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Learn how everyday people are taking matters into their own hands to
fight global warming and tour homes employing cutting-edge clean energy
solutions such as solar energy, wind power, and energy efficiency.
The Colorado Renewable Energy Society sponsors the tours happening across
Colorado on
different days starting on September 23rd thru October 7th as part of the
American Solar Energy Society’s “12th Annual ASES National Solar Homes
Tour.”
Click the links below for more information about the 2007 clean energy
home tours.
Boulder Solar Week/Tour of Solar & Green Built
Homes
Date: Tour, Sunday Sept. 30, 10AM-4PM. Part of Solar Week, Sept.
23-30.
Taking Place In: Boulder,
Longmont, Lafayette, Louisville, & Foothills
Presented
by: The Center for ReSource Conservation
For More Information: Amy
Ellsworth, 303-441-3278 ext 13, aellsworth@conservationcenter.org, http://www.conservationcenter.org/e_solarhometour
Tour Description: The CRC proudly
presents Boulder Solar Week 2007. Boulder Solar Week includes a Conference/Expo,
Evening Workshops, and 'The 13th Annual Tour of Solar & Green Built Homes'
Sunday September 23rd to Sunday September 30th. Boulder Solar Week is a premier
event for homeowners to learn about renewable energy and green building
technologies with a full week of educational events to help inspire you to make
sustainable choices.
Tour Fee: $20/car; $10/bike group
How to
Take this Tour: Pick up tour map and guidebook on the day of the tour (Sept.
30) at the CRC's office at 1702 Walnut Street, Boulder between 9AM and 2PM.
Homes are open from 10AM to 4PM. Learn more and register in advance on line at
http://www.conservationcenter.org/e_solarhometour.htm
Delta County Solar Home Tour
Date & Time: Saturday,
October 6, 2007
Taking Place In: Paonia, Hotchkiss and surrounding
communities
Presented By: Solar Energy International (SEI) and
WSERC
For More Information: Please contact Kathy Swartz at SEI,
970-527-7657, kswartz@solarenergy.org
for more information.
Tour Description: Mark your calendar to visit
this website for more information during September before the tour.
Tour
Fee: Free
How to Take this Tour: Mark your calendar to visit this
website for more information during September before the tour.
Denver Tour of Solar and Green Built Homes and
Buildings
Date: Saturday, October 6,
2007 from 9 am to 4 pm
Taking Place In: Denver Metro Area (Golden,
Denver, Lafayette, Stapleton)
Presented by: Colorado Renewable Energy
Society (ASES Chapter)
For More Information: Pamm McFadden,
303-443-4308, pgosun@aol.com, www.cres-energy.org
Tour Description: Lots of new houses on the tour -
including an all solar subdivision and a net zero energy house. Bus tours are
available too!
Tour Fee: $20 per carload, $45 for the guided bus
tour
How to Take this Tour: Check-in starts at 8:00 AM at the brand
new,green-built, Gold LEED rated Aardex Building: 14143 Denver West
Pkwy in Golden. (just north of I-70, Exit 263, down
the road from NREL)
New Castle Solar Home Tour
Date: October 6, 2007 from 10:00AM to 3
PM
Taking Place In: New Castle
Presented by: New Castle Environmental
Advisory Committee
For More Information: Douglas DeNio, 970/984-0617,
dougdenio@comcast.net
Tour Description: Tour 2 energy efficient homes
with grid-tied solar electric systems in the Castle Valley Ranch area of
New castle.
Passive solar is also incorporated into one of the homes.
Tour Fee:
Free
How to Take this Tour: To obtain map locations of solar homes
on tour(2), e-mail public contact:
dougdenio@comcast.net
Northern Colorado Solar
Tour
Date: October 6, 2007 8:30
a.m. - 4 p.m.
Taking Place In: Fort
Collins, Loveland, Wellington
Presented by: Northern Colorado
Renewable Energy Society (NCRES) (ASES Subchapter)
For More Information:
Greg Behm, info@ncres.org, www.ncres.org
Tour Description: Learn about renewable energy technologies
and green building in Northern Colorado. Join
us for a GreenBuilding presentation, self-guided home and
non-residential tours in Fort Collins and
Loveland, and guided school tours of Rice
Elementary in Wellington.
