, visit the 2012 Hampton Roads Solar Tour website at http://www.hrsolartour.com
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