Welcome to the 10th Annual DFW Solar Tour

You're Invited...

The DFW Solar Tour, on Saturday, October 5th, 2019 is a FREE PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE

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Be sure to join us for the 2019 DFW Solar Tour on Sat. Oct. 5th. Here are some of the many things you can do!

We will be updating the site as the list of new tour locations continue to grow. If you'd like to help with the tour, be sure to visit our Volunteer page to find out about adding your home to the tour or about how you can volunteer to help make the tour a success!

Sponsors selection for the 2019 DFW Solar Tour closed on Sep 10.

Please contact us at sponsorship@dfwsolartour.org for 2020 sponsor opportunities!

About the DFW Solar Tour

The tour enables people to learn how their neighbors  homeowners and businesses alike  are using solar energy, wind energy, energy efficiency, and other sustainable technologies to save money and consume less of our natural resources. The strategies and techniques on display during this years tour range from things as simple and easy as changing to LED light bulbs and selecting more efficient appliances, to cutting-edge, ultra-efficient eco-homes and businesses that are generating as much or more energy than they consume!

There will be education opportunities at Learning Centers across the metroplex with a range of topics to help the public understand the basics of solar energy & storage, energy efficiency, and sustainable practices.

Most sites are open between 10 am and 4 pm (check individual sites for exceptions, non-standard tour times are indicated in red). Please dont arrive early or late or come on any day other than the Tour date. Homeowners or NTREG volunteers will be available at each site to provide information, share experiences and answer questions. Visit our Locations page and follow the links for each host site to see its visiting hours along with maps, directions, and a brief property description and photos provided by the host site.

Attend the Solar Tour to:

Meet people who have renewable energy installations, learn why they did it, the process, what they love about it and lessons learned.

Learn about the different technologies and see how they are installed

Hear about how different renewable energy technologies can work together

Discover that it is possible to live off-grid using renewable energy

Find out all of the ways you can use renewable energy to power your life

How to plan your Solar Tour day

The DFW Solar Tour is a self guided, self paced tour of homes and business all around the DFW Metroplex. Visit as many host sites as you would like! There is no way to visit them all, so planning ahead of time is important. Visit the Tour Locations page to find all the locations available for you to visit, and all the feature to see at each site!

Attend the tour and get all of your renewable energy questions answered!

But until the tour, please follow these links to:

“Together, we can drive the momentum of the world's largest grassroots solar event and demonstrate that the benefits of solar energy and its energy-efficiency cousins have not only hit the mainstream, they're also here to stay.”

Volunteers are needed to make the Solar Home Tour a Success!

In the news...

Watch the Solar 101 presentation here!

A big hit on the DFW Solar Tour were the live "Solar 101" presentations given at the various Learning Centers. In case you missed it or are one of the many folks who asked to be able to see it again, you can now watch a recorded version presented by Larry Howe right here! You can watch it in the window below or head over to YouTube and watch it by following this link: https://youtu.be/sewH0QgXKSw. You can also download a PDF version of the presentation (2.4 MB). The Solar 101 presentation references a US Department of Energy video "Energy 101: Solar PV” which is also available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/0elhIcPVtKE.