Hickory Green Building & Solar Tour 2009

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Hickory Green Building & Solar Tour 2009

Covering Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, and Catawba Counties

In partnership with community leaders, partner organizations and the American Solar Energy Society, The North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association will once again host the annual Green Building & Solar Tour on Saturday, October 3, Saturday, October 10 and Saturday, October 17 in communities across our great state. The 2009 tour will educate citizens with the most up-to-date information on a wide range of green building solutions, technologies and energy efficiency measures.

This is your chance to visit and "see up close" various sizes and styles of "green" homes, businesses, schools, privately-owned renewable energy projects, and government facilities featuring solar and/or green building products and technologies on this self-guided tour in communities across North Carolina. Site owners, green builders, contractors, installers and other experts will also be available at tour sites to answer questions and provide more details.

Kickoff Event (8:00 - 9:00)

Western Piedmont Council of Governments

736 4th St. SW Hickory, NC 28602

www.wpcog.org

-Registration with coffee and donuts

-Alternative Fuel Vehicle Display

-Screening of the film "Kilowatt Ours"

Morning Tour (9:00 - 12:30)

-Catawba County EcoComplex

-Passive solar home with renewable energy features

Luncheon at WPCOG (12:30 - 1:30)

-Solar Thermal Presentation

Afternoon Tour (1:30 - 5:00)

-Snow Creek Elementary School

-Green home with ENERGY STAR and NAHB Green certifications

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FREE tour with roundtrip transportation provided

(donations will be collected to cover food and fuel costs)

To register, contact Rob Howard at (828) 217-0506 or rob@homeenergysol.com

Affiliated with the National Solar Tour www.ases.org and the North Carolina Green Building and Solar Tour www.energync.org

Thank you to our sponsors:

Catawba Valley Green Building Council

www.cvgbc.org

Home Energy Solutions

www.homeenergysol.com

Contact Information

Email: info@hickorysolartour.com

Phone: (828) 328-3650

Address: Home Energy Solutions, Inc. PO Box 3352, Hickory, NC, 28603