Louisville Zoo Earth Day

The Louisville Zoo had their annual Earth Day event on April 25, 2010 from 10 AM till 2 PM. I believe it was sponsored by E.on. It was a somewhat sunny and windy day that luckily was clear of rain till after 2 PM.

Two solar exhibitors were present that do installations locally. The larger set up belonged to SunWind Power Systems, Inc. They were kind enough to let me take pictures of their solar panels. They list a range of services in their brochure from solar electric system installations, solar thermal water and spacing heating installations, solar swimming pool heating, tubular skylights, solar attic fans, wind turbine generators, and solar thermal ice melt systems. Very nice people and had some interesting solar demonstrations. Contact them at 502-876-5174 or SunWindPowerinc.com They were sponsors and also installed the system at Kentucky Interfaith Power and Light which was on the Louisville Solar Tour 2009.

Also visited with another solar installer, Avery and Sun - Solar Installations. The company is run by Sam Avery of Louisville, Kentucky. He installed the Dr. Donald Feeney's home site in August 2008 that was on the 2009 Louisville Solar Tour. He can be reached at AveryandSun@gmail.com or www.AveryandSun.com

The Partnership for a Green City

Louisville has an interesting partnership between Louisville Metro Government, University of Louisville, and Jefferson County Public Schools that formed in August 2004. Through a coordinated effort, the organizations would help make Louisville a greener place thus improving health and well-being of its citizens.

Check out their website for more information: http://www.jefferson.k12.ky.us/Departments/EnvironmentalEd/GreenCity/index.html

Courier Journal Article on Nature's Electricity

Here is an article about two participants in the 2009 Louisville Solar Tour, Dr. Don Feeney, Jr. and Tim Darst. Readers should check out this article and its coverage of a number of alternative energy sites around the Louisville, Kentucky and southern Indiana area.

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2010303170037

Tim also has a blog on the KentuckianaGreen.com site that can be found here.

U of L Solar Water Heater

The University of Louisville documented on the Internet how they installed a solar hot water heating system at Burhans Hall on the Shelby Campus in 2009. It was partially funded with money from the Kentucky Instutite for the Environment and Sustainable Development (KIESD).

Read more and see pictures of the installation at this webpage.

Sign-up for the Kentucky Resource Center for Environmental Sustainability here.

Louisville Solar Tour and Week 2010

Greetings!

This blog is intended to highlight solar energy production/uses and compliment the Louisville Solar Tour and Week.

The Louisville Solar Tour and Week are events that will educate and encourage the citizens around the Louisville, Kentucky area about alternative forms of energy generation. Since 2007, the Louisville Solar Tour has existed to help people see the variety of solar installations in the Louisville vicinity. This event is part of the world's largest grassroots solar event called the ASES National Solar Tour.

Please check out our website at louisvillesolartour.org

We need people and places to help make 2010 a success for solar energy in Louisville!