2009 NC Green Building & Solar Tour

Local Community Tours Will Be Held on Saturday, October 3, 10 & 17th

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.

Please click on the appropriate local tour link below (hyperlinked tour name) to access more information on each local tour, including the date and hours, details about the tour sites, the green building, solar and energy efficiency solutions that will be on display, how to purchase tickets, and other helpful information. If you have questions about a local tour, please contact the tour organizer listed with each local tour.







Asheville Tour
 Saturday, October 10, 11am - 4pm
Matt Siegel, info@wncgbc.org

Boone/High Country Tour
Saturday, October 3. 8am - 4pm
(Guided tour;breakfast and lunch are included)
Quint David, q5quint@gmail.com
Chatham County Tour
October 16, 5-8 pm
October 17, 10am - 4pm
Laura Lauffer, llauf177@cccc.edu		 Durham County Tour
Saturday, October 3, 10am - 4pm
Darrell Edgley, darrell@durhamsolartour.com
Greenville Tour
Saturday, October 3, 10am - 3pm
Karen Wagner, wagnerk@ecu.edu		 Hendersonville Tour
Saturday, October 17, 12:30 - 3pm
Gary Prichard, prichard@mchsi.com
Hickory Tour
Saturday, October 3, 8am - 5pm
Rob Howard, rob@homeenergysol.com 		Wake County Tour
Saturday, October 3, 10am - 4pm
Kathy Miller, Kathleen.Miller@yessolarsolutions.com
Wilmington Tour
Saturday, October 10, 10am - 4pm
Nick Lauretta, nlauretta@mckimcreed.com		 Winston-Salem Tour
Saturday, October 3, 9am - 1pm
Rosa Otero, rosa.otero@salem.edu
Sarah Olson, sarah@leaprealty.net

 

And, mark your calendar now...

Sunstainable Sandhills Green Living & Design Tour
 Saturday, November 7 - Tour sites in 8 counties plus Fort Bragg
Heather Brown, brownh@ctc.com


The 2008 Green Building & Solar Tour featured close to 80 sites in 12 communities from the mountains to the coast over two weekends - and the 2009 tour is expected to be even larger and more successful!  Click here to view the 2008 statewide tour guide, which showcases selected sites from each local tour, as well as information about renewable energy technologies, energy efficiency solutions and green building techniques.

Below are several of the homes, businesses, schools and the NC Solar House, which were featured on the 2008 Green Building & Solar Tour in communities across North Carolina: