Eco-Solar Home Tour - Calgary

The Eco-Solar Home tour sign up has been extended until Feb 16th. So far we have 13 homes for the 2024 Calgary tour. We could use at least 3 more. Know of any energy-efficient homes that should be on our tour? Direct them to our web site to sign up.

the Eco-Solar Home Tour Annual free tour of energy efficient homes in Alberta Canada.

We are still looking for homes for the 2024 Eco-Solar Home Tour. If you have a net-zero or energy-efficient home that you would like to show on our tour please fill out our Call4Homes2024 application form available on our web site https://ecosolar.ca/. We need to hear from you before the end of this month please.

Its time to sign up your home for the 2024 Eco-Solar Home Tour! We need to hear from you this month if you would like to be on our tour. We are looking for net-zero homes, retrofits working toward net-zero, and any home that is featuring interesting energy-efficient technology. The Calgary tour will be June 8 and 9. Go to our web site to sign up before the end of this month.

the Eco-Solar Home Tour Annual free tour of energy efficient homes in Alberta Canada.

The call for Homes and Sponsors is open for the 2024 tours. Looking for homes and sponsors in Edmonton, Calgary, and Lethbridge. Find the details at

the Eco-Solar Home Tour Annual free tour of energy efficient homes in Alberta Canada.

The recordings from the Calgary Climate Symposium are now available. Follow the link to view the videos from this year's event.

https://calgary.ca/climatesymposium

The Calgary Climate Symposium is coming up on Oct 23 to 27. This is a free virtual event with a number of interesting speakers. Follow the link to learn more.

Calgary Climate Symposium The Calgary Climate Symposium continues the conversation about climate change, shares how it affects Calgarians, what we can do together, and why we need to talk about it.

Join our friends at Solar Alberta at noon MT on July 20th to learn about the benefits of having solar in your neighbourhood!

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/667040836097

The pictures from the 2023 Eco-Solar Home Tour have now been posted on our web site. Go to https://ecosolar.ca to see the amazing variety of energy-efficient homes in Alberta.

Thank you to everyone who participated and to those that visited the homes. We had 2,121 visits to 34 homes across 3 cities this year.

That's it for this year. We will start up again in December for next year.

the Eco-Solar Home Tour Annual free tour of energy efficient homes in Alberta Canada.

The Lethbridge Eco-Solar Home Tour is happening this weekend on Saturday the 17th of June. There are 5 homes to see including 4 that are net-zero energy. We are also showcasing the Village of Stirling (about 20 min S of Lethbridge) which is the first net-zero (electric) village in Canada. It’s going to be really interesting! https://ecosolar.ca/lethbridge.html , , ,

Eco-Solar Home Tour - Free Tour of Energy Efficient Homes Eco-Solar Home Tour is an annual tour of energy efficient homes in Alberta Canada.

Curious about microgrids and how solar can be integral to them? Join our friends at Solar Alberta on June 22nd at noon MT for this FREE online seminar!
In this seminar, Dr. Andrea Kraj will dive into what microgrids are and how they work. Then, Greg Lytle will provide a concrete example of a successful solar-powered microgrid at Nipika Mountain Resort.
Register here:

Energy Reimagined: The Basics of Microgrids Join us on June 22nd at noon MT for an engaging conversation about microgrids and how solar can be integral to them.

The Calgary Eco-Solar Home tour is done for another year. Thank you to everyone who made the tour possible. Thank you to our homeowners who opened their homes, to our sponsors for keeping the tour free, and thank you to the visitors that make the tour worthwhile. If you missed the Calgary tour, you can still head down to Lethbridge for next weekend’s tour on June 17th. You can also see the videos from our 2021 virtual tour of 31 homes at https://ecosolar.ca/links.html. Check back to our web site for pictures of this year’s 2023 tour around the end of June.

Thanks again. We will put out the call for homes for the 2024 tour in November. Join our mailing list (https://marketingsuite.verticalresponse.com/s/calgarysignup) to get all of our announcements. , , , ,

Eco-Solar Home Tour - Sponsors Eco-Solar Home Tour is an annual tour of energy efficient homes in Alberta Canada.

