You have a chance this weekend to tour homes that are using solar energy through the 17th Annual Metro Washington, D.C. Tour of Solar Homes and Buildings.
Just go to http://www.solartour.org/ and click on 'Tickets' for the tour. Then, either download the tour guide booklet for free or go to one of the ticket outlets and purchase the guide for $5. You'll need one tour guide booklet per household which will serve as your ticket to tour the solar houses.
I just downloaded my guide and it has maps and descriptions of the houses. It also has advertisements for solar companies and incentives that Maryland, D.C. and Virginia offer.
The EcoVillage house is #21 on the Solar Tour (see the EcoVillage post).
This event as well as the Solar Decathlon (see another post) comes at a great time! We'll be exploring solar with all kinds of activities at our next meeting (Monday, October 15th).
If you attend the Solar Tour, we'd love to hear about it at our next meeting!
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