Registration is required. Sign up by going online at http://www.northwestsolargroup.org/
Sign up and come join us on our annual Tacoma Solar Tour. This is your chance to tour innovative green homes to see how you can benefit from solar energy, energy efficiency, and other sustainable technologies to help lower your monthly utility bills, reduce your carbon footprint and do your part to help tackle rising energy prices and climate change. Explore the different systems homeowners have installed, from solar panels for producing electricity, solar hot water systems for heating water, or to see first hand how driving an electric vehicle can actually save you money over a gas-powered one. Come with your questions and see first hand how adoption of solar can be economic and ecologic, good for your wallet and good for the planet.
The Tacoma Solar Tour (TST) is our local contribution to the National Solar Tour, the world’s largest grassroots solar event. Nationwide, more than 160,000 participants will visit some 5,500 buildings in 3,200 communities across the U.S. In our 5th year, the TST features over a dozen green home sites in the greater Tacoma metropolitan area.
The 2012 TST takes place on Saturday August 4 from 9 am – 3 pm. Meeting point is at the solarized home of David Lee, 3614 N. 30th St., Tacoma. The Tour will consist of two sessions, a morning and an afternoon one along with a complementary BBQ lunch (all participants welcome but you must pre-register). At the start point, you will be given a list of homes, their addresses and maps should you wish to drive on your own selecting those sites you wish to visit. Or if you want to visit all of them, then consider taking the NWSG-sponsored vanpool and enjoy the advantages of a solar expert guide.
Registration is required if you want to ride the vanpool or attend the BBQ Lunch. Space is limited so please sign up early. You can register by going to our website www.northwestsolargroup.org and sending us an email. Simply go to “Contact Us” and click on “David Lee” and complete the short form to register. Please indicate in the comment field how many are in your party and whether you intend to drive on your own or vanpool. It’s that easy!
We hope to see you there.
David Lee
Stan Lee
2012 Solar Tour Coordinators