There is still time to see the Eco-Solar Home Tour! There are 7 more homes to see today. Go to our web site at https://www.ecosolar.ca for descriptions, addresses, and a map to the homes. The three homes north of the city will open early at 10 am (2 in Airdrie and one in Balzac). Then there are 4 homes in the City that will be open from noon to 5 pm. We’ll see you on the tour! , , , ,

It’s tour day! There are 7 tour sites open today. There are three new homes, two retrofits, and a garage suite. Today we also feature the City of Calgary’s composting facility with their 4 MW solar farm. There are two homes in Bragg Creek that will open earlier today at 10 am. Then there are 5 homes in Calgary that will be open from noon to 5 pm today. Go to our web site at https://www.ecosolar.ca for descriptions, addresses, and a map to the homes. We’ll see you on the tour! , , , ,

The Bragg Creek Energy-efficient Home is site #1 on this year’s Eco-Solar Home Tour, open Saturday Jun 10th from 10 am until 5 pm. This home shows that a stylish home can still be energy efficient. By using insulated concrete forms and efficient details throughout they have created a beautiful home in the foothills. See this home’s details athttps://ecosolar.ca/yyc01.pdf , , , , , https://ecosolar.ca/

The Bragg Creek Passive House is site #2 on this year’s Eco-Solar Home Tour, open Saturday Jun 10th from 10 am until 5 pm. This home uses the Passive House design model to create a home with very low energy needs. This all-electric home features heat pump heating and should achieve net-zero when the planned solar array is added later. See this home’s details athttps://ecosolar.ca/yyc02.pdf , , , , , https://ecosolar.ca/

The Wolf Willow Net-Zero Energy Home is site #3 on this year’s Eco-Solar Home Tour, open Saturday Jun 10th from noon until 5 pm. This show home was a finalist for best production NZE home and best interior design. Come and see this beautiful show home which has all the newest features with an energy-efficient design. See this home’s details athttps://ecosolar.ca/yyc03.pdf , , , , https://ecosolar.ca/

The City of Calgary Composting Facility is site #4 on this year’s Eco-Solar Home Tour, open Saturday Jun 10th from noon until 5 pm. The City of Calgary would like to show you how they make compost in only 60 days. Come and see Canada's largest composting facility in SE Calgary. You can also see the 4 MW Shepard Landfill Solar Park at the same site. See this site’s details athttps://ecosolar.ca/yyc04.pdf , , , , https://ecosolar.ca/

The Haysboro Net-Zero Ready Home is site #5 on this year’s Eco-Solar Home Tour, open Saturday Jun 10th from noon until 5 pm. These homeowners are doing a deep energy retrofit of a 1950's home while at the same time making additions. With the building envelope complete they should get to net-zero when they add their planned solar array. See this home’s details athttps://ecosolar.ca/yyc05.pdf , , , , https://ecosolar.ca/

The Westgate Solar and Electric Vehicle Home is site #6 on this year’s Eco-Solar Home Tour, open Saturday Jun 10th from noon until 5 pm. These homeowners are focusing on low-emission transportation with an electric car, electric cargo bicycles, and proximity to transit. See how their solar array helps charge their electric car. See this home’s details athttps://ecosolar.ca/yyc06.pdf , , , , https://ecosolar.ca/

The Ramsay Garage Suite is site #7 on this year’s Eco-Solar Home Tour, open Saturday Jun 10th from noon until 5 pm. This net-positive garage suite has a well-insulated envelope and highly rated windows and doors. Add to that a solar thermal and solar photovoltaic system and this garage and suite produces more energy than it needs. See this home’s details athttps://ecosolar.ca/yyc07.pdf , , , , https://ecosolar.ca/

Can’t wait to see the homes of the Eco-Solar Tour? Then head up to Edmonton this weekend. We have 16 sites to see in Edmonton including 5 NZE homes and an electric car show. The big thing in Edmonton this year is 6 deep energy retrofit homes (2 NZE). Five of these homes are using a new technique to scan the exterior and then use that scan to prefabricate insulation panels with the doors and windows already installed. Come and see how this technique is being refined for single detached homes and townhomes. https://ecosolar.ca/edmonton.html , , , ,

Eco-Solar Home Tour - Free Tour of Energy Efficient Homes Eco-Solar Home Tour is an annual tour of energy efficient homes in Alberta Canada.

