This year's tour is in Wake County. Friday evening's seminar is an information session about solar design and equipment, with roundtable discussions with a host of solar installers and designers.
The tour begins Saturday morning.

Friday, October 12, 2001
McKimmon Center, NC State University, Western Boulevard and Gorman Street, Raleigh, North Carolina.

• 6:00-7:00 pm Hors d´oeuvres and beverages. Sponsor displays. Registration for Solar Home Tour.
• 7:00-8:00 pm Key Note Address by Larry Shirley, Director of State Energy Office. Welcoming remarks by NC Solar Energy Association. Presentations by NC Solar Center and Advanced Energy.
• 8:00-9:30 pm Sponsor Displays and Round Table Discussions Topics (subject to change) include:

  Solar Hot Water                  ---- Fred Stewart, Solar Consultants
  PV                               ---- Duke Solar
  Tax Credits & Financial Aspects  ---- Bob McGuffey, NC Solar Center 
  Off-Grid Homes                   ---- Chris and Lynn Carter, Solar Village Institute
  Geothermal                       ---- PhilBisesi, Advanced Energy Corporation
  Retrofits                        ---- Chris Larsen
  Passive Design                   ---- Innovative Design
  Green Building  
  

Saturday, October 13, 2001
Solar House, NC State University. Next to McKimmon Center.

• 9-11: 30 am Registration and Displays.
• 10 am- 4 pm Self-guided Home Tours in Wake County. (Homes are open varying times.)

Download registration information
for the Friday evening seminar and the Saturday tour
(an Adobe Acrobat 3.0 PDF file (200k))
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Volunteer! To help out with this or future Solar Home Tours, write to: David Schroeder

Other NC Solar Tours:

Asheville:

Large contemporary totally solar-powered home featuring photovoltaics, sunspace, passive solar design, solar water heating and many energy efficient appliances will be open on October 13. Call Ske Boniske for directions and information:

Boone: Appalachian State University Solar Energy Society Tour

This tour will be on October 13 and will feature 5 homes. Features include:

• Solar Water Heating
• The Carolina Waterstove
• Passive Solar Design
• Sun Rooms
• Photovoltaics
• Strawbale Construction

This will be a van tour; capacity is limited, so sign up early. Please contact Scott Suddreth at:

Wilmington:

The thirty foot MOG solar electric yacht will NOT be on display this year at Wrightsville Beach, NC as it has been for past Solar Home Tours. The boat will be at Reid Yacht Restoration, 8118 Market Street, Wilmington, NC 28411. The solar electric yacht has performed exceptionally well over her last ten years and is to be lengthened to about 41 feet. Those who wish to see the boat must contact Mr. Reid at 910- 686- 0620 and George McNeir (yacht owner) at 910- 686- 9914.
 
 

    NCSEA tours are part of...

The American Solar Energy Society's National Tour of Solar Homes

The National Tour of Solar Homes is held every October throughout the United States. Solar homeowners open their doors to visitors to demonstrate the renewable energy and conservation features of their homes. The tour highlights solar energy technologies that are working right now, in real places, for real people.  Once again, we plan to hold tours in more than 100 communities in 42 states.

 
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