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Solar Tour Set to Shine
New Philadelphia Times-Reporter
September 28, 2007 Renewable energy-powered and energy efficient homes and buildings in Ohio and throughout the nation will be shown during open houses, guided and self- guided public tours Oct. 5-7.
Sponsored by clean energy advocate Green Energy Ohio, the Ohio Solar Tour encompasses sustainable features beyond solar energy throughout the state, highlighting hundreds of solar, wind, biomass, LEED design and energy-saving technologies.
GEO Executive Director, Bill Spratley, said most people dont know that many clean energy installations exist all over Ohio.
Many will be surprised to learn that Ohio already has commercial solar electricity, a utility grade wind farm, a manufacturer of solar roofing and a utility-scale wind turbine in downtown Cleveland at the Great Lakes Science Center, he said. Elsewhere, we have solar homes, businesses, schools, bus stops, libraries and even traffic lights.
Tours and open houses are free for the public, and will take place at NASA Glenn (Oct. 5 from 1 p.m. to 6; RSVP required), at Cleveland (kick-off at the Great Lakes Science Center, Oct. 6 at 10 a.m.), East of Cleveland (kick-off at Lake Farmpark, Oct. 6 at 9:30 a.m.), Akron (kick-off at Crown Point Ecology Center, Oct. 7 at noon), Oberlin, Mansfield, Youngstown, Wayne County and surrounding areas.
Visit www.GreenEnergyOhio.org and download the 2007 Northeast Ohio Solar Tour guidebook with information on how to participate.
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