The Airdrie Near Net-Zero Home is site #8 on this year’s Eco-Solar Home Tour, open Sunday Jun 11th from 10 am until 5 pm. A near net zero energy home with a 10.5 kW solar array and an electric car. Last year the homeowner added an air source heat pump and disconnected the gas on his way to net-zero. See this home’s details athttps://ecosolar.ca/yyc08.pdf , , , , , https://ecosolar.ca/

The Biosphere Institute of the Bow Valley is holding a home tour this Saturday June 3rd from 11 am to 4 pm in the Banff and Canmore area. After hosting an Eco-Solar Tour last year, they have decided to run their own tour this year. Head out this weekend to see the 8 tour sites of their inaugural tour. https://www.biosphereinstitute.org/events/2023/6/3-green-buildings-open-house , , , , , ,

Green Buildings Open House — Biosphere Institute of the Bow Valley Welcome to the 2023 Bow Valley-wide Green Buildings Open House! The Green Buildings Open House is a self-guided tour of high-performance and sustainable building practices in the Bow Valley. On this page, you will find the homes that will be open for this year's tour and links to details of each

Do you know what net-zero looks like? The Eco-Solar Home Tour of energy-efficient, solar, and net-zero energy homes lets you explore net-zero. We arrange free open-house tours of private homes so that you can see the latest in energy-efficiency technologies and hopefully be inspired to upgrade your own home. The Calgary tour will be on Saturday and Sunday June 10th and 11th in the afternoons. You do not need to register; just pick the homes you want to visit from our web site and make your way to the homes when they are open. Go to our web site at https://www.ecosolar.ca for descriptions, addresses, and a map to the homes. , , , ,

the Eco-Solar Home Tour

The Airdrie Net-Zero Energy Geothermal Home is site #9 on this year’s Eco-Solar Home Tour, open Sunday Jun 11th from 10 am until 5 pm. This home shows that you can achieve net-zero in a regular home with minimal disruption. They used an aerosol sealant to plug the leaks and then added geothermal heating and solar. See this home’s details athttps://ecosolar.ca/yyc09.pdf , , , , , https://ecosolar.ca/

The Balzac Solar and Electric Vehicle Home is site #10 on this year’s Eco-Solar Home Tour, open Sunday Jun 11th from 10 am until 5 pm. This homeowner will be showing the efficiency advantages of electric vehicles. This acreage home features both grid-tied solar, a wind turbine, 200 planted trees, and a large rainwater collection pond. See this home’s details athttps://ecosolar.ca/yyc10.pdf , , , , , , https://ecosolar.ca/

The Macewan Net-Zero Energy Retrofit Home is site #11 on this year’s Eco-Solar Home Tour, open Sunday Jun 11th from noon until 5 pm. By updating the insulation, doors and windows and then adding a solar array this home has offset all of its annual energy needs. This home demonstrates that NZE can be accomplished as a retrofit. See this home’s details athttps://ecosolar.ca/yyc11.pdf , , , , https://ecosolar.ca/

The Rocky Ridge Solar Home is site #12 on this year’s Eco-Solar Home Tour, open Sunday Jun 11th from noon until 5 pm. This family chose the energy-efficient route when building a larger home making choices that resulted in 70% less energy use than a typical home. Come see their home and electric car. See this home’s details athttps://ecosolar.ca/yyc12.pdf , , , , https://ecosolar.ca/

The Highwood Net-Zero Energy Retrofit Home is site #14 on this year’s Eco-Solar Home Tour, open Sunday Jun 11th from noon until 5 pm. This home used a Larsen truss detail to add significant insulation to the home's exterior. Going all-electric, adding heat pumps, and adding solar have brought this home to net-zero. See this home’s details athttps://ecosolar.ca/yyc14.pdf , , , , https://ecosolar.ca/

The Balmoral Net-Zero Energy Home is site #15 on this year’s Eco-Solar Home Tour, open Sunday Jun 11th from noon until 5 pm. This SSRIA NZE demonstration home features a double-stud wall construction that is energy efficient but not overly expensive. Many interesting details to see in this net-zero multi-family home with secondary suite. See this home’s details athttps://ecosolar.ca/yyc15.pdf , , , , https://ecosolar.ca/