2010 Michiana Solar Tour
part of the
ASES National Solar Tour
Saturday, October 2, 2010
10:00 am - 2:30 pm
The ASES National Solar Tour is the world's largest grassroots solar event. This event offers participants the opportunity to tour homes and buildings to see how neighbors are using solar energy, energy efficiency, and other sustainable technologies to reduce their monthly utility bills and help tackle climate change.
This is a FREE, self-guided tour of sites using renewable energy like solar and other green practices. Learn from people who live green methods to conserve our natural resources in real, applicable ways. It includes homes and businesses in Northern Indiana and Southwest Michigan.
Guide Books: Will be available in September at sites throughout Michiana. Or you can pick them up at any location on the tour on Saturday, October 2.
Solar Basics presentations will be held at 10:15 am and at 1:15 pm with solar expert Leon Bontrager at the Gusho Residence, 2514 S. Main Street, Goshen, IN 46526. These will be brief, to present some basic solar energy information, such as how it can be utilized in your home or business, as well as some basic economics of solar. Refreshments will be served and solar professionals will be available to answer your questions.
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About the Solar Sites:
Hess Home: 5 kW Grid-Tied Solar PV System
Nafziger Home: Solar Hot Water System
Shantz Home: Solar Hot Water System
Reser Home: 5.5 kW Grid-Tied Solar PV System and Solar Hot Water System
Wolfgang Home: 3.1.5 kW Grid-Tied Solar PV System and Solar Hot Water System
Kanczuzewski Home/Stillwater Community: 2.5 kW Grid-Tied Solar PV System
Kanczuzewski Home: 7.2 kW Grid-Tied Solar PV System with Generator
First Federal Savings Bank: 8.1 kW Solar PV System
Levinson Home - The Low Carbon Lakehouse: 5.5 Solar Electricity System and Solar Hot Water and Air Heating System
Part of the ASES National Solar Tour, www.nationalsolartour.org





