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The 2012 National Solar Tour
Once a year solar owners across the US come together and allow the public to tour their homes, businesses and solar and energy efficient buildings. That time is now. And this year there’s an added bonus, a sweepstakes with nearly $4,000 in prizes! While officially the National Solar Tour takes place on Oct. 6, 2012, [...]
Craig Colorusso’s Sun Boxes Arrive at Vermont State Parks
One of the latest trends in Photovoltaic Solar power technology is solar powered equipment like solar powered sound! What are sound boxes? Sun Boxes are solar powered sound installation(s) powered by innovative leader Craig Colorusso. Sound artist Colorusso, brought his Sun Boxes to Vermont State Parks! Sun Boxes are comprised of twenty speakers spread over [...]
Setting Sail on the Freiburg Sun Ship
For three weeks in late April and early May, I traveled throughout Germany* researching that country’s energiewende, literally, “energy change,” — a transformation from a fossil-fuel economy to a renewable-energy economy (that produces only small amounts of green house gases). Germany has by no means completed the transition. But it is on the way. Most [...]
The Long Island Solar Tour
EcoOutfitters was so impressed by the recent National Solar Tour and Green Buildings Open Housein our home region of Long Island, New York. We visited homes from shore to shore, across the Island, from Nassau to Suffolk County, and met homeowners who are as passionate about solar power as we are here at EcoOutfitters. A [...]
Record 3,200 Communities Hosting Solar Tours this Weekend
Towns and counties from Boulder, Colo. to Muncie, Ind. and Franklin County, Pennsylvania to states like Ohio and Alaska will host more than 160,000 visitors in open house tours of the greenest buildings, according to the society. Most of the tours take place on Saturday. Some are full weekend affairs. Some new areas have come [...]
The San José Solar Home Tour
San José in northern California is one of the most forward cities in the U.S. in terms of green policies, thanks to its Green Vision plan which has put the city at the forefront of the municipal green revolution. Next Saturday (October 01), the city will be promoting a solar home tour to introduce residents [...]
Solar Tour 2010 Revelations
Why do people buy solar energy installations for their home? A solar energy system costs around $20,000 for 2 kilowatts of power and$40,000 for 5 kilowatts of power so the investment requires morethinking than typical purchases. One cannot simply try it out and return it within 30 days. There was a trend amongst the half [...]
ASES National Solar Tour Showcases San Diego Cribs
The 15th Annual National Solar Tour, the world’s “largest grassroots solar event,” is set to kickoff todayacross the country as solar-powered homes and businesses will open their doors to the public. Sponsored by the American Solar Energy Society(ASES), the tours showcase how photovoltaic (PV) panels and solar hotwater systems can help cut electricity bills and [...]
A Tour of the 2010 Shaghai Expo
Recently I spent four amazing, rainy hours at Shanghai’s Expo 2010. The Expo, which is built around the theme, "Better City, Better Life,"is focused on the future of the urban environment and the ways in whichfuture policies and urban strategies will influence sustainabledevelopment in large urban areas such as Shanghai. Like many things in China, [...]