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Solar Tour comes to suburban Atlanta

dahlonega20solairgen.jpgThe Georgia Solar Energy Association (GSEA) has organized a tour of a private residence in Sandy Springs as part of the American Solar Energy Society's National Solar Tour (www.ases.org/tour/). 

This tour allows Atlantans to experience a solar energy application in "Real Places for Real People" and learn energy efficiency strategies and methods, speak with the homeowners and experts and learn how the technology works, what it costs, and why it makes sense.

The featured residence combines solar PV electricity generation with grid-tied net metering, solar pool heating and heat pump high efficiency heating.  Key energy features of the property include:

  • Extensive use of compact fluorescent lighting
  • Solar heat gain reduction through installation of plantation blinds on the east, south and west facing windows
  • Insulation of exposed hot water pipes in the basement
  • Two solar arrays generating a total of 2.2kW of electricity which is sold to Georgia Power via their net metering agreement
  • High efficiency heat pump installation
  • Residential Time of Use Tariff from Georgia Power
  • Passive solar heated swimming pool

Tours will take place on Saturday, October 7th at 10 a.m., 11 a.m. and 12 noon.

If you are interested in this tour, please email solartour@gasolar.org as soon as possible.  Full directions will be given to registered attendees.

Posted on Sunday, September 10, 2006 at 09:13PM by Registered CommenterBurke Sisco in | CommentsPost a Comment

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