2007 Statewide Solar Buildings Tour
Information
Dates/Locations:
- Sept. 29 - Flagstaff Solar Tour
- Oct. 5 & 6 - Green Building Expo, Scottsdale
- Oct. 20 & 21 - Phoenix/Valley of the Sun Solar Tour
- Nov. 3 - 12th Annual Tucson Solar Tour & Next Generation Home Course
Flagstaff Solar Tour (top)
- Tour Date: Saturday, September 29
- Information: General Information Main Event Flyer
- For More Information: Contact Amanda Acheson, Coconino County Sustainable Building Program Manager at (928) 679-8853, aacheson@coconino.az.gov.
Green Building Expo - Scottsdale (top)
- Tour Date: Friday, October 5 and Saturday, October 6
- Information: Expo Website
Valley of the Sun Solar Tour (Tour of Solar, Green, and Sustainable Buildings)
- Tour Date: Saturday, October 20 and Sunday, October 21
- Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
- Background: Living With the Sun - Arizona Style - 2007 Tours of Solar and Sustainable Buildings. A statewide element of the American Solar Energy Society National Solar Tour. Solar powered, energy efficient, and sustainable homes and buildings in the State of Arizona, in concert with tours across the country, will be shown on public tours. It's all part of the American Solar Energy Society's 12th annual National Solar Tour, the largest demonstration of installed renewable energy technologies, energy efficient building. and sustainability practices in the United States. Tour offers local residents in various Arizona communities, an opportunity to find out how their neighbors are trimming their energy bills, increasing their energy independence and taking steps to address global warming.
- Tour Description: Tour is self guided. With 15 or more sites ranging from new construction (residences, public buildings, etc.) to existing building retrofits to alternative materials (straw bale residence, insulated concrete block residence, building of block made out of waste paper, etc.) and ranging from solar equipment (photovoltaics, solar hot water, solar cooking, etc.) to passive solar design and construction for the desert. A downloadable, printable tour guide with descriptions and travel directions available below.
- Tour Map Options:
- For fast connections - COMPLETE 12 PAGE TOUR MAP & GUIDE - 600KB PDF
- For slow (dial-up) connections - right-click here and save PDF to your local PC
- Trouble with the above methods? View, download, and/or print image files:
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locations:
- coming soon
- Cost: Free
- For More Information: Contact Daniel Peter Aiello, Arizona Solar Energy Association - j2envarch@aol.com or (602) 952-8192
- Hosts/Sponsors: Arizona Solar Energy Association, the State Chapter of the American Solar Energy Society, the Arizona Solar Center, and the City of Scottsdale Green Building Program. Tour is part of the ASES 2007 National Solar Tour - 'Real Places for Real People.'
Tucson - 12th Annual Tucson Solar Tour & Next Generation Home Course (top)
- Tour Date: Saturday, November 3
- Times: The course will be from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Registration starts at 8:00. Those taking the course can get their tour tickets at the same time, and for a discount. The tour will follow the course, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For those not attending the course, tickets for the tour will be available at the same location, from 10:00 to noon.
- Tour Theme: New Ways for Better Living in the Desert - the 12th Annual Tucson Innovative Home Tour, Tucson Solar Tour, and Next Generation Home Course. Sustainability in action!
- Tour Description: Self-guided tour of homes, eco- and co-housing communities, and solar installations. New advances for better homes and better living, with an emphasis on fitting in with the natural environment. Choose among over 15 exceptional, award-winning and nationally recognized homes, speak with owners, designers and builders, and discover new ways to make your home much better and cost a lot less in this special non-profit, non-commercial community sharing of the latest advances.
- Plus the Next Generation Home Course: Tucson’s officially recognized Next Generation Home Program presents the best unbiased, non-commercial information, advise & ideas from local experts for improving your home, remodeling, building or buying the solar, ecological and homeowner-friendly home you’ve always wanted – a comprehensive, factual, information-packed class to help you get what you want in a home and greatly reduce your costs of home ownership, with the emphasis on practicality and cost savings. The course will be from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Registration starts at 8:00. Those taking the course can get their tour tickets at the same time, and for a discount. The tour will follow the course, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For those not attending the course, tickets for the tour will be available at the same location, from 10:00 to noon.
- Tour Location: For Tour and Course, come to Pima Community College’s Campus Center Auditorium, 1255 N. Stone Ave., just north of Speedway. Lots of free parking in front. Just go in the main entrance and follow the signs. Please note: The MapQuest star is in the wrong location - it should be one block south of where it is, in the first block north of Speedway on the west side of Stone.
- Costs: The course is $10 individual or family. You can bring a friend for $5. The tour is also $10 individual or family - bring a friend for $5. You can take the both course and tour for $15. We can accept only cash, so please bring the exact amount in cash and things will go smoother for you - and for everyone else.
- Tour Guide: You won’t need the tour guide ahead of time. You can get all the information, view the selection of homes on the tour and plan your day just by visiting our web site at www.solarinstitute.org the week before the tour. There is also special information for those coming from out of town. Please understand that the web site won’t have complete details until just before the tour. Any updates will also be available on our hotline recording at 520-792-6579, where you can also leave a message.
- Hosts/Sponsors: These events are an annual public service of the Solar Institute in cooperation with a community partnership of non-profit organizations, including the American Institute of Architects, Association of Energy Engineers, Tucson Homeowners Alliance, Tucson Solar Alliance, Neighborhood Coalition of Greater Tucson, Tucson Commission on Disability Issues, Arizona Solar Energy Association, University of Arizona, Pima Community College, City of Tucson, Pima County, State of Arizona, American Solar Energy Society and U.S. Department of Energy.
- For More Information: Download tour flyer (pdf), see www.solarinstitute.org, call hotline (520) 881-4772