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The Tour

2011 8th Annual

ASES HOUSTON SOLAR TOUR & GREEN ENERGY FAIR

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Tour : 9 am – 1 pm

Green Energy Fair : 11am – 5 pm

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The 2011 8th Annual Houston Solar Tour is a self-guided tour that offers visitors the opportunity to learn about solar energy systems, energy-efficiency and sustainable building technologies by visiting residences and businesses in the Houston area that use these technologies in real world applications.

How to Take the Tour

The Houston Solar Tour is a self-guided driving tour.  There are a few ways to view the project sites. You can either look over the Tour project site locations online, gather a few friends to carpool with and start visiting the projects that interest you starting at 9 am. Or, stop by the Green Energy Fair table sponsored by HREG at Tranquility Park where you can pick up a Program Guide, ask some questions and possibly meet others to carpool and start visiting sites. Tour sites are open from 9 am to 1 pm.

******* FREE BUS TOUR ********

A FREE Bus Tour is also offered to the public and leaves from Tranquility Park at 9 a.m. It ends with guests being dropped off right at the Green Energy Fair activities. Registration the day of the event starts at 8 a.m. PLEASE NOTE, seating is limited so please considering your registration seriously before signing up. We will hold seats up until 8:40 am. People are also encouraged to come to registration and carpool with other interested parties.

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Come back to Some Green Energy Fair Fun

At the end of your self-guided tour, swing by Tranquility Park downtown and enjoy the Green Energy Fair which is part of the Energy Day 2011, a day-long event festival. Fun for the entire family, meet companies and organizations of Houston’s renewable energy community to learn and interact on the latest in solar and other sustainable activities. The Green Energy Fair will be located inside HREG Green Energy section at Smith Street and Walker Street.

Houston Solar Social

Real Solutions for Real People

The Solar Tour’s mission is to raise awareness of solar energy and provide an opportunity for the public to see working solar systems in action. The organizers, made up of Houston’s dedicated green leadership, seek to ins

pire individuals to make sustainable energy choices.   We can all benefit from lower utility costs, energy independence, protection from power outages and reduced carbon emissions. Solar energy systems highlighted during the tour include active solar systems: PV, solar hot water and solar pool heaters. In conjunction with National Energy Awareness Month, the  Houston Solar Tour is one of the many similar tours taking place on the same day across the U.S..  The Houston Solar Tour is part of the national initiative of the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and other groups with the objective of promoting renewable energy and energy independence.

Solar Tour Partners

The Houston Solar Tour is made possible by the efforts of the dedicated Board of Directors and Team Members, as well as, the Houston Solar Tour partners.  Our partners are an essential part of the tour.  Please stop by the Solar Social and see who has helped us!

DON’T FORGET TO PICK UP YOUR 2011 TOUR PROGRAM GUIDE, available during the Solar Social or at any one of the Tour project sites.

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