Come on out on Saturday! You can also get the directions from our
website, svionline.org. Carol
Directions for the 9th National Solar Tour in the Chattanooga area
Saturday, October 1, 2005, and Sunday, October 2
Free and open to all!
Come on out and enjoy the autumn colors in the beautiful Sequatchie
Valley while you learn all there is to know about making electricity
from the sun at the Sequatchie Valley Institute! You can also visit
places in Chattanooga and the surrounding area that are using solar
energy. Many uses of solar and other renewable technology and
alternative building techniques will be demonstrated by the open
houses. Have you seen the biggest solar array in the Southeast? It's
covering a parking lot at Finley Stadium and is sponsored by TVA's new
Green Power Switch program. The National Solar Tour is organized by the
American Solar Energy Society. The local tour of Chattanooga, the
Sequatchie Valley, and the southern Cumberland Plateau is sponsored for
the 9th year by the Sequatchie Valley Institute, a non-profit
organization that promotes sustainable living and technology. For
solar tours in other locations, please see the website
www.ases.org/tour/.org or nationalsolartour.org.
The Genovesi home in Chattanooga, which is open for the tour,
is a participant in the TVA Green Power Switch Generation Partners
program. This is an exciting new aspect of solar energy which supports
the installation of solar and wind generating facilities by individual
homeowners and businesses. In areas where the power distributors
support the program, consumers can install small renewable energy
systems that connect to the electric grid. Any extra electricity
produced by the renewable energy system can flow into the utility grid,
and TVA pays for this “green” electricity by providing credit on the
consumer’s electric bill! This is a simple and inexpensive way to
encourage the use of renewable energy systems. Benefits include an
inexhaustable supply of locally produced pollution-free electricity.
More people throughout Tennessee are either building solar or want to,
and some are still waiting for their local power distributor to sign on
to the Generation Partners program. Go to www.greenpowerswitch.com for
more information.
The Sequatchie Valley Institute will be open for tours and
technical information. We can also provide directions to the other
homes open for tours. Call 423-949-5922, e-mail [log in to unmask]
or visit our website www.svionline.org for more information and
complete directions to participating homes.
OCTOBER 1, 2005 SATURDAY
Chattanooga Area
Genovesi Home.Green Energy Program provider, with "dual metering".
Solar electricity from the home system is sold back to Electric Power
Board. Total electric bill for March was under $7. Sunny Boy Utility
Intertie Inverter, 20 Evergreen Solar Modules on specially designed
dormers. Each panel is 110 watts, 12 Volts.
Time:10 am to 1 pm. (To arrange other times, please contact: Caara, at
404-725-0361)
Location:1106 Hanover Street, Chattanooga, TN (In North Chattanooga)
Directions:From downtown Chattanooga, take Veteran's Bridge to Barton
Avenue.
At Hanover Street, turn left (just before Greenlife Grocery on right).
Go up the hill. House is on the left, just after Winthrop Street. Look
for white mailbox, #1106. Call above number for more details.
Finley Stadium. Finley Stadium has the largest solar electricity
generation complex in the Southeast covering part of the Finley Stadium
parking area. If you go to the Sunday Chattanooga Market, you will see
the panels just across the road.
Time:You can visit anytime.
Location:1826 Carter Street. Finley Stadium south parking lot.
Directions:From MLK, turn south on Chestnut to 20th Street.
No representatives will be there but you can park under the solar
panels. Electricity from these panels goes into the TVA electric grid
through the Green Power Switch program. For more information, call Rita
Livesey at TVA, 751-8027, [log in to unmask]
Sequatchie County (Between Dunlap and Whitwell)
Sequatchie Valley Institute at Moonshadow.Off grid, photovoltaic
electricity, Trace Inverter, RV Solar boost charge controller,
Zomeworks Tracker, Trojan batteries, Southwest Wind Power wind charger,
Sunfrost refrigerator, passive solar, hand-crafted buildings of rock,
logs and clay, solar greenhouse, hydroelectric system and passive hot
water system under construction.
Time:10:00am - 6:00pm Central Time.
Contact Info:Telephone: 423-949-5922
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Website: www.svionline.org
Location:1233 Cartwright Loop, Whitwell, TN 373797.
Directions:Take I-24W from Chattanooga toward Nashville.
Take exit #155 (Dunlap). Turn right on to Hwy. 28. Go 18 miles North
from I-24 (you will go through Whitwell). Watch for Cartwright
Automotive on your left. Turn left just past this on to Cartwright
Loop. Follow this road for 0.7 miles to a Solar Tour sign. Turn right
and park, walk across dry creek to the first house. You will be met
here.
Nona McIntyre Home.Passive solar Mother Earth News design; circular and
earth bermed.
Time:10:00 am to 6:00 pm Central Time.
Contact Info:See Sequatchie Valley Institute above.
Directions:See Sequatchie Valley Institute above.
Mildred Kimmons Home.Passive solar construction with net-metering (or
dual-metering) capability, when the TVA Generation Partners Program is
approved by the Sequachee Valley Electric Co-op. Green architecture and
Healthy House design used throughout to provide a non-toxic and
environmentally friendly living space for elder living (93 years
young!). Both interior and exterior built with Southern Pine
Beetle-killed pine and other local and salvaged materials. Wall
insulation made from blue jean scraps.
Time:10:00am to 6:00 pm Central Time.
Contact Info:See Sequatchie Valley Institute above.
Directions:See Sequatchie Valley Institute above.
Monteagle/Sewanee Area
Chris Lancaster and Ericka Hofmeyer Home. Passive Solar, Solar
Photovoltaic, Straw-bale, Post-and-Beam Construction with site-milled
lumber, Grade-beam foundation, Rain Water Catchment.
Time:12noon - 4pm
Location:1105 Ravens Den Road, Sewanee, TN 37375
Contact Info:931-598-9198
Directions:Take I-24 to Sewanee/Monteagle Exit #134At the exit go west
on to US-41.
Go 3.5 miles to yellow flashing light. Turn left on to Jumpoff Road, TN
156.
Go 0.5 miles to stop sign. Turn left and then bear right continuing on
Jumpoff Road, TN 156.
Go 4.4 miles. When you see Marion County sign bear left on to Jumpoff
Mountain Road.
Go .2 miles and turn at first left on to Ravens Den Road. Go 1.1 miles
and notice driveway and painted mailbox on left. Turn up driveway and
continue for .2 miles.
OCTOBER 2, 2005 SUNDAY
JASPER AREA
Holly & Ron Abrams Home. solar water pumping system
Time:1:00pm - 6:00pm Central Standard Time.
Contact Info:Please call the Abrams at 931-592-8048 to get directions
to their home.
Carol Kimmons, Education Director
Sequatchie Valley Institute
Research and Education in Ecology and Sustainable Living
Rt. 1 Box 304
Whitwell, TN 37397
423 949-5922
Website: svionline.org
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