SOLAR TODAY - Fall/Winter 2009

GET STARTED 2010

A supplement of SOLAR TodAy

GET STARTED 2010 and SOLAR TODAY are published by the American Solar Energy Society, ases.org, the U.S. Section of the International Solar Energy Society.

PHILIP ST. JOHN

KYRA WAGNER

Join us on the Solar Tour! On Saturday, Oct. 3, the American Solar Energy Society

presents the 14th annual National Solar Tour in communities across the country. It’s your chance to see how

your neighbors make use of home energy improvements in your climate. To find a tour near you, go to

nationalsolartour.org and click on Find A Tour.
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story on solar buildings, from a solar brewery to the nation’s

633
million Btu
285,185
gallons

largest solar-powered affordable housing community. And

learn how to get started with solar heating.

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