Tour Fee: $5
guidebook
How to Take this Tour: Start with our Green BuildingFort CollinsSenior Center, 1200 Raintree Dr., 8:30 a.m. Take
self-guided home, commercial, and public building tours 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and
guided tours of Rice Elementary in Wellington, 11
a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Purchase guidebooks tour morning at the SeniorCenter, or in advance at Rocky Mountain Sustainable
Living Fair; Cafe Ardour, 255
Linden St, Ft. Collins; or Mile Hi Solar, 2717 W Eisenhower Blvd, Loveland. presentation at the
Pikes Peak Area Solar
Tour
Date: October 6, 2007 10am - 4pm
Taking Place
In: Colorado
Springs, Manitou Springs, Calhan
Presented by:
Southeast Colorado Renewable Energy Society (SECRES) (ASES Subchapter)
For
More Information: Tom Cannarella, ppsolartour@pcisys.net
Tour Description: Mark your calendar to visit this website for more
information during September before the tour.
Tour Fee: $5.00 per
adult
How to Take this Tour: Mark your calendar to visit this website
for more information during September before the tour.
Pueblo – Nature Center Green Fair and Home
Tour
Date: 10/6-7/2007, 10:00
to 4:00 each day
Taking Place In: Pueblo, CO and Pueblo West,
CO
Presented by: Greenway and Nature Center of Pueblo
For More
Information: Ellen Cooney, 719-369-1782, ekcooney@earthlink.net,
www.gncp.org
Tour Description: The Nature Center, where the tour starts, will have
displays from a wide variety of organizations that have environmental programs
or products. Guests will then pick up a guide for the self-guided tour and
select the homes to visit. Homeowners will be present in each home to explain
the green and solar features of their home and landscape.
Tour Fee:
$5.00
How to Take this Tour: Begin the tour at the Greenway and
Nature Center where you can get lots of information from vendors and seminars,
then take the home tour based on which homes in the guide you select to visit.
The Nature
Center is located at
5200 Nature Center
Road, Pueblo, CO 81003. That is west of Pueblo Boulevard,
opposite 11th
Street; the road dead-ends in the
center.
Southwest Colorado
Date: October 6, 2007 from 9am to 3pm
Taking Place In:
Durango,Bayfield,Ignacio,Marvel and Red
Mesa
Presented by: SouthWest Colorado
Renewable Energy Society (ASES Subchapter)
For More Information: Diane
Mee, 970-588-3641
Tour Description: Mark your calendar to visit this
website for more information during September before the tour.
Tour Fee:
$5
How to Take this Tour: Tour maps available at SWCRES booth at
the Durango farm market, Sept 29 and Oct 6 and at the EcoHome Center,3101 Main
Ave, Durango and at RE talks to be announced. Self guided tour, please car
pool, Hours the homes will be opened will be listed on the
map.
Summit County Sustainable Homes Tour
Date: October 6, 2007; afternoon, exact hours TBD
Taking Place In:
Summit County (Breckenridge, Frisco, Summit Cove)
Presented by:
High
Country Conservation Center
For More Information:
Beth Orstad, (970) 668-5703, tour@highcountryconservation.org, www.highcountryconservation.org
Tour Description: The Sustainable Homes Tour shows homes
that demonstrate sustainable design. From strawbale to alternative energy, the
homes exhibit green building features that attendees can incorporate into
existing and new homes. This year's tour will offer a VIP biodiesel shuttle, so
sign up early!
Tour Fee: $10
How to Take this Tour: Space is
limited for this tour, please sign-up by calling (970) 668-5703 or email
tour@highcountryconservation.org. The tour will meet at the EcOasis (0056 CR 450/Huron Rd, by 7-Eleven)
in Breckenridge at 12:00pm and departs at 12:15pm, returning at 4:00pm. This is
a guided tour with limited space, sign-up early to secure your spot. Visit
www.highcountryconservation.org for more info or call (970)668-5703.
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